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    @richi are you drawing a distinction between metered and timed softeners? I would be interested in your reasoning. I have been thinking about the same subject.
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    Is the downside of a suspended floor that it compromises the insulation by necessitating an air gap beneath?
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    Off topic. @JSHarris Its interesting that the one measure that is closest to being at the limit is nitrate. Inorganic fertilisers in use around you?
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    Tweet from SunAmp:
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    Yes, pure refined coconut oil is of course a solid at room temperature, being a saturated fat. Me too.
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    Such a valuable thread. BH at its best. Thank you @newhome. As a newbie, it has given me a whole new perspective to consider as I prepare for my build. Forewarned is forearmed.
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    Congratulations! What a setting!
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    Your post is relevant for me as I am currently bidding on a plot, and contracting would be next. If I were the transferee and this was my plot, I would reject all of these restrictions as being completely unacceptable. I would argue that it is for the planning system to adjudicate on such matters. It can be useful to consider the motives of the vendor for including such clauses. Are there any legitimate concerns? Or is the vendor (and their solicitor) just lazily defaulting to a one-sided contract in the first instance. Out of interest, do you yourself have any unusual demands? For example, do you actually plan to vary the house design? Or would you prefer a "clean" purchase of your plot? If you do intend to vary the design, you might request that the vendor be bound not to object to your new planning submission.
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    Welcome @Pjbrandon. I am novice too. There is a wealth of information here; I have learnt so much. A friendly bunch too!
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    If you don't mind, would you be able to give a few illustrative examples? I too am fan of using the internet save money, so I expect I will be doing this, but at the moment I am finding hard to imagine what I might buy and store. At a guess, might it be items like white goods for the kitchen, porcelain items for the bathrooms? Is that along the right lines?
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    Oh interesting. I am aiming for a timber frame, which I hear can go up fast. So on this basis, all with else written in this thread, my mind is being put at ease. Thank you all.
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    Wow, now that's inspirational food-for-thought. Time to search this site for more about when it is allowable to live in your site office.
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    Thanks @ProDave. Do you mean you stay in it overnight? And by day it serves the site and all comers?
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    Thank you @recoveringacademic and @ProDave. Could I broaden the discussion a little. My level knowledge is really very basic. As someone who has never even visited a building site, I realise that I don't even know what the space is for (!). I have heard of the need of a site office. I have heard people mention tea, cake and biscuits, HSE, eye washing, a first aid kit, and a toilet but that's about it. Why would someone need an 9m long static caravan like @ProDave? What is "storage and welfare" for a self build site? If anyone's currently got a site, perhaps you can list a few of the things. Most grateful for any help.
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    What is the minimum hard-standing area needed to build a small two-bed Bungalow? "How long is a piece of string" but some advice for the clueless would be useful? I have a cramped site in my sights. It has a drive for storage, site office, parking and everything else needed. No other space is available. The drive is about 8m x 8m. Is 8m x 8m enough?
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    @TerryE has commented extensively on such solutions. I suspect he will be along shortly.
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    I had never heard of this, so I looked it up: e.g. https://www.beko.co.uk/lifestyle/benefits-of-a-tumble-dryer-heat-pump
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    Eye mask? Had the issue myself a few years ago. Was an easterly facing window too.
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    I wonder could you run waste shower water through a SunAmp and use it as WWHR device?
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    A concrete raft instead of piles? Or a concrete raft somehow connected to piles? Sorry for my beginners question.
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    Good point. I am tempted to ask the seller (with the rest of the garden) for some extra temporary space during the build.
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    You did indeed read it correctly. Very tight indeed. Its the end of a garden. Its one of the worries about this plot, especially when combined with a 40m narrow road leading up to it. I will need a Chinook
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    Do open a topic on this. I would be interested in your research; will be looking myself soon.
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