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That looks wonderful.

You may not need planning permission if it comes under permitted development so worth checking that out. If it’s a developer built house there is probably more chance of there being a covernant that either prevents it or requires permission to be sought from the developer.

Yes, VAT registration was one of the things I checked when buying from eBay and I contacted them before purchasing to ask if they could provide a VAT receipt if the listing didn’t say so. I did buy a few things from eBay from non VAT registered sellers but they needed to be cheap enough to be worth it without the opportunity to reclaim VAT.

Yep, they seem to take up to a month to acknowledge receipt. You can forget the timescales indicated on the form as they are generally quite a lot slower.

I had quite a few that were over £30 and they accepted them but I agree, a VAT receipt is best. Wouldn’t want to risk it for a large amount.

And here it is ... https://www.ft.com/content/7d196c08-9826-11e9-9573-ee5cbb98ed36

They must be in your name and not someone else’s (eg your builder). If there is no name on the invoice because it’s more like a receipt from a retail company then there is evidence that HMRC do accept receipts of a lowish value. Do try to restrict these to purchases under £100 if you can though. Most retail places have some way of requesting a full VAT receipt.

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Buildzone provided my warranty and also carried out inspections for their own purpose to ensure that the building was fit for purpose when the warranty was issued. I am in Scotland and the LA cover the building control inspections (sounds the same as NI) so this was all arranged through them.

At this point I’d be wondering how deep the patio foundations need to be ...

FGS don't buy a curtain to match that blind!!!

My neighbours did the same and their hedge hasn't grown much either so perhaps not good for the coastal Lowlands either. I bought some griselinia as recommended by someone on here and it's grown amazingly well in just 12 months.

Have a read of this post. It explains how to approach your supplier if VAT is incorrectly charged. If they still won’t refund the VAT you can tell them that you are reporting them to HMRC but how far you’ll get with that is not clear. You must get it back from the supplier as you can’t get it back any other way. Water under the bridge now but this is why it’s important to ensure that you are charged VAT correctly throughout the build. https://forum.buildhub.org.uk/topic/6851-a-guide-to-the-vat-reclaim-process/?do=findComment&comment=115967

Does that stuff scratch at all? Not thinking loos but maybe induction hob, stainless steel sink.

Self build insurance is a must. You only really need the structural warranty if a. you intend to sell within 10 years as a buyer’s lender may almost certainly want one, or b. you need to get a mortgage yourself or may want to remortgage. If neither applies you may not need one. Try Buildzone for both the insurance and warranty. They’ve been in the market a long time and their warranty is widely accepted by mortgage lenders.

This is what I have on mine. The top stat is set at about 65 though and does pretty hot DHW (I have to mix with cold when running a bath). I don’t have rads though.

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I agree with @Christine Walker. Set your sights on getting the TF ordered and erected to watertight stage asap. If you haven't ordered the frame yet you had better get a crack on as although we're only in June by the time it gets delivered and erected the best of the weather wil be over (seems odd saying that today mind when it's tipping it down outside). Have you done anything about services and foundations yet?

There’s also reason for optimism I guess as the mind knows that temperature is likely to go up rather than down in summer, but in the winter without a heat source it will only go lower. That said the weather is grim here today. We have the start of what the SE has had over the last couple of days.

Mine too. 18.8 currently. I am finding that ok so like you haven’t turned the heating back on. In the winter I find that too cool. No idea why! ?

Yes it was likely not set up correctly. From memory the water in the TS used to get to just under 40 degrees. Now it doesn’t get the water hot at all even though the controller says it’s ‘working’, hence thought to be an air lock causing the issue.

Welcome! Whereabouts in Scotland are you looking? We’re relatively lucky in that there are quite a lot of building plots in Scotland compared to elsewhere in the UK. Depends what type of foundations you want, how far down you need to dig, and how much muck you need to remove, as paying for muckaway can be a significant cost. So a ground investigation should be something you potentially get during the purchase process to ensure that you understand as much about the ground conditions where you are looking at buying as possible to better assess the foundations needed and the likely cost.

Evac tubes. ECO – 58-1800-30 x 2 so 60 tubes 475l TS Deltasol BS/4 controller. I can’t go on the roof myself and no one else round here wants to so stalemate.

Never used to heat the water up quite hot enough for me when it did work previously so it always needed a bit of a top up from electric (hubby found the temperature ok to shower with but I like it skin removing hot lol). Thought to need the AAV changed on the roof. As soon as you mention roof no one wants to know and I struggle to get trades out here at the best of times. I have the bits (new AAV and new pump just in case) bought from the original supplier of the kit but they’ve been sitting here for a year now.

Yes I imagined that would be the case. Must make an effort to try (again!) to get someone to fix my ST before the summer. It would probably do a fair chunk of my DHW requirement if it worked.