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All mine came from Wunda but I think others have shopped around on a mix and match basis to get the best price.

Well that’s not what it even says in the manual according to @JSHarris Figures of 50% and 90% are quoted are they not? 50% isn’t ‘nearly full’ in my world. So is the manual wrong?

I think you have the edge just now unless you were unfair and chose your best bit!

That's still pretty risky in such a small area . Whose work is better?

Christ on a bike you've actually started grouting!! Looking good! Not long until the naked shower photos get posted!

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/CABLE-TIE-GUN/283012494543?hash=item41e4dbf4cf:g:iZYAAOSwux5YLGOU:rk:6:pf:0 Ebay is your friend

I would say mice too and they can climb! You want to be sure they're not getting in that flue too!

Sorry to hear your news. I can't comment on the building questions but on the VAT if you retain the walls (other than a single facade that is being retained to meet planning conditions) it counts as a refurb and you can't reclaim the VAT. You can keep the existing slab and build a new house and reclaim the VAT (or have it zero rated as a supply and fit arrangement). Worth reading the (unofficial) VAT guide on here because there are other restrictions about what counts as a zero rated new build. You can't have specific restrictions in the planning permission for example, and the house can't be used to run a business from. You'll need to take advice about the foundations because often when people come to add an additional floor to a bungalow the foundations are found to be inaqequate.

Well the new residence should have no CGT if you move into it and make it your primary residence but the old property will become liable for CGT on any profits when it's no longer your primary residence and you will become liable for tax for the income received as a landlord I imagine. When you say Building Control missed something what do you mean? I've always considered Building Control to be more about inspections ensuring compliance to building standards than to find gaps in a design or whatever?

Yep! And often those who are available are available for a reason.

Maybe you could get the names of the fitters before they arrive and do a search to see if you can find any reviews? My husband fitted my kitchen (apart from the granite worktop) and whilst he wasn’t massively experienced (had just fitted one kitchen prior to this one) he did spend lots of time getting things right. A commercial fitter will need to work much faster so they’ll need to be pretty decent for it to look right.

Hi Kim, and welcome to BuildHub. You’re brave taking on 2 projects at once! ? Do you intend to sell one of the properties once complete?

I know a couple of people who had bad experiences with Wren but not sure whether they were just unlucky. DIY Kitchens often seems to come up as good value, although they don’t do installations I believe. Howdens also seem quite popular.

I probably should have. I think it’s too late now though.

Why are some of the grout lines on the floor black? Or does the camera lie?

I thought about appealing but next door is a similar footprint (slightly smaller as no extension) and they had accepted theirs so I didn't think it was worth it. Got both my previous 2 houses downgraded however.

Come over? I think mine just made it up - doubt they visited! They just look at the plans I imagine and will base it on houses in the same road with the same number of bedrooms probably.

Band G is a pretty large band. A house at the top of band G can be twice what a house at the bottom of band G is worth. My house isn't small (350 m2) but there is a house about twice as big as mine next door but one and that's still in band G. You need to look at the whole area to see if any houses are coming in above band G.

Well that looks nice and even

Will it really be in band H?

Where does the middle one land if in the middle?

Mine is also from Jeldwen with a flat landing (but a 90 degree turn rather than 180 degree). It came with the flat landing.

Lol, it just needs an email ?

Cool! See, always worth a punt ? @PeterStarck, ball’s in your court ?

I found a couple of threads that mention wooden windows: This one (where interestingly a price of 25k is mentioned!) plus a cheaper quote of 7k. Maybe @Sjk can tell you who that supplier was. Wooden windows are also mentioned here: Another thread here: A bit of a mention here (think @joe90 has installed wooden windows)