recoveringbuilder

We already had the land and managed to get planning on it

Yes I thought it was odd especially since they have detailed planning on them, they’re asking 150-175k per plot which around here is about 50k over a normal plot, we asked estate agent what ours was worth and he said 125 and a much nicer more level plot, just don’t know how approachable they’d be

Yes I thought it was odd especially since they have detailed planning on them, they’re asking 150-175k per plot which around here is about 50k over a normal plot, we asked estate agent what ours was worth and he said 125 and a much nicer more level plot, just don’t know how approachable they’d be

I have now emailed them (as it’s almost impossible to get the right person on the phone) to ask if we would be able to have a reduced amp age , explaining that with the energy efficiency of the proposed house it’s unlikely we’d need the full whammy, I will await their reply once they get round to it, there’s one lesson I’ve already learned before we even start this project, nobody ever does what they say they’re going to do when they say they’re going to do it!

They have told me 5years

I think they may be on the market for some time as they seem vastly overpriced

There are 5 plots currently being marketed next to us although no buyers yet, I have pointed this out to the energy company and that they could recoup their outlay further down the line as obviously 25k to them is a drop in the ocean whereas to us it will mean going without a lot of the stuff we’d planned but they won’t listen as they only have the application for power from us at the moment, they have said that should they get further applications we would be reimbursed some of the cost as long as it’s within 5 years!

We have looked at doing all the trench work ourselves but since it’s on the road side the chap we use with a digger thinks he may need a road work permit which he doesn’t have also we are under the impression we’d need to pay for the cable which seems to be over £50 a metre so still a lot of money for 283m!

We are in Scotland, they want it taken underground on the verge of the road,it’s a B road with grass verge, we know plenty of people capable of doing the machine work but they don’t have road works tickets, also I believe the 185mm 4 core cable required is very expensive , I’ve uploaded the plan they sent, depending on what time length you’re talking about we can go ahead with the build but need to find a way round this!

Starting a self build in the next few weeks and have just received my quote for electricity connection, take a seat before the reveal- £25000 , this is apparently because the pole situated in our ground has no capacity for us so they need to run a new line 283m from the substation, quite honestly we cannot afford this it’ll take an eighth of our build budget, any help gratefully received