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A rule of thumb is Where ever you are Building Control have no interest in planning maters They are just there to make sure that you or your builder complies with building regulations Planners on the other hand are there to make life difficult for you

100% NO You would be paying for the same service twice

As above No one checks discharge conditions Trees vat boxes lighting etc Certainly not BC

Ours also Our buyers solicitors flagged that the cil on our previous was not showing as discharged They where really helpful sorting this out

There’s no point in speaking to planners You need to speak to the Cil team Which in our case was one guy and his young assistant that has no taken over We bought two plots and intended building one house and the foundation s for the next and also still had the 37k cil running from our previous build They certainly got my attention with a 62k bill Payable Within six weeks of breaking ground

You need to contact the Cil directly I had a 62k charge Which they canceled over the phone Followed by email confirmation All done on the same day

You can appeal this

I 100% agree

It doesn’t void anything Ive done most things myself on both builds As with building control Wether it’s Joe or Bloggs that does the work It just has to conform

Ours didn’t even walk around the property on the final inspection Stayed in the car to look at the footings Inspected the roof from the ground Three visits Less than 30 minutes in total

If it’s your main residence You can reclaim the vat You will not be exempt from the Cil if you sell within the first three year You will need a basic build insurance To cover public liability Choose the cheapest structural warranty As they are much of a muchness and rarely pay out The first time round we used Protec as we new we would sell at some stage This time we’ve used a professional cert Which mealy all lenders accept With the exception of HSBC

The last EPC I paid for was about 18 months ago £30 They haven’t the time or inclination to go looking at gas supplies John says Do nothing Good advise

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The problem that you have with switching to HPs Is in most homes the the running costs are considerably more than gas and are better suited to UFH A friend who has been fitting HPs for 22 years now Says that while electricity tracks gas This will always be the case I worked on a large estate in Liverpool where the HPs where being fitted free New Rads etc and hardly anyone was happy Complaining of high bills and cool Rads while watching Jeremy Kyle Not your typical eco warriors But the government needs to be honest I suspect that a variation of the gas boiler will be with us for decades

I didn’t think cost was the issue With electricity nearly four times the price of gas You wouldn’t be looking to change anything If we weee looking at this with our financial gat on