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The restrictions for doors and fire doors come in when you are more than a ground floor and a first floor

Can I just add there is someone on here that is hoping to get quite a bit under the 830m2 that we achieved It would be interesting to see how he’s getting on As groundwork’s are the unknown quantity

Nah Had it pretty easy Low house prices Working on German Building sites for 5 time the average wage No income tax or vat Happy days ?? ?

I took my first mortgage out when I was twenty Rates where 12.5 and rose to 15 I don’t think we will see anything near double figures again The whole mortgage scene is geared to low rates

It’s a luxair Italian about 800 I built the coffer for it to sit in but had to build timber hangers inside it to site the metal brackets very heavy

I’ll re post a few pictures sorry to those that have already seen them

Regardless of what insurance contractors have You need site insurance Prior to breaking ground Some would say as soon as you purchase your plot Tge site insurance is more about people wondering onto the site and getting injured and will cover fire criminal damage to the building If you get a safety visit You will be asked for your site insurance

I was quite surprised that all invoices where paid without any question

We would have gone with 2.5%

It took us longer chasing a few invoices and copying all the originals We did make an enquire about a vat claim company doing it 5% was quoted

Good news They told us that a few weeks back and it through the same week I was quite impressed at how easy they made it to claim

I think I just marked out where the main two runs of units are Couldn’t do much where the island is as kitchen layout was not decided

I had this conversation with a installer and was told don't put the pipes were fridge and freezer and don’t worry about the rest We have them under the kitchen Island as we had similar concerns as you

We spent 203k Plus land on a 5 bed 3 bath We have just received our vat refund 31k

We put electricity gas and water all in one trench and a duct for anything else that may come along later

A few years ago I was asked by a relative if I could help them out and skim over two Artex ceilings When I got there they had made a start using a product called no more Artex They had bought about twenty buckets of the stuff

It looks like there isn’t a gutter on The rainwater is running down staining the brickwork

We had the same dilemma Thought it would be tricky But turned out to be quite straight forward in the end Though they did ask loads more questions about furniture and things One example was if we moved our plasma tv in and it was damaged or stolen We wouldn’t be covered I didn’t like saying that we could barely afford a tv licence

No I’d try a bucket full of both let them set to see if the colour is right

I always wear marigold gloves for any render Lime will burn Dust mask for mixing and worth waring safety glasses Lime motor will be very white when mixed with silver sand But not mixed with building sand or a sharp sand I would try a few different sands before you start to get the desired colour

Totally agree there when say I had a day fitting For about a month I fine tuned Though I can’t Fault Came Slightest obstacle they stop and open again The garage door I fitted was a similar setup

Yes already built and rendered the pillars I expected them to be expensive We thought about £3500 ish But where amazed at double that Our experience was most of the gate foundry’s didn’t want to get involved with the automated side Leaving one company to corner the market Came are a great product

I was quoted 3500 plus vat to install two CAM motors and wiring Plus the gates on top I asked an electrician friend for help He declined as it wasn’t something he new about I rang Gates Gates who supplied me the same motors and box of tricks and told me to give them a call when wiring Wiring them is all plug and play Each terminal is numbered I messed up on wiring the sensor eyes Two wires wrong way round The motors came to £600 An afternoon to bury and align the boxes A full day installing the gates Someone with an electrical background would find them a doddle For gate made and installed we had been quoted £7000 With what I paid a local iron works and buying Idigbo to board them with All In has cost 2400 A massive difference

Are you joking someone comes on taunting for work Beware ?

I think your on the wrong forum This is a self build forum