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My exact question I new my 2800 was well spent I sleep better at night knowing I’ve got that scrap of paper The annoying thing is If we where to sell The buyer would feel reassured with our worthless warrantee

I completed the final part of our cil agreement today Rather than fill the form in a rang our local office and asked would an email be ok To my surprise They said Sure send us a screenshot of your community charge and self-build mortgage More build warrantee I emailed through and that was that

Or use a hydraulic block splitter I bought a Belle splitter which I’ll sell on in a few weeks But I did hire one for a week when building the house Cut through concrete block like butter

I think for the initial part of the build Basement and party wall It would unreasonable for him to be held to a schedule With so many variables that he may have no control over Though I would pin him down to how many hours he will be there each day Once the initial work is complete it will be much easier for him to give you an accurate schedule for the rest of your build

We are also traditionally built No MVHR Airtightness is very good We have UFH on the ground floor and small radiators in each of the five bedrooms and three bathrooms We moved in just before Christmas and haven’t needed to use the radiators Only to test prior to moving in We no carpets down through Jan and Feb A lot of heat rises from the ground floor UFH and soon heats the bedrooms up

I’ve full vent around the soffits and the fluted type under the ridge BC was fine with that

I’ve just a 100 mil core hole to the outside with a bathroom type wall fan Seems to work ok

I’m averages 40 with falls

Do you have to have one

I agree with the above These commission based sites are filled with cowboys The reviews that you read are usually written by family and friends Or themselves The guys that frequent them usually talk a good job Its a massive leap from doing an extension to a full house

I’ve run all mine so far to drainage But BC has told me it must also be permissible

Good point It’s actually in our PP mention by BC on more than one occasion

I’m doing doing my drive at the moment 60 mil blocks I’m getting about 8 mtr per bag of kiln dried Having to sort through kiln dried when buying as much of it has spoiled due to bad storing in sunlight Sharp sand I’m using about a ton per 15 mtrs of paving

You never Know A friend has purchased an quarry in a fantastic spot He gave the owner 50 k and 50 more in the unlikely event that he gain planning 5 years on he has The plot is worth at least three times what he paid

Is it for site insurance Or warrantee We had similar problems with the build Warrantee BZ wanted main contractor qualification and previous job I told the No main contractor We are doing the work ourselves I gave up and went to protect 5 days from making contact 2 visits in two and half years

I’m vat registered through my building business and have been carful to keep the two Separate As it would effect my SB status Insurance have a habit of asking daft questions

Should be fine I hired a drive on roller fo £50 delivered first thing and collected at lunchtime Not much will survive under that bad boy Then a few barrows of 20 mil to dust to bind it together

Save a lots of money Also steel in a concrete lintel My SE spect assorts of odd sizes About £300 worth lintels a fraction of that

I think a full blown contract may scare your builder off If he was doing the full job I would say yes definitely I would get everything in writing and itemised That you need doing in order to get the TF company in Then ask him to re quote when the TF company has finished It will make life easier for you and sit better with your builder Yes build to drawing is the ideal Then If BC come along with Something they are not happy with a solution can be agreed between the three of you

I think a full blown contract may scare your builder off If he was doing the full job I would say yes definitely I would get everything in writing and itemised That you need doing in order to get the TF company in Then ask him to re quote when the TF company has finished It will make life easier for you and sit better with your builder

They will vary He should really mix them up pictured below is an extension I built at my mums a few years back I bought all the bricks together But like you some where quite dark

Also a point that will be important to most is The total cost of the build land Fees Build The final valuation of the finished product Russel is quite correct Both I and CC have done the majority of the work ourselves But I think the key to making real savings is to as much possible yourself

Not sure if you guys count the vat reclaim in your figures i haven’t as you never know Expecting £30k Fingers crosses

I’ve finished at just under £800 per square metre 5 bed three bathrooms three reception rooms Though the spec is pretty high with all German bathrooms and kitchen 7k on appliances 4K on quarts worktops

Ingenious JS Ive seen worse on the dragons den