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Hi Ben Haven't explored this yet. We are tending towards private BC as my only exposure to Dorset BC was not great.

should say "wont be in a position to order until later this year"

Went to visit Albion Stone in Dorset yesterday. Included in the visit was a trip into the mine and into the cutting and finishing shops. Got the quote today for 60 x 60 Portland Stonehills Whitbed slates..... £145 per sq. m! This is a tough one as we really want to source as much local stuff as possible and our build is in Dorset. We wont be in the position to order later this year so have plenty of time to mull it over and loom for alternatives.

What are your issues with Woodcrete?

Bringing the who;e self-build & CDM question up again, sorry. To a degree it does seem to be fraught with confusion about what to do in a self-build environment. At this stage I intend to take our project forward completely as a self-build. I am in the fortunate position that I have both experience as an Architectural Technologist - so have designed our project completely - and also have a goodly amount of building experience having bought, completely modernised and sold two properties a few years ago as well as extending our last house myself. It seems from what has been written above that there is still merit in informing the HSE of the project - has anyone come across any downsides to this approach? However, I know that the project will "potentially" require professional input at some stage down the line. I can and have completely rewired the projects I worked on in the past and had an electrician who was prepared to certify for me. However there is the possibility that we might get a sparky to do this part of the project. especially as we are intending to have solar panels and battery storage. We are also going to have a flat, green roof. The self-build insurance could possibly require this to be carried out by a contractor, that is something I will address in the future as I wold prefer to do this myself. The other questionable areas are glazing, large patio doors are not something I would probably do myself and a heat pump will be required. So, does it make sense to start as a complete self-build and then if circumstances change look at the CDM side of things at that point? As always, thanks in advance for your replies.

Having had a look at the excess on the Buildstore quote this seems to be set at 10% with a minimum of £1000! Seems high? The Protek premium is at £250 excess, reduces to £1635 fro £500 excess and £1505 for £1000 excess.

Protek - £1769 Buildstore - £1950 24 month coverage I need to check the small print and that they are quoting for the same thing but all things being equal is there any good reason to go for the Buildstore one? Cheers

So you put in for planning before purchasing the plot? And had the build contract ready to sign! Good going. What would happen if PP refused?

Presumably cost wasn't an issue then?

The point you seem to be missing is that I am not in any way saying that CIL (or some such) should not be levied. If the title of thread is confusing I would assume that the content would support that!

Anyone used this of late. It looks good in terms of replacing other types of less environmentally friendly insulation but haven't got far enough to look at costs. There was an old thread from around 2019 saying that it needs to be much, much thicker (their emphasis), does this mean that it is much more expensive in the long run? That was pre-pandemic and presumably petrochemical type insulations have increased in price a lot since then. Thanks

You are missing the point! I didn't say that the idea of CIL was incorrect it is the idea that if you do anything before paying then you are stuffed, that's what is wrong. The clue is in the title of the thread.

The problem, obviously is that not everyone knows about CIL. Of course you could argue that they should but that is a different question really.

Forgive me if I am wrong, but I don't remember you thinking this at the time!

The issue with it is that I just don't understand this idea of once you start you are liable! How does that make sense? It might be straightforward, and yes the people I have dealt with in Dorset have been really helpful, so it’s not the concept of CIL that I am talking about. It's not as if you would disappear from view once started, it is blindingly obvious when a new build commences. So I ask again, how does starting a build suddenly mean that you are liable for the CIL? If it's a self-build it's a self-build! I am exempt from CIL @nod so do not need to pay, but that doesn't negate the nonsense around starting and liability.