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Waiting for a quote, but in our situation doesn't seem massively more expensive. Of course this might change when we get the quote including delivery costs!

@Gus Potter How did you find the foam glass? Thinking of using it on our Pod (testbed for main house build). Quick calcs seem to indicate that costs are not too extreme and certainly easier to put in place. Would be interested in your experience of it.

I don't think that you have properly read my post. Its around £2k not £8k

I would actually argue that in least our case, that isn't the situation. We were initially quoted and paid over £8k to Southern Electric for our connection. Basically running down a nearby pole and under a 5 ish m lane into our plot. We did manage to reduce that (or be on a promise to reduce as we paid the £8k in January) when they agreed to share the works with water crossing the lane). However in the last couple of weeks the cost has gone sub £2k as SE have altered the way they cost new connections.

Really cracking on at a pace! Keep up the good work.

Ours is about to cost £5840. Road closure and cross over about 6m into garden. This is in North Dorset. Electric connection was over £8k quoted (and paid for). They are now using same trench as water and is now just under £2k!

it was part of the planning permission.

As long as the electrics are done by a suitably qualified person they don't require BR.

The method of construction isn’t up for debate here, the point of constructing it in this way (as I said in the first post) is to use the same construction materials and methods as the main house. I understand that to be exempt it shouldn’t contain sleeping accommodation - it doesn't, it's overall purpose is office/storage. We may (or may not!) sleep in it for a bit. Schedule 2/ class 6 of the BR states To my eye that means it doesn’t require BR approval.

Yes, I expect that and have no issue with it. We are going to be living there and want all the normal services.

This is my view to be honest. I know there is a chance that we could have some issues with the LA living there but am prepared to deal with that should it come up.

https://ecobrix.co.uk/

Understand that but we have lived for long periods (2 months) in our mobile home, which is significantly smaller. We are not naieve enough to think that it won't be an "interesting" experience though.

I mean ecobrix.

We are building a "Pod" on our site which eventually will become a home office and store. It is around 22 sq. m. internally and more than a metre from the boundary. Now we will be living in this whilst we build the main house and I would estimate that this will be 6 months or more of habitation. For my part I don't think it requires building regs approval but would like to hear others views on this. I have just received structural drawing from the SE and he has questioned the BR lack. Not that he thinks that it definitely needs it but that he is unsure. The reasons for doing this are twofold really I guess. It will save us rental costs while we build the house and we are using all the same techniques and materials (flat/green roof, single storey, Ecobrick construction) on the Pod as we will the house. This will allow us to a) test the ecobrick construction and b) reduce rental costs as we will be living on site. Any thoughts welcome.