mjc55

We are definitely contemplating temporary accommodation, what would you say was "not a lot of money"? I didn't realise that this would need to be included with planning, will look into that.

I do need to follow this up, will be very careful re CIL and starting. Does need a lot of clearing though, full Summers growth of Nettles unfortunately (apart from the opportunity to make nettle tea!)

Yes, timing seems to be the key, lots to organise in the coming weeks and months.

Very early days, lots to think about but I would suspect that oversails would not be cheap and detailing to stop cold bridging important. Strom as in Strom Architects?

I did look at the CIL, self-build should be OK. Thanks

Probably being a numpty here but can't see a PM facilty!

Yes, OPP for house. Will definitely have to submit a full PP application

Wow that looks great. Whereabouts are you in UK? Would you be happy to discuss in more depth offline from the forum? Cheers Martin

Single storey, fairly modern style is what we are leaning towards. Probably around 100 sq. m., maybe a little bigger. We really don't require masses of space but that decision hasn't been made yet. An inspirational idea could be found with the attached, although not as much glass as that and certainly would need to be cheaper than the £3.6k per sq. m. that apparently cost. But it gives a general idea of what direction we would want to be moving in. Given our experiences over the last 40 years we would want to do as much work as is possible (I built a single storey extension on our last house as recently as 2016) but again that is something that we need to look at as we start the process. The current (putative) plan is to look at moving out of our rental as soon as is possible, and so to that end we would probably look at buying some form of mobile home to park on site. There currently are no services to that site (although all run along the lane outside the land). We are about a 20 minute drive from the site so not too far but being on site will obviously be more advantageous in the long run. We are currently in the adrenaline fueled excitement of purchasing the plot but I am not naive enough to think that this will last forever. I envisage some "interesting" times ahead but I guess that as this process has been running in the background for such a long time that we can cope with the ups and downs of the build process.

Well, hello to everyone and just wanted to introduce ourselves and our project. Having toyed with the idea of a self-build for many years we have just bought a plot at auction last week! We live in the SW, although originally hail from Manchester and moved South in 1990. Having first lived in Berkshire, then Wiltshire for 25 years we are currently renting in Somerset. We sold our house of twenty odd years a couple of years ago to look for a plot and last Friday were lucky enough to win an auction for a plot of land around a quarter of an acre in size. My goodness what a tense process that was! So, I will in the fullness of time, post some pictures but will wait to complete later this month before doing that. Ever since we were married 40 years ago we have worked on the houses we have lived in, and for a period of time in the 2000's bought a couple of houses to develop. I then decided after giving up my career in IT to do an Architectural Technology degree at UWE, subsequently working for myself designing extensions until I retired a couple of years ago. These forums look like a great place for picking minds and finding answers the many questions that I am sure that I will generate over the coming months. For my part hopefully I will be able to contribute some of my knowledge and experiences.