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They witheld the venting hob VAT, which is fair enough. It was a long shot anyway, some people get it approved and others don't. Anyway, my credit card balances are a lot lower now and I can now finish the patio 😁

They've certainly sorted their act out. Just received my reclaim in my account, took 2 months exactly from the day I posted off the claim. Happy with that! The cash is badly needed! The amount was £500 light, so I'll wait to see what they've not paid me for.

In section 17 do you tick yes and write 'garage' if you've got a garage? The notes indicate that you do, but then garage also has its own section 19.

Yes, I have moved in and have paid council tax. I'll just send it off next week, I can't face a fight as I need the cash. And yes, I will be buying a bunch of materials next week to max out the claim, but I know certain things will be missed. Thanks both

I've seen other threads on this but just wanted a definitive answer. I was waiting to submit my vat reclaim until the building control sign off, this will likely be within the next two weeks. However, I have a VOA letter with 'effective date of alteration: 24th Jan 23'. Therfore, can I wait until my completion cert before submitting the vat claim or must I do it before 3 months is up from VOA letter? I'd need to post it off next week if this is the case and would miss out on about £1k of vat on stuff I was planning on buying, but it's better than potentially being messed around by HMRC over £40k of vat. Many thanks

It won't have a door but will I get the SE to look at it. It does have steel wall starters, a cavity and block the other side with wall ties on every course if that makes any difference. And surely the 3inch timber wall plate spreads some of the load? Bottom line is BC's looked at it, warranty co has looked at it and now SE will look at it. If they're ok with it then... shrug

I'll ask the SE to visit as he only lives 5 mins away

Just spoke to him...he's knocking the wall down and re-building it ?

I'm struggling to work out how that'll make it straight? I've got 100mm facing brick/100mm cavity/100mm inner block

Looking at his drawing's he's specced 100mm and had the roof design i.e knew the truss layout. I've got a tonne of steel in there including bigger steels on larger openings, countless wind posts etc so I'd have said he was quite fussy. I can only go off what the SE provides Having just measured it that particular bearing is 122mm so I'm not going to lose sleep over it

Tbf that's an HD steel cavity lintel as specced by the SE. Warranty guy looked at it not that it means anything

I think it's already too late

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Would it not drive you nuts? The brickie boss was very embarrassed and wants to knock it down but I can't see how he can fix it, as it's the subsctructure bay that's wrong. One end is 100mm in compared to the other end. I think I'll just have to live with it but bloody annoying. It's the front entrance

Once you see it you can't un-see it! Ultimately it's on me as I'm the PM but jesus!

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I found someone on 'people per hour' to do mine for £800 ish if I remember correctly. He's RIBA and is in Northern Ireland so cheaper than where I am in Cambridgeshire.

Thanks. I did try them and they can't do anything until end of Aug IIRC. I'm sure most companies are in the same boat but there's always one who'll be able to do it!

Does anyone have any roof truss manufacturer's they can recommend as mine has let me down at the last minute. I'm after some rather large attic trusses in Cambridgeshire, so someone who delivers nationally or is within an hour or so of Cambridge. I know the price of timber has gone nuts but it's rather sobering to have the same roof quote that was £9k a year ago now come back at £18k ? That's not the reason he's let me down, I need the trusses on site in July and he's now saying September. I'm fully aware that I'll have to swallow the price increases. Thanks

Yes, they are excellent. Gave me a fantastic income multiple. Slowest part of the whole process was getting a telephone appointment. So contact them early on. Should be everyone's first port of call for self build finance.

Thanks! Would you put 50mm or 100mm sound bloc in a 100mm cavity?

Hi, what would be be the better option sound wise for an internal wall: 300mm trench blocks or 100mm block/50mm sound insulation slab/100mm block? Quick answer would be much appreciated. Thanks

I have the same view on future proofing but not sure it's worth paying £8k. I've already paid £5k to UK Power to get power to the plot. Estimated house value will be £750k so it's not a huge %. Still not sure

I haven't really looked into it, my solar guy just said if you can get 3 phase you should. I guess you're possibly restricted with single phase if you want to consume a lot of power all at once eg car charger, heat pump etc. I don't think there are any cons other than cost.

So jealous! UKPower want an extra £8k for 3 phase as they have to upgrade a transformer