The contractors suggestions sounds decent. You could create a 'dropped ceilng'. So a VCL onto the underside of the rafters and then a frame onto the rafters for spotlights to sit in.
Very exciting. I'd initially budget at the very least £3k a metre squared and not allowing for any spendy finishes. This doesn't include fees. It might be worth getting an engineer engaged at the planning stage given a lot of the wall will be retaining.
Any advice as to how much would be realistic figure for our electrics please ?
Our build is 235m2 and so far we've had a finger in the air quote of £22-25k and I presume the go away quote of £31 k
We are looking at around £3k a square metre now. Back in 2019 / 2020 my spreadsheets were at about £2k a m 2. Materials were the big thing that got us.
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We will be using Larch and going vertically. I believe the elevation of the site is about 165m. It's quite sheltered.
Not got the time to do a sketch at the moment.
Yes, it's ICF. With our blocks there's no way to visibly tell from the exterior where the webs might be and I'm not sure the web spacing inside is uniform enough to be able to measure out where they might be.
I'm now wondering if we could find them with a stud finder 🤔