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We are exempt.

There is a very unnecessary 5000 sqft car park 🙃 thank you for your input 🤗 I'll be back with progress updates.

Hey 👋🏻 thank you. Your response are my husbands thoughts: but I'm the one that will be maintaining the house not him lol. I will be handing the superstructure to a main contractor for certain.

My mistake I added the original drawing and then the variation drawing. it is 3 floors. basement/ car park, mainly bedroom 1st floor and then 2nd floor living area. I will post some video and pictures of the actual land. i haven't been able to successfully capture the whole plot in pictures or video yet.

We have hired a different architect and have submitted a pre app. Nothing is set in stone at this moment in time.

My husband has been complaining about who will take the bins out 😆

Yes planning has been granted and we have a cert of law dev.

Hi Conor, yes we are aware of the costs. I look forward to reading your comments throughout this forum and learning from your experiences. I appreciate your input. I have responded to some of your comments below.

We really like the house design in lots of places but it doesn't work for our family and has a 5000sqft car park- which we really don't need. So redesign or new design we are unsure yet of which way to go. we may build it as it's designed if we find the right contractor as we could start very soon- but it's very unlikely especially after reading all your very valuable comments.

The estimate was provided by the seller, It doesn't make sense not to explore all options, we bought the understanding the costs. I agree about the size. I have 4 kids and I want a simple life (😅). I have some site experience and it has always been my dream to self build- I could outsource to a PM but where's the fun in that- although I do have great assistance- which I will share with this community later down the line. We need a minimum of 6 bedrooms because we have 4 kids.

I am not self reliant on chat gpt just really like for it to take the guess work out sometimes 😂😂 Your comments are valid. The house is way too big...

Thank you- I have really enjoyed reading your blog posts this morning- you have probably noticed 😂😂 I have spoken with a few ICF contractors this week who are confident they could build design or work with me to alter it. I have no firms decisions and I'm still trying to formulate a plan and navigate. We have submitted a pre app- and await the response from the planners and will take it from there.

Hey guys- I'm very overwhelmed by all the comments. Thank you all for contributing and I try to respond to all in some form here or quoted...please bare with me in the short- I should tell you- we have already submitted a pre app (3 weeks ago) for a smaller dwelling of just under 7000sq ft. It does not have a basement. we have 4 kids so we definitely won't be living on site...although I have managed to rent the bungalow on a company let so it's not a sitting duck they moved in on Monday. the muck away issue was solved by the previous owner on the land behind the plot- there is 10acres behind the bungalow and 3 in front. No shortage of space. yes we already have planning granted and the groundwork's were already commenced. our options will be to submit a variation of the current plans and make the house smaller- if this can be done, or go in for a new planning application for a different designed house safe in the knowledge that a precedent has already been set. I was reluctant to submit new plans because I want it done already!

Thank you so much for your comments. We definitely don't need a 10 car basement- by the time we finish building the house we won't have any money left to fill it with any cars 😅I have been recommended to consult with a SE today and that is my next stop. Yes you are right the SE they used in this design normally builds bridges and car parks... I haven't paid for the drawings because Im not sure we are going to build it to their design. I'll be back with further updates! Try to track down the already completed GIR or organise a new one 1st.

The basement floor is designed as a car park currently and there is a 25 seat cinema that is too big. we will be seeking to redesign some of the spaces.