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Our QS reckons 14k for 113m2, 200mm deep slab which is on flat ground. Soil survey and engineers drawings completed already. We know there are no services to be dug up and this does not include any drainage of any kind... im hoping hes going to be wrong.... Drainage to treatment plants for both foul and surface is coming in at 22k!

We are going with Nordan. They have only just started doing that handle style you are looking at so cant see it online yet. Ours is a diffrent size to yours but they told us any size would not be a problem...

We are in the same kind of position, Aberdeenshire prices are coming back up and you pay a fortune for a box that is exactly the same as the rest of the street. We are also 1st time builders doing a kit house in aberdeenshire ? good luck with your project

No one likes chunky cheeks ?

I recommend it. Was really easy to deal with ?

I can do that. Would certainly recommend it as no hassle at all to set up, deal with or claim ?

I had a 1st time buyers ISA and received the 25% government bonus to purchase the plot.

Thats much better english than my ramble thank you

We have a 1 and 3 quarter story so our external walls will continue up into the 1st floor for about 1m before the sloped roof starts. In a 1.5 story the sloped roof starts at the point of the first floor meeting the ground floor walls meaning the internal walls upstairs are normally built in and floor area is reduced.... I may stand corrected but this is my understanding

Good to hear other people are not bothered by it. Might find it a wee bit noisier with the kitchen being in the middle right next to the living area but we will see. Iv lived in 1 bed flats smaller than that open plan area so im hoping iam used to it ?

Yes had another look at R house and it is defiantly a website i came across all those moons ago when plans were first coming together. We struggled to find a layout with 3 bedrooms upstairs which all had easy access to each other. Only 2 beds upstairs is no use with young children. some of the heb homes had 3 beds upstairs but with 2 staircases so in the middle of the night it was down a flight, through the house, up another flight and into a kids bedroom which was technically right next door. It will be a closed timber kit and top hat trusses roughly 195m2 internally. Aiming for tender coming back around the 300k. That does not include chuckies on the drive, fencing, decorating, supply and fit kitchen/bathrooms, tiling..... we will supply/fit all that ourselves. QS has been on board from the start so im hoping his calcs are worth the money we have paid for them!

Yes very similar indeed It will be a scotframe kit made from our design. We looked at loads of different designs already out there but ended up changing them so much we might as well of just started from scratch.

Our plan is to do it with a sliding barn door so will hopefully be a nice feature when you first come in. There will also be another barn door into the larder to tie it together the small lobby area it makes could be classed as wasted space but i think for flexibility and in order to meet regs for access it was needed

it is indeed a pool table. We intend to have a dining table top for it. That section of the room had to be 5x4m specifically for it to allow for playing space. Just got to find a way to protect all the glass ?

Thats reassuring. Plan is to use the downstairs bedroom as a snug and separate downstairs shower room most of the time. We will prob spend most evenings in there. If we need to use that downstairs room as a bedroom there will be a barn door at the bottom of the stairs which when closed will then section of the bedroom and shower room from the main hall to make it an ensuite. Hopefully this works

our walls are about 1m high prior to the coombe ceiling so actually not to bad. Think the only place its not is the master bedroom where we have built it out to 1.3m

Yeah I like it.... much better than the standard dormers like you say. Do you have a 1.5 or 1.75 story?

sods law! We took quite a lot of inspiration from heb homes so possibly one of their designs

Hi Dave, yes a large separate living room is something I wanted for this reason but just could not fit it into the square footage. Thinking some extra quiet appliances and a good extractor will be worth splashing out on. A partial wall might be an idea though.... depending on the routes of foot traffic. I like your idea of the gable for the upstairs bathroom also.... tbh something I had never considered. How much hassle would that be at this stage do you think? Do you have a 1 and a half story or 1 and three quarter?

Yes it is timber frame... please dont tell me it was already out there somewhere ?... We could have saved so much time haha!

Hi folks, Just wanted to share our plans with the forum so those with much more knowledge than myself can cast their beedy eye. Building warrant is approved and will be going to tender within the next month. Internally the house is sitting at about 195m2.

we are having timber frame, no brick skin 100% larch clad ?

We are in scotland and mange to get items from wales up at a decent price ?highly recomend

perfect thank you