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For the 1 day a year when Aberdeenshire reaches above 20degrees I would want all the doors open Im afraid. If its nice outside I want to let it in before it starts snowing again haha! The air quality aspect I completely understand however and for that alone the MVHR is fantastic. Every time we have visited a home with a MVHR you notice immediately the difference in air quality as soon as you walk in. It feels fresher, cleaner, minimal dust. But if my husband and I are always at work to pay for the project, whats the point....

Hi Jack, thank you for your message, So in the hottest part of the day ideally the doors would be closed to allow the MVHR to work... does this not cause you a problem with children, pets, visitors running in and out to the garden etc??

Hello @Redoctober Thank you very much for your kind post. Everyone has the best intentions and I would be naive to think I knew better with my level of experience but it is nice to hear others have done the same as us and stand by their decision 6 months down the line. We too will have a stove and what is the point in having 9m worth of sliding glass doors if they are never open?! Your electricity bills sound fantastic. Did you have an ASHP? I look forward to having a look at your blog too

Your house looks like he same general style and shape as ours very good taste indeed!

Thank you for your lovely message @Christine Walker We have put off having family for so long in order to try and set ourselves up right. Everyone builds for different reasons with different priories but this is certainly ours. Bonus is my husband also works away so all the fun is left to me!

Hello, I was hoping to get in contact with those in the area so thank you for your message. We try as best as we can to work from recommendations in regards to trades and such so hopefully it will be useful ?

YES! I totally get where you are coming from. We are 29 and 36 so quite young in the self build community also but as we have no children thought it was the best time in our lives to do it. Thats not to say we wont do another one later in life but right now its about building a home suitable to grow a family in while we can finance it. We both work full time, have no debt and have sold our house to be able to pay for the plot, services, all professional fees and part of the build costs. For our ages I think we are doing pretty well tbh! As we have never done a self build before we have so far chosen to keep on both our architect and QS.... this is majorly expensive but it is either that or pay for our inexperience via mistakes down the line. Thank you for letting me know about SBS.... I will be sure to let them know about our extravagant nights out and imaginary holidays each year

This sounds promising, thank you very much!

Hi @Thedreamer Sounds like we are building for the same reasons. Not aiming for a ground breaking design just something that works better for us and is affordable where we live Im currently waiting to hear back from the Scottish building society too.... how did you find them to deal with in general?

Thank you for your post. It is alwyas an option for us to install this ourselves and tbh something we had not considered. I will look into your link

Im sorry John I was only introducing my project and did not ask for anything specific. I respect everyone's opinion we just have to do what is best for us is all.

Everyone is after my kitchen ? We already plan to complete all the internal fit out ourselves. We will plaster board, plaster, decorate, fit woodwork, fit kitchens and bathrooms and complete all flooring. We will also complete all decorative landscaping, driveway etc outside. Kitchens and bathrooms will be sourced ex display, reduced cost etc already and installed over time. Even if and EPC A is not achieved this is not the end of the world for us. We never set out with a specific goal in mind regarding this. Any thing will be better than the drafty granite property we are coming from!

completely agree there are significant benefits to having one.... unfortunately as in any self build there has to be compromises and this was one we had to make.

Hello! My husband also works away from home and I work full time, I have a feeling we may end up in the same position as yourself but have always intended to do the internal fit out ourselves in order to try and save some precious pennies!

Hia, Only have our SAP calcs done by the engineer to go on I'm afraid at this stage and this is what was predicted with what we gave him.... In speaking to builders we found the same tho...one of them said he would struggle to build a house with enough holes in it ?

Hello and thank you! Yes we had looked into one and originally, had the specs drawn up and visited a few houses with one to have a closer look, it really came down to a budget decision for us which was frustrating but the reality of self building I guess. Means we have to be careful and not go to airtight but will still be well below regulation standards. Look forward to looking at your own project

Hello everyone!! New to the page so thought I would introduce myself and our project. My husband and I have purchased a plot in Aberdeenshire, full planning passed Feb 19 and currently awaiting building warrant. Currently in the fun stages of tender and mortgage applications!! Our home will be a 4 bed detached approx 190m2 internally with a detached double garage. Timber kit (Val u therm) with full timber cladding on the outside, slate roof on the main sections but also a large sarnafil rubber flat roof. We will have an air source heat pump, triple glazing and aiming for EPC A with the house being south/ southwest facing. Hope you folks will be a wealth of information as this is our first self build project although we have renovated properties before. Have found everyone in the self build community so welcoming and helpful up until this point. Its lovely to be in a place with like minded people! So hi everyone ? looking forward to reading about all your projects! Chris and Anita