Amateur bob

protek have bn difficult so far, upon first inspection it was pointed out to me by the inspector that i didt have a "principal designer" for the project and it was pointed out to me that the guy who did my planning drawings couldnt be put down as he didnt have the necessary pii

nobody told me it was required either until the first inspection

good afternoon, i am no further forward on this tbh what structural warranty company are u using? protek have told me the principal designer needs to have pii which i dont have

Good afternoon Gus, sorry for late reply im not on here often ive only just logged back in, im struggling to get a professional wit PII to put down as principal designer on my protek warranty which the protek guy insists i need If you were to take a look at it for me and agree to let me put you down for it with protek what sort of fee would you require? i wouldnt need you to actually fulfill all the roles of a principal designer i just need to give the guy a name etc to put down provided u were comfortable with it i have a SER certificate for the structural drawings from Harley Haddow thanks Andrew

good afternoon, how are u gettin on with this? ive heard nothing back from the structural engineer yet

did you get a structural engineer to do the detailed ones for the building warrant?

i contacted the SE 2 weeks ago but not heard back yet, i have a mortgage secured on some farmland to get the house built but ill want to remortgage onto a standard residential mortgage once its done, not many will lend without a structural warranty? i do have a Certificate of Design signed by the structural engineer to say its all designed up to standard would that help?

good morning Gus thanks for the feedback, i have already paid the protek warranty which was over 3k, when the guy came up from england for inspection of the slab he asked who the principal designer was and i told him my mate who he then phoned up but he had no PII so wasnt able to do it, next i had contacted the SE firm and the guy who inspected the trenches to see if he would take on the role, he said he would check his PII and get back to me that was 2 weeks ago, i tried to phone him on Monday but no reply, are there and structural engineers or architects i could get to look over the drawings and take on the role for a fee perhaps?

regarding BCO i did technically have a principle designer who had the software and did the drawings but he doesnt have professional indemnity insurance

this is the issue the drawings were done by a friend in the industry who knew wat he was doing and had the software, then passed onto a structural engineer who did the detailed drawings for the building warrant stage, do you think the structural engineer might be able to help sign something here for the protek guys?

a structural warranty company signed off on drawings its more for getting a person thats liable so they can sue them if i make a claim against protek by the sounds of things

i heard a lot of good reviews about proteck online and signed up with them online for their structural warranty, the house is now being built and a surveyor came up to do his first inspection, he then asked for the name of the principal designer or architect, i said their wasnt one this is now causing an issue as theyre saying they need an architect to sign something to say they stand on the design etc and any defects in the future so that ifi claim off protek they can then sue the architect, is this really how it works? a friend in the housing trade did all my drawings and got it all passed through the building warrant etc but hes no insurance for this type of thing and rightly doesnt want sued, is there any way round such a dilemma? ive paid £3400 for this thanks

ok might have a word then, do u think theyd allow me to start?

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yes ive had a look at the building warrant checklist it says 7 days too, ive got all of the planning conditions sorted out now except the one that says not to start the build until a sepa car license has been optained how much weight do these planning conditions carry? surely if its at least being processed by sepa when you start then a start could be made to founds itll be a while before any treatment plants are installed etc?

Yes u have the warrant but i have not submitted the notification for start of works yet, i read somewhere ive to notify building control 24hrs before starting the founds so they can arrange someone to inspect the trenches? The sepa license is a planning condition not a building warrant condition so will the building control check up on this license? I dont really see the issue with it going into a field drain and down to the burn i cant think of any reason they wouldnt allow this? Cheers

Interesting that ive bn issued the building warrant without it also i see with the building warrant application there is a pic showing where it discharges into the burn, although sepa have recentky asked the pic to be altered to show its a field drain and not a dry burn that runs down into the main burn, do u think i should just push on with founds but not connect up any drains yet?

Several months? Is it a complex application? Thats concerning Yes i do have an approved building warrant and have a letter which states this, im not sure but i was looking through the planning conditions and this was one of them and spoke to the guy that handled the building warrant and he said get an engineer to apply for a sepa license for u which ive now done and paid sepa

I applied for a sepa license 3 weeks ago to show my waste water from sewage treatment plant etc was going into a field drain and then down to a burn, ive heard nothing back yet and the builder is wanting to get started the foundations next month what is the usual timescale for this license and would i get away with starting the founds as long as i dont connect anything up to a drain? thanks

Yes this is a potential issue, did you have much bother applying for a CAR license from SEPA? I applied last week and paid the fee but not sure how long itll take? Cheers

I did an online quote they were a fair it dearer, whats easier about them? Will i need to give these protek guys much warning about when im starting founds? I might start in a few weeks time or it could be longer just depends on builder im currently trying to apply for sepa CAR license so not sure how long thatll take? Cheers

interesting, they made no mention of these site visit costs i will read further im currently using a business loan to get the house built as i was having problems getting a self build mortgage with it being on a farm, the plan was to get it built then remortgage with a personal loan as itll be easier to get a lender, do you think this 2 year gap situation will affect my ability to get this mortgage? thanks!

Good afternoon everyone i am planning a house build in central scotland, due to start next month and i have recieved a quote from protek for the 10 year structural warranty, i will paste this below, is this reasonable? one thing ive notived is that it doesnt include stage certificates, will this mean that future buyers of the house wont be able to get a mortgage or should this 10 year warranty be sufficient without this element? thanks Period: 10 Years Premium (inc IPT (12%)): £1,172.10 Technical Audit and Administration Fee: £2,170.00 Total Cost: £3,342.10

Good afteroon, i have been speaking to 2 well known mortgage brokers to lend me money to build a house on the farm, they have come back to me with the options chorely and hanley economic, the only issue is that the plot is next to the farm and 30ft from a shed and the track in is 600m long and isnt tarred, theyve both told me its an 8 week process applying and at the end of this time period the valuer goes out to the site and the whole deal is subject to the valuers comments regarding how easily resaleable the plot is if it has to be reposessed ive been warned that this could be a stumbling block, what are peoples thoughts? should i scrap the self build loan idea and instead apply for a business loan and secure it on some fields thefarm owns? id be looking at an extra 2,5% interest rate with this option although offseting against tax should reduce this thanks