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When space allows, slip some build waste into your standard domestic bin. Also pop 20 quid into your bin-mens Thank You card at Christmas . Plus a massive piece of Christmas cake each. Always give the lads a wave and a smile. 5 years, two skips....

And completely correct. It's the need to sell that's the bastard. The number of people passing by who ask when we're selling... and you can see the 'You ain't going to be able to sell that pal ' written in their eyes. It's a risk appetite thing. How do you feel?

Hi, I had exactly the same problem. I couldn't afford a rough terrian pallet truck. My answer was to put our blocks (Durisol) on a large trailer, and a front tow hook on my Landrover. While Landys have useless truning circles, the front tow hook helps a huge amount. Yes, it did mean handballing the blocks from their stack onto the trailer. But what are wives for? She didn't complain once - or get her own back : yet.

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Ermmmm, 75mm ish.... ( Apologies @ashthekid for hijacking your thread)

Morning. I'm tinkering with an idea to hide an external downspout between the wall and the back of some wooden cladding. Have you found a downspout that is particulalrly thin .... if you have, could you post a link please?

I'll remember that. Excellent turn of phrase.

Welcome. Lots of posts on BH covering the same issue. Have a look at the Costings part of the site. Quick guess, multiply your floor area by between 800 if you are very experienced and 2500 if you like me haven't a clue. That'll give you a very rough range. Pick your target from within that range. Our architect told us that we should expect to pay 1500 per square meter. I haven't checked recently, I think we've overshot by a bit after 5 years of slog.

I think broadly the message is clear. The house is the prize. Not the drive, or anything related to it. Your understanding of the term comprise isn't the same as the planners. Appeal.

We've all had the conversation with visitors to our sites. Polite gushing , happy faces, big smiles....and .... wait for it "We've always wanted to self build, BUT (...) " . Or just as frequent, the selfbuild " ...blew our marriage to bits...". Sad. I've come to see our selfbuild as a privilege and large slice of goodluck. And I am very grateful most days. But today, is a @Russell griffiths size growl day. A proper Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo day. Friday night, pub's open at last. Don't ring me early tomorrow please.

Here's a novel way of getting one for free. On the LPAs planning site, find a Phase One study for a property close to yours. Download it. Alter the relevant details. Change the dates as necessary. Screen grab the relevant map. Submit the plagiarised, bowdlerised report as your own. Pass Go, collect £200. When you meet the person stupid enough to have paid for the report , deny that you have copied it and resubmitted it. Word to the wise if you are contemplating doing this. Change the signature on the original report. Bit of a give away that.....

Thanks for the offer. On careful consideration I am going to buy some walk-on glazing instead.

And a quick note to say that my SunAmp starts to recharge (from 'Up To Temperature ' notification on the Diverter) as soon as hot water is run . In this case after a hot shower (say 3kWh demand)

Line the wall with books and put a chair next to the balustrade. Small office space Space for a large feature plant that needs indirect light An occasional table with an old style phone on it - with a phone book and a copy of yellow pages Naughty chair for: wife / grandchildren / teenagers / BCOs Display space for your Gorilla Wrangling trophies and your Cycling Proficiency badge.

They only say that to Southerners....?

We needed both types that @Dudda explains above. One set needed to be bang on ( arrived 12mm out) and the simple beams (could have been 1000mm out )were exact to the mm. (The supplier - on supply and fit - charged VAT and simply wouldn't have it that 0% should be charged - It got to Letter Before Action !!)

A £1:00 per meter saving then. Excellent. At least £500 overall. Lend us a fivver would ya?

Have you tried asking them? Locally you're lucky if you can get it in under a week.

Cheaper too. Think long term.

Think long term.

Councils are required to help applicants succeed. Hence ... 'proactively'.. above. The next challenge looks as if it will be about both careful diplomacy and compromise. Isolate the fundamental objections, address them and you will succeed. Think long term.....

Possibly. And the only way to test it, is to appeal. Anything - any thing at all that a Planner says to you during the application should be regarded as questionable at best , but most likely, simple hot air. The refusal statement is clear. Address those issues and the likelihood of acceptance is much higher. Compromise.

@Bramco, I notice the term Made Ground in your post. That sets the Caution Bell ringing in my head. Please get a Structural Engineer to give you an opinion about the foundations. We sought the opinions of two. One, using the same soil data as the other, saved us many thousands of pounds. He recommended Ground Improvement Columns (a much cheaper piling system to you and I) where the other SE wanted steel sleeved concrete piles. It was a post on BH that alerted me to the fact that not all SEs are equally informed about all aspects of Structural Engineering. I mean who knew that eh? ?

Welcome @Freddie. Sounds like you have forgotten more about self building than I'll ever know. See you over on the electricians forum. @Onoff will know the answer. Added to that he's tame and has a sense of humour. What more can a fella need?

The feedback on German sites about the flushplate is exactly the same, or even more critical. Its clear that both companies are taking the peees.