joe90

Depends on what windows you buy!!, cost saving on blocks/bricks is minimal, labour producing openings are also minimal, cost of actual window? How long is a piece of string, you could include all the windows and come up with a build cost, if over budget see how much each window not installed would save you.

I quite like that, always had a hankering fir a Willy’s Jeep. But at k£26 ?

Problem is they are now collectible so not cheap, try to find one with a knackered motor?

This did not happen with us, demolished bungalow, stopped council tax, continued to receive mail (with mail box on the gate), caravan on site (for builders facilities!!!!!!). Moved into house on completion, rebanded fir council tax. I don’t think any databases erased us at all (continued to receive junk mail).

I have a classic car to rebuild and a vintage tractor to play with, problem is finishing the little things on the house before I am allowed to play with my toys.

am I missing something, what pressure does it reduce too.?? Does not say, no gauge either. ?

But how close is the nearest house?

I prefer to convert to copper for compression fittings, also I did not get on with the reducer insert (22 to 15mm) that came with this PRV , it leaked despite several attempts (yes I used one of these in my build).

If it were me I would add windows to both family room and lounge to be dual aspect but budget may prevail. Yes, our kitchen is dual aspect (actually triple aspect with dining room end) but again budget may prevail, also more windows means less wall space for cupboards, wardrobes etc. (My wife did not want wall cupboards as she is fairly short) I had to find a solution to fit the range cooker somewhere without it being in a corner because of the windows and I did this;- a little waste of space but brilliant (IMO) and works very well, corners in kitchens can be a pain.

We have dual aspect windows to most of our rooms/bedrooms as we are surrounded by views and it’s great, commented on by every visitor, downside is cost and windows, even good ones are less insulating than a good wall with insulation, but I would not change it fir all the world. I agree with turning the stairs 90’ to face the front door, ours is and we still have storage (fir dwarfs) .

I don’t agree with that, the utility can double as a “mud room” as the Americans call it. A place to come in with muddy boots, wet dog (if you have one) hang wet coats etc, wish we had one.

I don’t think it will matter, I fell foul of HMRC changing the rules from 3 months of BC sign off to 3 months moving in but managed to get some receipts changed to a newer date to show work was still being done. I had a billing address for building materials at the site but this was not questioned, bills going to site is no indication of you living there especially as it sound like me there was a house there before.

I know nothing about CIL as I built a replacement house but a little bit of reading found this, not sure if it helps. Are there any reliefs from the CIL? In accordance with the Regulations the following development may receive relief from CIL: Charitable development Social housing development Self-build development Self-build residential annex or extension Guidance notes are available to explain the process for claiming relief, available to be viewed on Guidance Notes and Other Information Source would yours not come under .4 ?

@epsilonGreedy yes north of Dartmoor is a nice area, not far from us near Bude. I bought my JCB in winkleigh. I am getting reclaimed oak for furniture making near Launceston (west of Dartmoor) at https://www.markstonegranite.co.uk/.

Is it not dependant on the soil in the area?,has this been checked? picture above looks like fairly solid dry soil, if you tried that around here you would not only drown but have total collapse of the neighbours house.

I agree with @Jeremy Harris about the cost of GSHP, even though I have my own JCB and could do all the digging etc it still did not stack up financially compared to an ASHP. With regard treatment plant I installed a Vortex which can discharge to a ditch that is dry part of the year as long as you use a rumble drain to connect tank to ditch.

Well I didn’t do any figures on ASHP size fir our passive esk build I just took a punt at a 4kW that I found cheap on EBay ( @Jeremy Harris had one about that size and that was good enough fir me ? ) and it’s fine, never seems to defrost, does all its required and our build is about 240sq m.

With my build the building inspector and enforcement officer were great, it was just the b****y planners that could not organise a piss up in a brewery, and got told so by the Secretary of State appeal officer!. I had a static van on site (replacement new build) and when they tried to make me pay council tax I informed them it was purely for builders facilities (but I was staying on site during the week and back to our other house fir weekends).

Did it stop the milk soaking in the upholstery? ( spilt milk in hot car smells awful, ask me how I know ?)

Does that mean you have a loft hatch from the house up into the loft? As that could be difficult to seal and insulate. I had to provide ? bat boxes but our bat consultant allowed me to build them into my garage roof as I did not want to compromise our airtight warm roof. Mind the ecologist could not confirm what type of bat, but roosts were in small crevices which means they were not lesser horseshoe bats. P.S. Planners still said I had to provide them in the house as well, but during our planning appeal the inspector said the council were not qualified to over rule the bat inspector ?

I would imagine that with this amount and kind of insulation very little heat/moisture will escape into the loft space to create condensation. are you creating a way of harvesting the guano ? ?

As per my post above I disagree, depends on your definition of “significant “. With regard developers and costs I wonder if their customers would be interested in a usable loft as storage space within a warm roof as these houses are quite small and additional storage may be an advantage?

As I said above I have no heating figures to compare. Our heating has come on only briefly so far this year, the air test was very good so the whole house has very little ventilation losses including the loft space. I can only say that I am very pleased with my situation of incorporating a warm roof.

Well I have a warm roof and it’s not “habitable”, cost of insulation for the roof is not extortionate nor was the osb making the airtight layer. It is a storage space to save cupboards in the house, somewhere fir the MVHR, I am not sure how much it costs me to heat as the roof insulation is greater than the walls, no windows. My wife stores out of season clothes up there . Also I did not have to worry about making wires etc airtight in the bedroom ceilings. Win win in my opinion. (and I don’t have a condensation problem).

Warm roof?