Ballyboy50

0.3 acres. It adjoins another 0.3 acre site with identical plans for similar property. Slight slope on land from shed towards small marsh area which is outside boundary. Small C-Class road snakes around the land, between the shed and house in picture. The site entrance will be located west of the tree and not the current entrance; a road service stipulation.

No important constraints for the OPP. All standard conditions.

Thanks Conor. His name rings a bell with me. I may have come across him through my job. Cheers. Dermot

Many thanks for your full and considered answer. I will be contacting the estate agent again shortly with the hope that he can provide us with some assurances to our answers but I won't hold my breath! The idea of spending money doing surveys before even making an offer is difficult for many to appreciate but it is a necessary evil! Cheers.

Many thanks for the first response. The shed does not form part of an existing farm but simply appears to have been a building for cows in the winter. There are remnants of fence wiring and other items in surrounding area so I will investigate further. I I have confirmed during my site visit that the tap in the picture actually has running water although it may not be suitable for domestic usage. Regarding the electric, you can see a NIE pole but again I take your thoughts on this as something to consider. Drainage is always a big issue and although a septic tank has been indicated on the plans, I understand this means nothing unless, as you correctly state, you have no land in which to drain to, even if a sewage treatment plant is installed.

Hi everyone! What a great site to begin with. I've learned so much so far. We are fairly new to self building and have only just viewed a site with OPP for a 1.5 storey home in North West Northern Ireland (265sqM), which is currently going through planning for FPP. Unlike many self builders in Northern Ireland, we will be purchasing the land and so I want to have all our ducks lined up before we put an offer in. Subject to some internal tweaking of the layout, we feel the current plans would work for us. The land sits on an existing farm shed which will need to be demolished but at least there is a water tap onsite and it looks like a NIE pole on the land so I expect connection costs to be tolerable. Any advice from those who have went through this process. Do we make an offer based on the existing OPP or wait for FPP to actualize and then potentially risk losing the land to someone else. There have been a number of objections to the planning application, the majority of which are not material considerations. Anyway I would really appreciate any advice or steer from you all. I hope to return the favour if and when we start building!