Pocster

Tactile things need to be high quality . An 8k front door looks the bollocks and sets a ‘sense’ for what is to follow . Taps that are quality to touch . Sockets / light switches not plastic white shite . Good Light fittings . Stick a 60” tv on the wall in the lounge ( include in sale as free ) . You are selling an aspiration . At this level - you sell a dream for someone who has deep pockets .

There’s a guy on my local radio station that reads the news . He always says his name before the news announcement “ My name is Zak Hiscock “ - always makes me laugh . Had to do a double take on what he said first time . might be off topic 🙄

My view is the average buyer now does ‘care’ about low running costs but doesn’t understand sap / insulation / ASHP etc. They way I see it is …. My build is designed for me . So I add things that the average buyer won’t care about . BUT ! If I sold at the price point I want I’ve got LOADS of features to point out in terms of comfort / energy efficiency - a ‘sell’ point is even the brand . A battery … a Tesla battery ! Just as much as you name kitchen appliances if they are an upmarket brand . Depends on your target audience. Commutable to London I just smell truck loads of £££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££££ Thats a lot of dosh - soak it up !

Only 2 yrs in caravan … lightweight ! - looks good by the way 👍

Remove SWMBO - easiest solution .

I said that 10 yrs ago 🙄

F me ! That would speed up the murder rate !!!!!

Put your microwave on the access chamber . Apart from the beep no one will know it’s there .

Yeah I know of that method. They will do a steel fixing from top tread to rsj' much better!

NO!; The wide angled lens was (expletive deleted)ed

Forgot to mention … The treads are made off site and very exact . To achieve this they brought a hand held 3d scanner . Nice bit of kit ( all 27k of it ! ) - produced an accurate 3d model in seconds . I asked if I could borrow it to scan ‘things’ - they said no .

F me ! You’ve done 6 months work in 1 day in my world ! 👍👍👍

Naked girls over an access chamber tends to ‘draw’ the eye ….

Build a house on top of them 😁😎👍

🙄🙄🙄🙄👍 oh ! Do you mean male / female ? Or electrocuted during sex ??

Company were back out today for the 2nd survey ( I had to do some shuttering after the 1st one ). All good. Will get my metal fixing of stairs to RSJ. Also they will 'infill' the steel beam to suit their needs ( which I prefer ). Regarding hand rail at base of steps ; usually max steps with no hand rail is 2 ( though apparently the width of the step is relevant ). Final fix plans to be posted once I have them.

Maybe. I only uploaded the design for @Thorfun too see; which I've only JUST received. I can't send to bc without the design which I've only just received!. I have NOT spent 30k. I can only send things to anyone ONCE I've received them.

No one in this thread advised anything of the sort . The company state in their blurb all their staircases meet bc requirements 100% - so imho that’s them accepting liability for that . None the less I emailed them ; they suggested I could email this draft to bc anyway and follow it up with the final proposal just for peace of mind . Whilst ‘proper’ bco should check these things on my build ( 5 yrs of fighting remember) it’s fairly obvious I pissed planning / bc and neighbors off . I assumed someone would want to inspect the insulation . Not interested. In theory I could have installed zero insulation and no one would know ( I did take photos ! ) .

Not quite sure what you mean here ? The company take responsibility in the design to meet bc requirements. Equally not spent 30k - that happens after install . These are the the 1st draft of the plans - not final

They are ‘involved ‘ in that they turned up a few times go “ yeah “ and leave . You think a hand rail on the base steps to the left is required ?

Enjoy the next decade 💪👍

You’ve been very quiet for 10 yrs then - unlike me 😎

I think that’s pretty smart ! . When’s it due to finish ? ; want too see photos of that please

Lol The first post had the company name in it - I decided to edit that . Contrary to popular belief I don’t want buildhub getting into trouble ! The only fixing ( point of contention at the moment ) is just a fixing to the rsj on the top tread . So not fixed to the wall ( can’t be ! ) and not fixed to the floor ( can’t be ! )

It cost more than 25 quid