Pocster

I know ( from my recordings ) part of the plan is to simply wear you down so you give up . I was told “ no-one keeps putting as many applications in as you when you’ve been refused . You cannot build up , forward, behind , nor left or right . You cannot build anything there ever “ Yeah yeah . (expletive deleted) off …. Didn’t say I couldn’t build down was his mistake . Love you planning 😘

I foresee skills and materials shortages which in turn inflates the build cost . Look at Covid ; how the economy coming back to life has pushed up material costs , with of course inflation and demand . New cities etc are a great idea but we have expensive materials already ( all self builders have found that out ) , equally Labour has increased its ‘asking’ price . ’affordable housing’ is a bit of a political catch all phrase - like ‘ Brexit means Brexit ‘ - doesn’t have any meaning . If this happens then yes more housing should be built - but at what quality and what cost ? . You can argue more housing regardless of quality or cost is better than none . I knew a kitchen installer on a large development told he’d get 1k for each kitchen he installed . Assumed was 3 days of work per kitchen . He raced through them doing 2 a day !!! . Quality must of binned . The developer realised this and then changed to £500 a kitchen ….

This ! Labour shortages, material shortages . Which in turn would increase build costs .

No I mean in the recession house prices dropped not that they caused it . Lenders lend when it suits them and risk is low . They do plenty of tricks to entice or decline depending on their appetite

I agree but in the last recession where the first time buyer thinks they’ll get a bargain …. Mortgage lenders start pulling deals , requirements for lending tighten I.e higher rate or deposit required . First sign of any downturn is when the lenders shit the bed . As they tighten their policy they look to lend less hence making it more difficult for ftb .

Has it really been that long ? I hadn’t noticed. Feels like I only started yesterday.

Because the guy doing the epc was an idiot no mention of solar no mention of increased insulation so assumed the minimum said the ufh was electric no mention of mvhr said glazing was double ( its triple ) rated low for heating controls as he couldn’t see any ( done via phone ) those are just from memory ….

On my build once I worked out how flawed epc’s are I was happy with a D - because the mcs payment 😊 . If I were to sell it I’d get a proper detailed epc done ( cost quite a bit more ) - reckon I’d get a B then .

He’s not meant to tell you on the spot incase you argue ! . Should be a C though . Which is what I want . Though my self built energy efficient, super insulated house is a D 🤣🤣🤣

So ! I got an epc done on a rental today . I asked him what he thought of epc’s and policy ….. It’s shit - government hasn’t a clue Gas boilers are with us still for decades Landlords get screwed to meet a regulation no one else does Easiest way to up your epc is solar ( cheaper than trying to retro insulate ) Hydrogen boilers domestic unlikely for decades if ever . Epc’s are easy money for me As soon as a energy policy is implemented a few years later it’s rolled back as impossible I asked for the solution ! . He said it was easy , knock down houses and rebuild . He admitted “ up front “ costs to rebuild housing stock might be high . He basically reinforced my view that there is no real solution until technology creates something….

Absolutely no idea .

I honestly don’t think they care . It just fades away like so many of the important planning conditions they constructed …

My suds condition didn’t ( can’t be ) discharged . So I’m not sure what’s to gain for me by getting it …. ( regardless of whether or not I implement suds - which of course I can’t ) . Don’t want to knob the donkey just for fun .

Don’t doubt it . At the time though planning gave their demands and that was it . So suggestions of home to implement. I noticed also the suds requirement for other builds was the same as mine I.e they simply cut ‘n’ paste a condition ….

No a proper chamber - like a water tank .

Recording pen helps 😉

Trust me at face to face meeting I let them know how simplistic they are ! . As you can tell there was no “ suds formal plan “ for me - it was just a component to aid refusal of my application. (expletive deleted) ‘em 💪👍

Actually it’s funny you say that . Single builds whom can implement suds will of course add up . Planning ‘argued’ my single build didn’t add to the housing stock ….. Without swearing at them I said it added 1 ( I’m good at maths ) . So you can ‘argue’ it’s pointless or it’s additional - that’s how my planning works . If I could have done it easily I would have . Failing the 10m rule they wanted rainwater run off to run to the nearest storm drain - cost of that ( as it’s out on the street ) was 80k …. 🫤

I disagree with your disagreement. My suds requirement was a sub ground ‘channel ‘ for the water to run into but 10m from all buildings and boundaries ( that includes my build ) . That makes my build impossible ! . With that ‘distance’ requirement you would need a garden of say 20m by 20m so you could stick a ground chamber central in it - and then the land left for your build . Large plot ; single dwelling then sure . Single dwelling in a city - not really do able . As op says ( like my plot ) - before build a chunk of land which rainwater permeates through . Now ? . Build with a roof , rainwater gutter going into the land . What’s the difference? . No massive non permeable driveway and rainwater skirting off it …

Suds on a single build is absolutely pointless . More tick box exercises for the council .

Planning for me . None of those departments in my experience have any comms with the other . I’m fairly sure after 11 yr build , living onsite for nearly 3 yrs and still not signed off . Any come back on suds to (expletive deleted) me up will be dealt with …

Yeah I can bodge that , no worries!

Well ! Because it’s BS and I know that . I argued they had requested a mandatory thing that was impossible to achieve . I then went and found successful applications where suds wasn’t even mentioned. I then found passed applications for single builds with no suds requirements passed by my planning officer 😊 Mandatory my ass . I produced all this by surprise to them at a meeting . Naturally they had no where to go … So - my Suds requirement is simply listed as “ not completed “ so we carry on regardless . BCO will still sign it off because they are incompetent and don’t even know what I’ve built . If an issue does arrive where bco wants too see suds signed off I’ll simply dig all this up for them .

I think my point of my original post was ignoring LL’s now - we will pretend they all cough up and their properties are ‘C’ ( or meet whatever minimum is required ) . It’s the rest of the homeowners that need to be ‘forced’ to upgrade

No it’s not ! . It’s treated and taxed as an investment. Treated completely differently…. It *should* be a business like any other - but as lockdown proved it isn’t …