PeterW

I take it you read the link (sorry to OP taking this off topic) The Results (for a Typical Self Build Home): the median build spend was £270,000 the median plot cost was £190,000 the median market value of home £500,000 By my maths that makes the median land 38%, build 54% and profit (or equity) 8%... Not sure you’d find many developers taking that level of return - most of that would be swallowed in repayments on finance. For comparison - 2 recent projects I have been involved with have been in the 25/50/25% split or slightly higher on build as materials have gone up. 17% overall on a main contractor is about the lowest I’ve seen anyone go. If the OP can comfortably get a serviced plot for £100k, spend £350k on the build and come out at £450k on top then happy days. @Jenjen out of interest what is the gross internal floor area of the house that has PP on the plot ..?? As a raw starting point, multiply that by £1500 and it’s a decent budget figure to move from. Your current budget should buy you 200 square metres with change depending on how much you do yourself. The more you do yourself the bigger you can go or the less you will spend for the same floor space.

Yeh but you forgot he’s using ultra extending set adhesive with added cobra .... ?

Based on what logic as that’s a pretty bold statement ..?! As I said, loads around here that are well below the 25% marker. Commercial land banking is even lower - local land price where a developer bought land on the edge of the local village has returned a plot price of £40k plus servicing on a small estate where the houses start at £295k and go to £425k. That’s between 9.5% and 15%. As I said though, the rule of thirds used to be right but that’s long gone now in commercial development. Smaller single plots or groups of serviced plots command a higher opportunity price - one conversion I’m looking at currently is marketed at £179k for a barn with pp for a 2 bed conversion which has already had offers of £50k less as it’s vasty over priced - that’s pure opportunity cost on the part of the seller. Anyone buying it at the listed price is either rich, stupid, or both...

You can fill and sand and then use lining paper and decent emulsion and it will cover most things.

All cisterns come complete ..... Water valve was missing on the one @Onoff bought hence the link. The Duofix frames come with a mix of brackets depending on the part number. If it's a specific one you want, PM me the spec and I will get the correct part number for you

Garage Doors £499 plus shipping for a roller in white

All Geberit cisterns should come with all parts. If they don’t then they aren’t complete .......

What is unusual about it..?? First question for @Jenjen is where is this plot located..? I know of a number of plots (lapsed PP included) that if they were developed then the land would be 17-25%. The old "rule of thumb" for the commercial developers used to be equal thirds of land, build and profit. What is now occuring is the land value driving down and the profit is increasing based on land banking (lots to search on here on this) and the slight increase in build costs. The second question for the OP is "is this a life project or a short term project" as overrunning market pricing becomes irrelevant as long as you stay within the LTV indicated by the mortgage company. They really don't care if you buried your life savings in gold taps and techno-bling as long as they can get a return on the money they put in.

I have a 7.6m by 4.6m kitchen dining that is 2 part - kitchen at 2400 for half of it, dining is 5700 with top 2700 cathedral roof and the lower part is far from low ! Upstairs (all room in roof) runs at 3200 ceiling max in most rooms apart from bathrooms that are held at 2400 Developers seem to be dropping to 2300 for 3 storey around here to get in more rooms at lower ridge heights

Didn’t think he was using insulated PB..??

I bet that adhesive is still soft ....I use a standard set and add some rapid to it and halve the time to set but it’s still hours ..

5" stove will need to step up to a 5" twinwall which is more than 5" Have a look at Flue Supplies who know their stuff - think @ProDave used them

So just put grey in then and be done with it..!

Not a chance !!!!

Just empty the white into the bin, then buy grey and put into a white bag... White will look duff in those tiles..

will look nice with a pale grey grout...

9/12mm for the ceiling board and 8/11mm at the floor so the spreads aren’t picking crap up off the floor and any spills don’t wick into the boards.

Resin floor - and I’m sure it was either @Bitpipe or @HerbJ that has it..??

Are they ceramic ..?? If it’s a good 6mm you may not need to butter the backs as they will spread that adhesive as you push down. @Nickfromwales what say you ..?

Would make the lower areas where sofas are etc more “cosy” and then make the roof light areas more open.

How about a stepped ceiling ..? Higher in the middle where the roof lights are ..?

Well he actually cuts 3 times... First to 1cm tolerance... Then to 1mm tolerace... And finally to 1um tolerance !

This was the set I saw - also has 1800mm in it Ox Trade Series 4 Piece Level Set

The drainage at 40m concerns me a little ... That would be a pretty long run and I’d want to make sure the falls are in place or you may have problems. Alternative will be a sewage pump and 63mm MDPE that doesn’t need a fall until it gets to the main sewer but gives more problems.

+1 to the 1200 Stabila. If you need longer then drop it onto a length of straight timber. Ox used to to be good and I saw a full set for about £70 +VAT online recently but not sure if quality has suffered recently