Gone West

We used Eleagnus at our last place. It's evergreen, has tiny very fragrant flowers and then berries. It's easy to control but grows quite fast. https://www.hedgesdirect.co.uk/acatalog/oleaster-elaeagnus-x-ebbingei.html

I used galvanised steel edging for that purpose in my last house. https://www.everedge.co.uk/product/halestem/

Mapei do a cement coloured silicone. Mapesil LM Silicone Sealant.pdf

The water only needs to be heated to 65C/70C once a week for protection. I used an EASHP in my last house and heated the water to 45C and lived there for three years without problems. I had a thermostatic mixer on my bath supply as per the regulations. As has already been said Legionella controls in houses are IMHO unnecessary.

When we recently sold our PH the estate agent admitted he found it difficult to value because there are so few around. We had a lot of interest and we had had offers straightaway. We ended up with three lots of buyers who all wanted to buy it because it was a PH. They were bidding against each other and it ended up selling for substantially more than the asking price. The asking price was more than my own valuation. I suspect the Stamp Duty holiday was a major factor in the large number of buyers.

They seem to be. We had three lots of buyers who were all interested in buying it because it was a PH. It went to a bidding war in the end, which was nice for us, but crazy.

Only just by a few hundred yards.

Where we are a short stretch of the boundary is the River Deer.

Same as Bude is in Cornwall. TBH I copied your location but with my own twist .

We’ve finally moved house and are happily ensconced in our bungalow making all the hassle worth it. It took nine months in the end to complete the conveyancing. The position of the bungalow and the views are amazing and exactly what we wanted. The sale, though not going through as quickly as we would have liked, did result in making an extra wadge of cash. The housing market was crazy during the time we were selling. There’s plenty of work to do here though so my taking it easy for the last couple of years has come to an abrupt end. We do miss our previous house but it’s nice to be away from the SE. I’ll soon be posting questions about our garage which is a mess and seems unsafe to me. Thanks, I took my blog down because of the sale. It's a bit of a trek down here, 300 miles from Dover, but you're very welcome.

We have sold our house and are moving in the near future. There is a lot to sort out so won't be on here for a while but hopefully will come back at some time with questions and contributions. Good luck to all with their projects.

That is a beast for sure

The local farmer used a vibrating roller when compacting the driveway of the converted barn next door. Bloody noisy it was too. https://www.hirestation.co.uk/tool-hire/Compaction/Vibrating-Roller-Hire/050070/

Looking at the steps going down there are different levels so are the concrete panels acting as retaining walls.

The AECB are having a free webinar on the 6th April 12.00pm about the AECB Building Standard compared to the PH and other building standards. https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_g5SW2xOcSx2SOhp4IBG02A

In my system the EASHP removes heat from the exhaust air after the heat exchanger has recovered the heat from the extracted air and as a result the air leaving the vent is very cold. Our EASHP is rated at 585W and with a good CoP can deliver a reasonable amount of heat but not enough to heat the house in the winter. Used in conjunction with extracted air from warm bathrooms it is sufficient to maintain 23C in our small house (130m2).

As you are in a terrace I would find out who your neighbours use for lenders.

Sorry I can't help with the 'Green Network Energy' query but hope you are feeling better now. Building works can cause a lot of stress, you're not the only one.

Well, tbh I wouldn't a bracket in the corner.

I would run them down the corners as that is an electric cable safe zone so less likely to be drilled into.

The stack is made up of McAlpine 40mm BSP fittings with the odd size adaptors for different hoses from Ebay.

From what I've read in the past, burning heather is bad for the peat underlayer and bad for air quality. The rich grouse shooters aren't too worried about that though.

The planners can be very awkward and use ambiguous planning policies to try to thwart peoples plans to build replacement homes out in the sticks. It took years to finally get permission for our build but if you stick at it you can win. If the property is more or less okay it can be a lot easier and quicker to alter it using PD to create what you want.

I used that scheme for my initial designs but that was eleven to twelve years ago, don't know if they still do it.

If you have legal cover with your house insurance I would initially ask their advice.