Dave Jones

western power will only install 3 phase on new builds, you can have a single phase meter but the supply will be 3 phase.

if you dont need the gas have them disconnect it. Which they will do on the road

they backfilled the drains with soil instead of type1 by the looks and over the years its settled. Block pave it, doesnt look to be a very large area.

https://www.starlink.com/ Very very good according to people who are trying it in Cornwall.

use 22mm tongue and groove, glue every joint and screw not nail. You can get it that wiill withstand weather for 6 weeks if your not watertight. Once you've used the expanding glue in every joint and screwed it at 150 centres it is solid. not worth skimping on as a bouncy squeeky floor will be with you forever.

this. 600 for stud walls never floors.

you have found the Achilles heel of ASHP, when its cold they don't work. Hopefully they will be phased out once Worcester Bosche get their hydrogen combi boiler up and going.

all property is theft so they stole it!!!!

amazing what monstrosities can be achieved with permitted dev https://www.molevalley.gov.uk/CausewayDocList/DocServlet?ref=MO/2012/1612&docid=435467

pointless. thermolite and if you want to lose more floor space for a large reveal and window seat more insulation and stud it.

yes. skirting and architrave would have to come off and be fitted again once the floor is level.

that's dedication to 10 pence of the annual fuel bill for sure!

take the floor up. firring strips and relay glue and screw.

ahh render job. no brainer then.

you cant use concrete lintels on face brickwork it would look aweful. There are thermally broken lintels available ... at a cost.

check if there are utilities running through the plot. if its sewer or fibre it may well make the build unviable as the cost to divert can be immense.

not really same as the landlord as a [legally] completed property.

i guess if you had it in writing they were insuring a house under construction and not completed they would find it hard to wriggle out. My experience, they will get out if anything if they can.

i think you would be on a sticky wicket if a substantial claim came up like fire etc.

isn't it obvious ? The build has not been completed hence you don't have a 'completion cert' It would be chaos otherwise, mortgages are offered on a house that has been completed in law, not a shell which is semi finished. The building regs list everything, in detail, which have to be complied with in order for it to be signed off as complete. The insurance you need while its still a building site is called 'contractors all risk' expect to pay £3k+ 1st google hit https://www.selfbuild.uk.com/Insurance-For-Self-Builders-faqs.aspx

say what ?

its not really vague at all. Its a building site until you have a completion cert. You cannot get a completion cert if you do not have all the other signoffs in place.

i think id be inclined to put a lead apron on it as a temporary stop fix, it wont look pretty but it should stop the problem.i think id be inclined to put a lead apron on it as a temporary stop fix, it wont look pretty but it should stop the problem.

just to add if the pole is on your land just screw the meter box to it. Also its cheaper to have them leave the right amount of cable to reach the final meter position that was you can move it easily at no extra cost.

nhbc are the most expensivve, get a price from ICW and ADV