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Sounds like the right decision, what sort of quote for what sort of work out of curiosity?

I also need a smart intermediate switch, for our garage, mainly as the kids love to turn it on... But not off. So having a built in timer would be useful.

We debated applying as we have an interesting build... But the privacy, and sheer emotions of it all can be hard enough without film crews etc adding to it. Can be fun on the ups... Less so when you're dealing with a major issue, and you realise 10million people will be watching & judging you on it.

That does look good, we could have done better with our oak sleeper retaining wall, but hindsight is wonderful!

Thank you! They look like they're pretty good. Did you get a quote for installation?

I do like their lifestyle tariff, works perfectly for us. Hope they make it through this....

If you don't mind, what was the cost of the summer house itself? Very similar setup to what I'd like to do one day!!

That's really come together well!!

The process and website for doing the VAT reclaim was refreshingly simple. I was actually really impressed with the whole process on the UKGOV website. UKGOV website had one long alphabetical list of what you can claim, and what you can't. Also has an easy access portal to upload, with decent instructions. Download/scan all invoices , title them one at a time ie... #1 LED BULBS BULBSTORE, #2 timber TIMBERSTORE etc Make an excel list of them all, as you go through pulling out the required details from each invoice ... Ie BULBSTORE, vat number, claimable items, vat amount, totally amount etc into columns. Upload them one line item at a time, and pull out the required info from your excel sheet. Submit, and they ask for c 30% of the invoices to cross check, and upload them from your folder. Very good system!

Interesting! Thanks very much all. The original bungalow had the stop cock in the bathroom nearest the point where the pipe entered the house. Builder has disconnected It as part of the demolition, and reinstated it at the edge of our driveway, near our boundary. Image attached, you can see it in the corner of driveway/bin store paving area. You can also see where I want to put the shed! I'm curious as to where the official stopcock is, and where our inbound blue pipe originates from. Wasn't an area of the build I kept an eye on, but I think there is a reasonable chance the builder just tapped into the pipe that existed from when original bungalow was built in the 70s. We then have a further isolation valve inside our utility room. From the image the inbound supply runs directly under our bin store to the road beyond the bushes on the right hand side... But there is nothing in the road for several metres that's any sign of a meter or further junction. I don't want a water meter, so prefer not to go down the official loop yet. For now more asking out of curiosity.

We don't have a meter currently, only a manual stop cock isolation valve!

Where our external stop cock is, we want to put a bike shed, a 7ft by 7ft sized one. I'll build it off a wooden deck, and have the shed over the stop cock housing, then cut a hole through the floor so you can access it from inside the shed. It got me thinking though, the stop cock itself is about 2 ft down a 10-15" wide plastic tube, brass valve on blue pipe. It sits very very near the edge of our driveway, and a small bin store we have off the driveway. When they fit a water meter, will they need to excavate out the area, or can they do it all from inside the plastic tube? How do they shut off the water flow, to the stopcock itself? We built on a knock down of a 1970s property, so the builder/water company will have reused the water supply inbound.

Don't get one. You will regret it. ASHP should only be considered once you've ran out of ways of insulating your house and know . You don't have sufficient insulation to really make one work without compromising your comfort in my opinion.. I love ours, and we can really maximise it's benefits... But I would dream of recommending one to a family member who wasn't willing to really lean into it properly.

Really cool! I like it, and much neater then the sail. Please keep us updated! We have a similar alcove that would work well for an identical setup....

Have to admit, someone highly recommended, who you like, and who has provided such detail... Sometimes it isn't all down to cost! Especially on something as critical as a roof.