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Minor set-backs my friend! Seriously, I'm sure half of us have had that 'wtf did I start this for' feeling when waking in the small hours soaked in sweat and dreaming of -insert current snag here -. It's hard to keep perspective when it's your life/money/sanity, but it will be worth it when it's finished and the PTSD subsides 🙂

Anyone wanting to reasonably accurately calculate rebuild costs surely?

Maybe. Depends on why your house needs rebuilding, but I don't think it's an assumption you would make when calculating reinstatement costs.

Plus plot clearance and any additional costs associated with a brownfield site. Assuming the key requirement of a reinstatement cost is for insurance purposes, I wouldn’t want to estimate on the low side. It might not make a huge difference to costs as policies tend to have an 'up to' limit in quite broad brackets. I know for sure that if I had to rebuild my place I would not be hands-on again, so insurance would need to cover a builder and their profit margin.

Come on; stop beating around the bush and say what you think 😄

Bespoke, so they can build what you want. About 18 months ago, the frame was just under £19k erected, and included timber for studs, joists and cladding, but it is quite big: effectively 3 bays plus wood store each end, and storage space up top. Still progressing at a snail's pace as a 'spare time job', but looks more like this now...

Oak frame kit, delivered and erected in 2 days. Finish at your leisure via trades or DIY!

Don't forget to factor-in a ventilated cavity behind the cladding.

Have a look at profilestore.co.uk, ventilation profiles. They do flat or angled in black at good prices. I bought some recently for proofing some cladding.

This suggests that the law may be on your side... https://www.moorebarlow.com/blog/can-a-neighbour-erect-scaffolding-on-your-property/

Scaffolding aside, are they going to need access to actually build ie brickwork/pointing etc, or can it all be done from their side?

Nah...looks off to me too. More like an a 'artist's impression', particularly as one of the kitchen above-counter sockets appears double-up through the photo montage...

That's the only one of three that made decent progress, and that's still probably the case 3 years on tbh. I did make an early mistake of using garden soil for some planting, so maybe a nutrient overdose.

Wildlife pond. 2 years and 2 months between pics.

At risk of going off-topic... then there's the upfront cost for a minimum delivery (500 litres?) to consider. I don't use oil, but I can see why people find themselves having to live in a cold house for a while.

Does it need repairing? What do you want to achieve?

Absolutely, but no easy fix without stripping back to what was supposed to be the airtightness strategy...

If you've got air circulating behind the plasterboard it could be coming from anywhere, and potentially multiple leaks; service penetrations, joist ends, window reveals, poorly taped joints etc... I'd just focus on the sockets where you can feel a problem and seal them up as best you can.

What's the wall make-up out of interest? Dot and dab? Timber frame? Service void? Which ever, I suspect the fix will the same 'sticking plaster': remove socket/back box, fill all gaps with something (foam, airtightness tape, mastic, all of the above), refit.

More details of the period and listing would be useful, but I'd suggest that the width of those openings isn't original so any replacement will be equally 'unauthentic', if visually more pleasing. If you're also in a conservation area, what's in adjacent buildings may also have a bearing. Have a chat with the conservation officer, some of them are almost half-reasonable. Failing that, secondary glazing is actually pretty good.

The timber might be sound and just needs a clean up, but I'd want the wardrobe out and plasterboard gone so you can see the full extent of the situation. Sometimes trades offer advice based on the time and resource they have available for the job, not necessarily what they'd do if it was theirs..

Apologies... ignore some of the above; I think I was looking at the adjoining property. Last sentence still applies though!

Difficult to guess from the pics really. I've had a quick look at the brochure, and I'd guess it's older than Victorian, at least in part. There's a lot going on with different levels, brick arches, basement etc and a bit of historical movement wouldn't be unusual. It wouldn't put me off, but I'd definitely be taking professional advice and budgeting for worst case.

I packed a load of offcuts into the space under and around the bath. Theoretically, the bath water may stay warmer longer. Practically, I've kicked the can along the road for a few years. Win-win!

You can't see the side walls properly, but you can see the tiles. I'd expect to see flashing over the tiles, but maybe there's some sort of tray underneath?