Good morning.
Firstly thank you to everyone on this site who contributes, there is certainly a wealth of experience on here.
My build.
After what seems to be a long 2 years we are almost in the position to start converting our 4 bed class Q barn conversion.
We are currently awaiting the 2.5 acre of land to be signed over into our names that my in-laws have so kindly gifted to us.
I am now at what seem to be a crossroads in decision making, our plans have been drawn up that state we need to use a castle therm raft method for the foundations, this seem to be very costly but I am led to believe that this method is to provide support to the steel frame that needs to be left in place as part of the permitted development and will need to be installed in bays which is going to cost upwards of 17k.
Ideally I would like to use the block and beam method as suggested by my builder which comes in considerably cheaper.
Can anyone offer any advice on which route would be better? I am considering the idea of applying for full planning so I can remove the full frame but I would like to know if there are any other suitable options.
I have attached a 3d image we have had done for reference if that helps.
Thanks in advance.