Jude1234

That sounds pretty reasonable to me. Is that unusually cheap?

Oh that sounds ideal, do they only accept applications via buildstore?

We are lucky, we have sold and are in a rental, money is in the bank

We are in the very fortunate position of having enough money to purchase the land and pay for the majority of eth build with savings and cash from eth sale of our house. We will need a 20% mortgage to finalise the build (approx. £100 k). I understand that I can get this from a self build mortgage but the rates are so much higher than a normal mortgage and we will only need the money for 6 months max before the house will be completed and we could apply for a normal mortgage at a lower rate. Will we just have to accept to pay the higher rate for 2 years or is there a smarter way of doing it?? I do not want to go to build store for advice as I have read numerous horror stories on here and ebuild about them.

It is not passive house but insulation greater than standard building regs. Yes we are having MVHR

Just following this as it relates a bit to my solar PV question. Although we have mains gas we had decided to go ASHP on our new build to lower our carbon footprint and that we should get a lot of the investment back from RHI payments. Is this a naïve opinion?

Wow there is so much knowledge on this forum. Thank you so much everyone for taking the time to explain it to me. Definitely food for thought

Another newbie question what are the differences between immerson and Sunamp? Pros and cons? By the sound of it to my basic understanding they both use excess solar PV to supplement DHW heating.

Thanks for the explanation, it makes sense now! I am on a very steep learning curve and just want to make the correct decision

Wow that is a decent return. If we had them would plan to have them integrated for aesthetics as well as the saving on roof tiles. How much approximately is a 4kwp PV panel and the immersun? How do you use 97% of what is generated? Is somebody at home during the day to use the electricity?

@AndyT I really wish that I understood your post. Perhaps you could translate it for those that aren't as familiar with heating systems

Thanks for the advice. Will look into it some more over the weekend

We are not DIY builders so would need to hire someone to install anyway. have considered something like a SunAmp to use excess electrictiy during the daytime but may not need it with the ASHP

We are currently planning/costing our build with our builder. As we have an l-shape design house which is facing south we do have lots of roof space that could be used for solar panels. When we suggested it to our builders, who are knowledgeable about renewable energy etc, they said that since the FIT has reduced to only 4p it isn't worth it anymore. Just wondered what your thoughts are? FYI we are building a well insulated house with MVHR and ASHP (although we do have access to mains gas and electricity). We are a family of 2 adults and 2 children and we both work so the house is unoccupied most of the day.

Thanks for all the tips. If it all goes ahead (see my other thread) then I will follow them up

Hi All, Been reading lots of threads on here and thought I would introduce myself. We are buying a plot with DPP in the garden of a grade II listed building. Would like to incorporate some green energy sources if affordable. As we are on the flightpath of EMA we need to have good sound insulation, so no trickle vents. So we will need MVHR to comply with building regs for ventilation. Still undecided (and will probably depend on cost) on whether triple glazing will make that much difference to sound insulation. A recent article in Build It said not, any thoughts? We are not doing any of the work ourselves as we both work full time, have two children and are useless at DIY. So looking to get a main contractor to do all of the work. Just at the stage of setting a spec in order to get detailed quotes. Is it normal to get fixed quotes ? Anyway look forward to sharing our journey with you all