Selfbuildsarah

Seen many pie charts in Buildit magazines and the like, showing the cost percentages of building timber frame, plumbing, electrics, kitchen, flooring etc but has anyone compiled their own after the event? It would be very interesting to see examples of actual percentages. Don’t be shy. Own up. I know you’re out there!

We are hoping to have an etched glass, single slider to separate the kitchen from dining room and a double slider from dining room into the hall of our planned new build. These would be left open a fair bit of the time giving an open-plan look/feel. Might there be an issue with fire regs? Does anyone have any thoughts or experience of this please? Thank you

Do you know what this finish is called. Struggling to find info. Might give orange a miss though!

Visited Scandia Hus recently and saw a very fine resin bound driveway at one of their show homes. Has anyone used similar or has an opinion on this. We don’t really like the coarser textures we’ve seen but this was perfect.

Hi Alan, they have just revised this as the developers have said they are now phasing the build. In what way this affects things I’m not sure but CIL officer has said we also need to do a Form 6 now. We are away on hols at the moment. Will update when we get home. Like you, will send one anyway. Can’t be too careful.

Interestingly we have been told we do not need to complete a Form 6 commencement notice as we are considered part of the whole site.

Sorted! Planners require Form 2 Assumption of Liability form from the developer covering their units and also one from us covering our self build. Form 7 Self Build Exemption Part 1 from us going in at the same time.

What sort of planning obligations and conditions are you thinking of? The whole site has gone through planning as one.

Thanks DevilDamo, just read about Transfer of Liability following your post. Now my head’s spinning. Def must speak to CIL officer asap. We must not get this wrong. Thanks again.

The planning application is for 120 houses plus one self build. What I’m asking is, do we have to submit a Form 1 prior to submitting a Form 7 because it’s not our application, it’s the developers?

Kelvin, they were trying to be helpful and save us time, hassle and money. We always knew we were going to have to wait until they were well into the build as our plot is adjoining a piece of land not included in the sale at the bottom of the development.

We are only building one house, for us.

We are. Land is ours. We retained a plot and sold rest of land.

Our self build is on part of a development currently awaiting planning permission (hopefully with a decision this coming week). We have understood what paperwork we need to do, when and in what order. Our complication is that, not only do we have to wait 2-3 years for them to build down to our plot so that we can start but, the developers of the site have tacked our self build onto their planning application. Having just re read the CIL requirements again I see there is a Form 1 which is submitted with planning. Because we are included in their planning application do we also need to submit Form 1 ourselves? TIA