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  1. Hi, No separate titles for both the new and old house. The red line is the boundary which is on both new and old house titles .Basically what I am looking at is grabbing more land from the old house which will actually mean creating a new title when No 405 (old house) gets sold. The little piece of land will then get its own new title which means when I eventually sell the new house it will be sold with two titles. I have spoken to my solicitor who originally did the land split and he says its doable but grabbing that extra bit of land would mean moving the driveway entrance to the right a bit.
  2. Hi All I recently completed a new build after originally purchasing No 405 and separating the land (shown in red). When my architect originally did the plans we were not thinking too much about a new entrance into the old house (No 405) and we accepted the architects drawings, everything submitted to planning and were happy with everything. After living in the new property for a while we realised we should have paid a little more attention to the driveways in the beginning and we now want the driveway to come across more as show by the blue line, this allows for a couple of cars to be parked at the side rather than all at the front. We still own both plots but are looking to sell No 405 and I understand the pain that we will have with titles and land registry etc but my question for today is if I wanted to move the entrance to No 405 a metre or so to the right as shown with the red block would I need to go back to planning/ highways? Not sure if it makes any difference but both the entrance to the new and old house are entered by a quiet dead end road. Thanks in advance
  3. No, trying to get someone around to do one. Hopefully next week.
  4. Detached 3 storey house as shown, his exact words "As Designed with PV (2 No Panels) with Air Test Result of 5" Am i missing something
  5. I giving serious thought to that. Do you have any pointers to the kits? Thanks
  6. Thanks again Dave, i think something like this is definately doable so I will get onto it, i thought it would run into the thousands!!! i guess a bit of roofer time as well.
  7. Not sure, i sent him the window suppliers quotation which was taken from windows schedule. The impression i got from mr sap was apart from solar or a change of heating system the result would be the same unless i had planned it properly from the beginning?
  8. Prodave - nothing against them per se but at this moment in time its the cost time and hassle factor. Half way through the build we went into the loft which has eaten into our budget. Im now running on fumes, trying to get it signed off by BC which in turn allows the 10 year warranty to be signed off which in turn allows me to get a small mortgage (which is currently going through) to pay the many bits and pieces. Yes all plans and everything else was submitted the BCO and Protek warranty chappie have been out at all the various stages and bc just want SAP and a drainage test. Unfortunately the SAP was overlooked by myself and architect from the beginning. Im not necessarily wanting to deceive but more if I can get past the SAP and bc sign off and then get it done once some cash comes through. The more i look into solar im beginning to think a few more panels wouldnt go amiss, but as I said its more about speed and cost. Ive already tried to contact 4 or 5 installers without any response! The air test of 5 came from the SAP guy.
  9. Just arranging that now, SAP guy says even the best possible score (not sure what that is) would not make it a pass. It think its panels or air source pump which sounds horrible with everything pretty much finished and installed
  10. Interesting you say this, so as it stands building has not yet signed off, need SAP pass (with an air permability test first) The SAP calc as it stands has been frozen as failed and not fully submitted (I think) SAP guy has said he has done different calcs on air permability of 5 and 2 X 300 panels and that will pass SAP guy has said let him know air perm score and arrange for panels to be fitted then he will submitt straight away with the details (Panels, inverter?). I am guessing he might want to see a quote or something with a future date and what exactly would be fitted. My thinking is get the air test done, get a quote for a 2 panel 600w installation, show him that and get the SAP passed and then onto building control for their final inspection. Would BC pick up on no panels and not sign off at that point, they could of course be installed straight away if it caused problems.
  11. Ok thanks. Looks like 2 PV panels as he and you have recommended, any idea on a ballpark figure? How would the process work from here, do I get a guy to fit them, he gives me some sort of cert or document and then I go back to SAP guy and say its done?
  12. Hi All, I have unfortunately made an error in missing the SAP calculations until after the house has been built. I have had someone do the calculations now and he has input all the data only to be told its a fail (Gas boiler, tank, underfloor heating etc). From the conversation i have just had with him was the SAP can pass with a gas boiler but things need to be planned properly from the start of the build. He said the easiest way around it would be a couple of PV panels on the roof (his words) or a air source heat pump which would be messy. Does this sound correct and if so does anyone have a ball park figure on the total cost, he is sending me the specs shortly but I need to get this signed off as I am running on fumes :o(. Thanks in advance
  13. Does anyone know if I need an extractor fan in the downstairs toilet with sink and openable window? Thanks
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