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In the short term that this might be referring to there will not be more heat energy moving about the planet. So surely more heat in northern Europe means less heat somewhere else.

Listen to @Nickfromwales. Believe me, you will save money. My Brink 400 was a little less than £2k on his advice. Which reminds me, and on the subject of thanks @NickfromwalesIf i forgot previously a huge thankyou for the tip.

Yes, lost freeholder. Neighbour now has her Freehold. As it happens i checked with the Land registry yesterday. I am meeting ' cheaper guy' again on Thursday but the fact Neighbour has achieved hers is what i was hesitant about. All systems go. Just got to find the not inconsiderable fee to the State now. You just knew they were going to want a pile of money. Cant understand why, they never owned the land.

It is not just a fixed number, the expected court hours are included X rate/hr. I just didn't include this earlier. 30 court hours by the way. The expensive guy has done most of the other houses in the village, the entire village exists under the same lost lease holder. Most have gone through this process over the years. Therefore it is not new to him or complicated. And, very probably will not have any unexpected problems. The cheaper guy is currently representing my neighbour through the same procedure.

There are no other leaseholders. The land on which i built our house has been an Orchard for at least the past 125 years. It is a 'lost leaseholder' status piece of land. The status of the land is not at issue. The massive difference in Fee's is.

I have been talking to 2 solicitors about my Leasehold to Freehold enfranchisement. Already rejected a couple of others due to geography or other things. One has quoted £1600 and the other about £9500. I am not the sort of person that would usually gravitate towards the cheaper option in any scenario. But the difference here is huge. For any solicitors that might be reading this... #1 Is this gulf common? # Do solicitors respond well to a haggle # If the figure is based on a formula that is open to the customer how are the numbers derived. # I thought there was another question. It'll come back to me

Update: I did finally get around to addressing this condition. I asked AI to provide some information. Fek! It gave me a very specific 6 section Template to fill in that is tailored exactly to the East Herts requirements. Told me what to write, where, and how to fill the forms in. I cannot believe the Planning departments level of detail required but i am even more disbelieving of the level of what AI can & did give me. Very impressed.

My worry would be what caused the failure and is it likely, or already present, on others.

Kitchen extracts too close together. Why are there supply ducts to Kitchen? and they are too close to the extracts. Are the external vents 2 metres apart? What physical size MVHR unit do you want, will it fit through the loft hatch? A brink 400 will not fit through a standard hatch. Ask me how i know. On the face of it this installation looks like it will be easy from the loft , just string the ducting along the joists and drop 90 degrees into your ceiling outlets. No need for anyone else to do it if you are handy with a screwdriver. What ceiling vents have you chosen and how will you handle the 90 degree turn? I ask because the Ubbink ones need to be mounted on some kind of standoff in the loft to get the correct location at the plasterboard interface. Did that make sense?

As already stated, nothing. I have the 16 port versions of the Ubbink distribution units. But i was also advised, on here, to install the large rectangular inline 'one in one out' silencers as well.

I have 9 supply and 6 extract of 90mm Ubbink, which is what those pictured above seem to be. My MVHR unit is in the loft. To get from the loft to the ground floor ceiling i had a double stud wall designed into the Potton kit with a 100mm gap. This allowed me to hide the vertical drops neatly. Potton said ' oh thats a good idea'. Manipulating the ducts 90 degrees to get them into the Posi joists at the ground floor ceiling was the hardest bit. And remembering to lay them in the correct order such that they weren't needing to cross each other as they distributed away to the ground floor rooms. The trick is ,you need to try to get the twists out as you go because its a total bastard to think ' i'll sort that once its in'. Ask me how i know. Only other real issue was trying to remember and calculate what end pieces and joins you might need to clip it all together. Waiting for the little bits that you forgot to order is painful. I have to say the Ubbink ducting is brilliant. If you ever played with Lego as a kid you will appreciate the way it just works and clicks together 'just so'.

What i saw at the show when i looked inside their unit. Cheap looking bent tin and electronics that looked like a 4th form GCSE project using an Arduino. Untidy & cheap looking. Their summer by-pass was an extra cost add on, dont like that. Rega vents design was a branched idea as well which i expressly did not want.

That was my opinion when i saw inside one. They were at one of the shows and made the mistake of having the side of a unit open on their trade stand for all to see. That was a big mistake.

Our first price for MVHR supply & fit was via the timber frame company. This was £7500. Supplier would have been Rega vent of Biggleswade. Once i had seen the unit in question i decided it was a piece of junk. So i decided that if i could do the install myself for less than £7500 i would be up on the deal. I did achieve this.

No need to spend £10k. I am guessing that you are talking about new build. The ducting can be physically challenging to manipulate. I used 90mm ubbink and installed it all myself. 3 x rolls of 50 metre ducting for a 200 square metre 4 bed house. That should give an idea of cost for that bit. The MVHR unit i bought is a Brink 400 at about £1900. Air-Haus.co.uk as recommended by @NickfromwalesApart from a great price on the unit, they offered to commission and certify for me once i was ready.