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The wireless senso comfort and the wired version are different. If for whatever reason you decide to swap you will need to buy another unit. I went with a wired senso comfort in the hallway. The only connection to it is from the control box on the landing next to the cylinder. That unit takes its temperature reading from a sensor on the north wall of the house. Sealed through the airtight boundary into the loft. That wont change regardless of which version you want.

£8 actually. Trivial if you like the idea of cooling, i do.

The first thing i would do in any circumstance like this if i had to do it today would be CoPilot Researcher mode. Or Claude. I am more impressed each day with what AI can do for us. This week, and in relation to my lease enfranchisement i asked it to look for any precedent of a 500 year old lease from the 16th century with a lost Freeholder. 15 minutes thinking and bingo a house in Leeds. It gave me names, dates, Court transcripts of the decision and strategies how to weave the relevant points into my own case. Apologies thats going off topic a little too far. You get the point though.

On the flip side, the frustrations and problems that we find when self building were not a barrier to me. Not through any skill or intelligence but rather total ignorance. I started the build with what i thought was a budget and a plan. I suspect many people are in this position when and if they start a project to build. So i dont think its as much of a barrier as you might imagine. Reality struck once we were past the point of no return and we had sold our old house to fund the new. Then the issues just become things you have to deal with. As it happens i lucked into a good plot that i did not have to pay the commercial going rate for. This is because it was/is Leasehold with a lost freeholder. so, build a house in a field, live in it for a year and apply to have the lease converted to freehold. Pay the government a large wedge of cash and bingo you have a freehold property worth whatever a house of that size should be worth on the open market. I recognise that this is a very rare and lucky set of circumstances that will have a financial benefit. It illustrates that it can be done.

Interested in contact details of anyone offering this.

I have been looking to hire one of these. Forestry companies use them and can clear an acre in double quick time of just about anything short of a fully mature tree. quoted more than £1k though to do my 3/4 acre. As stated, very expensive to buy and i have failed so far to find one for hire at a price i can justify.

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Milton Keynes people. Part of the reason Milton Keynes exists is to make available serviced plots of land for self builders. There are hundreds of them in MK. The local authority in charge obviously has a different mindset and has done for very many years. Now, whether you want to live in MK is a different question but the point is, this is not a new idea and it has been done ( is being done). Why the idea has never really spread is beyond me.

I refer the honourable gentleman to the answer i gave some moments (weeks)ago. Listen to what @Nickfromwales said, There is a much cheaper option than CVC for it.

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