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Need some assistance with agreeing the payments with our builder pls. We’re having a side extension and a Hip to gable loft conversion with rear dorma and work starts mid feb. He’s just sent his payment details over and we need to go back with a proposal. He has asked for £18k upfront (mid feb) and then a further payment of £22k before 1st March. Next payment of £20k before 1st April and then final payment of £5k on completion. im obviously not going to agree to this and need to get something that minimises risk for us whilst still keeping him happy. He is a small company and this is prob why he’s asked for such large payments upfront. we want to pay in stages as soon as work Is complete ie foundations in, roof structure done for loft but not sure what to propose as his quote isn’t broken down so don’t know individual charges. any help would be appreciated. Thanks
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I now understand why farmers dump pig manure into perfectly healthy ponds with before submitting a planning application. Doing that kills all the wildlife, and in doing so prevents this kind of thing happening. The following is a simple factual easy-to-read list of what happened, and a brief comment at the end. October 2015, full PP, with conditions attached ' ...get an EPS licence...' (European Protected Species Licence for Great Crested Newts) Meeting that month with the Ecologist to establish a timetable for Licence Application submission: Target November 2015 Several follow-up emails: Licence applied for in February 2016 Natural England write to me explain that there were 16 errors in the application Corrections submitted March 2016 Licence accepted by Natural England May 2016 Licence submitted to LPA May 2016 June 2016, the LPA has still not formally accepted the licence (but has done informally) 30 days of trapping will start in July And end in Mid August 2016 Costs? Initial survey £1300+, and the Licence Application £1800 (details here) On costs; roughly another £2000. The application system is cumbersome. Great Crested Newts are common. I will give full details in my blog soon. I'm not cross - just wiser and more understanding. I've used the enforced delay to improve plans and do a lot of preparatory work myself. If I can't take a joke, I shouldn't have applied, should I? -
@jack said on the other thread: Here we are and here we are and here we go-oo-oh. Ferdinand
