New Build near Bury St Edmunds

[Julian Beard]

We are planning on building a very modern house in the garden of our current home a listed building.

As we get older we realise that low beams and steps are not conducive with getting older hence our new project with flat floor, higher ceilings and a lift!

Nearly there on submitting detailed planning permission having got OPP last year.

We are going to self manage the build using contractors/trades as appropriate.

[Dreadnaught]

Welcome to BuildHub, Julian. I am not too far away from you in Cambridge. I have planning permission and will be starting my build in the coming months. 

 

Good luck with your planning permission, there is a wealth of knowledge on here.

Edited June 18, 2020 by Dreadnaught

[ToughButterCup]

Welcome.

Getting old with as much dignity as we can muster became one of the most important themes of our house build. The more we thought about it, the more fabric-first our thinking became. Right from the wall construction to (among many others) wetroom tile choice. 

Our tiler  still hasn't fully  recovered from slipping on a wetroom floor and bruising his coccyx - his back permanently damaged.  Inflict that on a 70 year old and ...