What is Pan Height?

[Willhicks25]

We have had a builder come and want to create a contract. He has put in the contract that the first payment will take us to PAN Height, but what is PAN Height? Don’t feel comfortable signing it when i don’t know what it is! 

Edited July 15, 2020 by Willhicks25

[PeterW]

Ask him, as I haven’t heard of it unless it’s a typo..?

 

What are the other stage payments ..?

[Thedreamer]

Not heard of that.

 

When reviewing our plans I had a few items (fixing and materials) that were difficult to find.

[NSS]

Only time I've heard PAN in relation to building (other than the WC pan) is 'Planning Advice Note'.

Edited July 15, 2020 by NSS

[Temp]

 May seem obvious but make sure the stage payments you agree with the builder are consistent with and ideally later than any loan stage payments. 

 

It's also customary to retain 5% of the overall bill for snagging and our architect suggested this should be subtracted from each stage payment rather than the last one if you see what I mean.

Edited July 15, 2020 by Temp

[the_r_sole]

payments should be made at the end of the stage I.e. as work is completed rather than upfront - what contract are you using? There's a few standard homeowner ones which are pretty robust and straightforward be careful if the contractor is preparing it, especially if they are using confusing acronyms!!

[DevilDamo]

Still intrigued to find out what PAN height is...

[Nickfromwales]

On 16/07/2020 at 23:14, DevilDamo said:

Still intrigued to find out what PAN height is...

I believe when the first few courses of blocks are above knee-level, you have to pay up?

 

[dnb]

Might be higher - Kitchen units are of a standard height, more so than toilets so could be when the bricks would be at the height of a pan of sizzling bacon?

I've never heard of it either, but I've only half built one house.

[Ferdinand]

I think it's Peter Pan.

[Ferdinand]

On 15/07/2020 at 06:46, Willhicks25 said:

We have had a builder come and want to create a contract. He has put in the contract that the first payment will take us to PAN Height, but what is PAN Height? Don’t feel comfortable signing it when i don’t know what it is! 

 

What does he say it is?