Self Builders in Caithness

[peteypops]

Evening all,

 

My wife and I and my three children moved to Caithness a year ago from Cambridgeshire and are hoping to build a Passive(ish) House in the are. We have a design we want to build and are in the process of tying down the budget and built system while simultaneously negotiating the purchase of a plot.

 

We are going to manage the project ourselves and will be doing almost the entirety of the second fix ourselves (barring the plastering which I CANNOT do. Man's gotta know his imitations right?

 

We are currently look at  MBC Insulation,  ECOSips, Eden Insulation and a local carpentry outfit of some repute. We are also working with Es Tresidder, a passive house consultant www.HighlandPassive.com who has been outstandingly helpful.

 

This is a little visualisation I whipped up -

 

 

 

Edited May 12, 2021 by peteypops

[ProDave]

Hi and welcome.

 

Moving from the flatlands of Cambridge to the flatlands of Caithness you should feel at home.

 

Plasterers are a rare breed up here, it is far more common for plasterboard just to be taped and filled up here.

[peteypops]

Thanks Dave,

 

I'm getting that impression, however from what I'm learning taping is not the unskilled job people seem to think and I've seen a few dodgy examples up here already.

 

It's all part of the fun of planning a build

Edited May 12, 2021 by peteypops

[Jilly]

Looks fab, good luck.