acormack Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 (edited) Hi everyone, just starting out on our first new build up in Caithness so joined the forum, hopefully will pick up some good tips and advice on here. Going for a kit from Haus in Inverness and will have the planning through shortly, then the fun begins..... Will add photos and updates as we go along, pretty daunting now it's all coming together. Regards Alan Edited November 20, 2021 by acormack 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorfun Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 welcome. loads of good tips and advice on here! the search function is your friend and your source for hours of reading. ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperJohnG Posted November 20, 2021 Share Posted November 20, 2021 Welcome a d good luck on the journey, as above lots of good info here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_madl Posted May 17, 2022 Share Posted May 17, 2022 On 20/11/2021 at 00:00, acormack said: Hi everyone, just starting out on our first new build up in Caithness so joined the forum, hopefully will pick up some good tips and advice on here. Going for a kit from Haus in Inverness and will have the planning through shortly, then the fun begins..... Will add photos and updates as we go along, pretty daunting now it's all coming together. Regards Alan Hi Alan, How is your self build journey going? we are also with HAUS in inverness, still waiting on planning right enough. have your prices risen much since your initial quote with them? are you getting a bespoke design or something similiar from what they have on their website? regards, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acormack Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 Hi David, Sorry for not replying sooner but I've been working away, we finally have our building warrant through (six months after planning....) but now have the problem of a water main running through the field we're building in. We're waiting for the water board to come and find it, it's an 1 1/2" asbestos pipe that was installed in 1950 so have been advised it will be as brittle as anything. We have to have a WIRS approved contractor do the plans & moving the water main - 1st quote was 14.5K..!! We're going to build the Moncrieffe as thats what we both like, just a standard design. It's dragged on the be honest but we'll get there, still waiting for an updated quote but would imagine it's gone up a bit.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenki Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 On 21/06/2022 at 11:57, acormack said: Hi David, Sorry for not replying sooner but I've been working away, we finally have our building warrant through (six months after planning....) but now have the problem of a water main running through the field we're building in. We're waiting for the water board to come and find it, it's an 1 1/2" asbestos pipe that was installed in 1950 so have been advised it will be as brittle as anything. We have to have a WIRS approved contractor do the plans & moving the water main - 1st quote was 14.5K..!! We're going to build the Moncrieffe as thats what we both like, just a standard design. It's dragged on the be honest but we'll get there, still waiting for an updated quote but would imagine it's gone up a bit.... Hi. where in Caithness? We're building in Occumster nr Lybster. With reference to the concrete asbestos pipe, we ran our road over a 3" asbestos/ concrete pipe. We had to expose the pipe to confirm the depth luckily the pipe was laid in a blasted trench so we were given permission to continue. The connection was straightforward. Have you seen the wayleave documents for the pipe? If they haven't got an agreement the ball could be back on thier court. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave_madl Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 On 21/06/2022 at 11:57, acormack said: Hi David, Sorry for not replying sooner but I've been working away, we finally have our building warrant through (six months after planning....) but now have the problem of a water main running through the field we're building in. We're waiting for the water board to come and find it, it's an 1 1/2" asbestos pipe that was installed in 1950 so have been advised it will be as brittle as anything. We have to have a WIRS approved contractor do the plans & moving the water main - 1st quote was 14.5K..!! We're going to build the Moncrieffe as thats what we both like, just a standard design. It's dragged on the be honest but we'll get there, still waiting for an updated quote but would imagine it's gone up a bit.... Thank you for the reply, we are still waiting on planning to sort them selfs out, making us jump through hoops at the moment, dreading getting our kit repriced when it comes to it as got a feeling it may go up by over 20%. Moncrieff is a very nice design, hoping this week planning comes in and we can crack on with the build warrant. Best regards David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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