Joe-90 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Hello, my name is Joe from West Lothian my wife and myself are in our late 50s and starting our self-build journey hopefully in a rural/semi-rural area. We have 2 plots we are interested in and are currently in talks with the sellers. Our budget is tight under £300k including land no lending required hopefully we can achieve our dreams. We looking to build a single floor cottage kit frame 3 bedroom that's around 100 to 120 sqm. Having looked and talk to Flemings we both like the company's approach to self-building together with the style of cottage kit that you can access the loft space and develop later. Our planned journey We plan to have contractors build the foundations and fleming supply and erected the kit to watertight after which we will take over and carry out as much as we can to finish bringing in contractors as required to the specialise jobs like a septic tank. We can work full time on the build have reasonable DIY skills and I have experience with plumbing, Joiner and so on so hopefully that will see us through. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Hi and welcome. You will be in good company here to help you through what looks like a well thought out plan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markc Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Hi and welcome, another Joe 90 … that’s me gonna get confuzzzled 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitpipe Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 @joe90 you have competition! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Just now, Bitpipe said: @joe90 you have competition! Nah, he is just starting, I’ve finished (mostly, thank goodness 🤞) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markc Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Just think, we could soon have a “Hi everyone, I’m Poc-ster” 🤯 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe-90 Posted April 5, 2022 Author Share Posted April 5, 2022 14 minutes ago, joe90 said: Nah, he is just starting, I’ve finished (mostly, thank goodness 🤞) Hi Joe90 aye just starting long way to go 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saveasteading Posted April 5, 2022 Share Posted April 5, 2022 Welcome. Lots of info on here already, from a lot of knowledgeable, but still learning, enthusiasts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe-90 Posted April 6, 2022 Author Share Posted April 6, 2022 Hope someone can help point me in the right direction, we are at the point of narrowing our choice of the 2 plots on offer. Our preference has services nearby we have been told also the plot next to this one has just completed building other plots have been completed over the last few years. The plot has full planning permission granted and we would submit a new design and layout. What is the best method to establish the location of the services in the South Lanarkshire Council area? Would it be best to have a GeoSurvey carried out? Have experience dealing with Scottish Water which is a total nightmare. Have access to free use of a CCTV drainage camera and CAT & Genny if this helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Google Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 On 06/04/2022 at 13:04, Joe-90 said: Hope someone can help point me in the right direction, we are at the point of narrowing our choice of the 2 plots on offer. Our preference has services nearby we have been told also the plot next to this one has just completed building other plots have been completed over the last few years. The plot has full planning permission granted and we would submit a new design and layout. What is the best method to establish the location of the services in the South Lanarkshire Council area? Would it be best to have a GeoSurvey carried out? Have experience dealing with Scottish Water which is a total nightmare. Have access to free use of a CCTV drainage camera and CAT & Genny if this helps. Hi Joe...I'm slightly confused...I thought the plots were in West Lothian, not South Lanarkshire? I recently completed my build in West Lothian, so have a bit of knowledge there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe-90 Posted June 27, 2022 Author Share Posted June 27, 2022 Hi it’s south Lanarkshire I do have a other plot in West Lothian just sold it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recoveringbuilder Posted June 27, 2022 Share Posted June 27, 2022 Hi @Joe-90, I’m in south Lanarkshire, we found Scottish power knew where they’d be connecting from (although it wasn’t quite as simple as that) and Scottish water were the same, knew where they needed to connect from but getting it done was another story! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe-90 Posted June 30, 2022 Author Share Posted June 30, 2022 Oh thanks @recoveringbuilder if possible could you share contact details for both as I have tried to reach out to both of them and ended up being past around door to door Scottish Water total nightmare Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
recoveringbuilder Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 (edited) 57 minutes ago, Joe-90 said: Oh thanks @recoveringbuilder if possible could you share contact details for both as I have tried to reach out to both of them and ended up being past around door to door Scottish Water total nightmare If you go on to SP energy network website there’s a form for new house connection , you can get a quote from them. Scottish water won’t engage with you until you actually apply for the connection and pay the money Edited June 30, 2022 by recoveringbuilder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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