New build equestrian property County Down

[Lord Greyabbey]

Hey, thought I would sign up, say hello and see what I can learn.

 

Current status:

 

- Site with FPP and with some agri land for horses

- Pulling all the paperwork together for the bank

- Working out what needs done about an element of shared lane access

- Liaising with planning about what is needed to build stables and sand school

- Speaking to timber frame companies, builders, and estimators to tee up the build

 

All this is happen while I simultaneously ponder the price of materials and whether or not there is a pending recession, as well as try and finish up projects on our current 100 year old house restoration, getting it ready to sell.

 

So yeah, few things to obsess over in coming months.

 

Planning is for 1.5 storey affair, complete with my pet hate of sloping ceilings upstairs. 

 

Still coming to terms with leaving 10 foot high ceilings in all rooms, and bay windows, to go to a new build bungalow with rooms in the attic, aaaarrrgh.

 

Edited May 24, 2022 by Lord Greyabbey

[Seren161]

Welcome 

Still looks like a pretty large home but I understand what you mean about the room in the attic situation.. we ended up reapplying for FPP as it annoyed us so much.

Keep us posted.. It’s a really informative community..

[Conor]

Raise the wall plate level up but keep the ridge the same... Gives you more head height under the eaves. It reduces your roof angle though so can't take it too far. We did that and have a pitched door upstairs... So 3m ceilings in all rooms, rising up from the 1.2m wall plate. It's way better than it sounds.