We've moved in and loving it!!

 

Old house, adjacent, completed sale yesterday so can now pay off the build debt. 

 

Getting used to running ASHP and MVHR but no heating needed so far. 

 

Here's some pics

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Absolutely FANTASTIC, well done. It's stunning. 

Very nice, well done

Good effort. Congratulations. You must be really pleased with the new hoose. Looks ‘triffic. 

That looks really good. You should be proud of yourself.

I bet that wasn't an easy project on the side of a hill.

That view! Now stop looking at it, get off that floor cushion and finish the landscaping 🤣

 

Thanks for the positive comments. I wanted the house designed that way to take advantage of the height and view from a large kitchen/day room. Living on the plot for 21 years gave me plenty of time to mull over exactly how the new house should take advantage of the views. 

 

The build into a hill was not as bad as may seem - the site is within an old quarry that was first developed in the 1970's. Luckily we had enough land to the side of our original house to build a new one (with the assistance of demolishing a large unused annex - ex swimming pool). Two levels of raft foundations 200mm think in concrete.

 

The build itself was relatively stress free baring the utility companies, a neighbour and the prolonged sale of our old house due to the buyers panel conveyancer being a nonce!!

 

I'm relieved though that it's coming to an end having project managed. We will be 20% over budget; some of it down to material increase costs, some not compromising on the look of the building and some down to more time than anticipated. We started the demolition in mid April 2021. 

 

Would I change anything significant? No. 

 

Would I do it again? The current thought is no but as I can start relaxing a bit more if the opportunity presented itself maybe but as a turnkey where I do not have to do the project managing. 

Appreciate all the assistance on here - it's a brilliant forum with a wealth of knowledge and good banter. Cheers from the Happy Valley!!

 

PS: the cushion is the dogs bed!

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The landscaping can wait whilst I relaxed earlier with a Ghost Ship 🍻

8 hours ago, Happy Valley said:

House looks amazing really fantastic 😀. Will post pics of ours as soon as scaffolding down. 

 

In this pic is that the mvhr or an AC unit? Looks quite close to stairs so just curious if with some models that is ok.

18 minutes ago, Adam2 said:

House looks amazing really fantastic 😀. Will post pics of ours as soon as scaffolding down. 

 

In this pic is that the mvhr or an AC unit? Looks quite close to stairs so just curious if with some models that is ok.

 

It's the air source heat pump. There is a greater distance to the landing wall than the picture suggests and distance to it was OK'd by the installer.

It's fantastic and the views are amazing, I can see why you didn't want to move. Well done.