Hi all!   Following a short stint lurking and reading some very informative posts on this forum I thought I'd sign-up and introduce myself.    The name is Oliver and my partner and I have been looking to self-build for at least 5 years. We did all the courses (free and paid) on finding land, obtaining planning permission, exploring settlement boundaries, meeting with the local parish councils, searching the land registries, looking up rail and utility sales, talking directly