Hello everyone just seen a plot of around 270m was just wondering if there is someone who has built 

the same sort of size house and what sort of costings I’m looking at. The design of the house is red brick with timber cladding and a lot of glass

thanks

More detail required.

Are plans already approved? They should stipulate, but you say red brick, timber and glass. Is that what you want, or is that what's on the plans?

Is the plot 270m², or is the proposed house 270m²?  

 

Any pictures of proposed building to share.

Can you share anonomised plan drawings (no names, no addresses)?

So it’s on a 0.5 plot the house is going to be 270m it just has full planning permission 

The first thing that springs to mind is overheating…

As in glazing 

Yep. It will need some mitigation. You’ll need to do that anyway. Personally I think there’s too much glass just from an aesthetic perspective. 

I think the way it’s been designed like this as it’s open fields I’m sure I’ll have to get the correct glass 

£600,000

Is that for a main contractor or sourcing trades my self 

Turnkey including all fees, main contractor £1M, you as full time project manager £750k.

5 hours ago, Mr Punter said:

you as full time project manager £750k

If you 'can' PM it, that is  

18 hours ago, Roof said:

I think the way it’s been designed like this as it’s open fields I’m sure I’ll have to get the correct glass 

We've done solar reflective glazing for a few clients builds, works far better than I first thought it would. Part O compliance will be a big thing for this design, if you want to keep all the glazing for the views/personal preference etc, but it is a LOT of glass tbh.

 

Defo look at installing an ASHP so you can get cooling via chilled water > UFH and air handling. Either that or you're likely to need air conditioning in the upstairs rooms to make them tolerable during the peak of summer. Heating a well insulated, airtight house is a doddle in comparison to keeping it cool  

2 hours ago, Nickfromwales said:

If you 'can' PM it, that is  

 

It would not be an ideal first self build and unless you were skilled and experienced you could get your fingers badly burnt.

12 minutes ago, Mr Punter said:

 

It would not be an ideal first self build and unless you were skilled and experienced you could get your fingers badly burnt.

🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄😃
 

or …..

 

You are da man !

Edited July 30, 20251 yr by Pocster

Is the most glazed elevation (by m2) south or west facing? If so you're more likely to get in trouble with Part O.

Thanks for the advice very helpful 

the main glass is east 

3 minutes ago, Roof said:

Thanks for the advice very helpful 

the main glass is east 

That's not so bad, you'll have wonderful breakfasts!

 

Great roof for an E/W split solar PV array then.

Yes so shouldn’t be to hot in afternoon

and solar for morning and afternoons

just got to get some rough quotes on windows and doors as that’s where

a lot of budget will go also is it worth 

going down the timber framed 

or stick to a traditional build

If East and assuming you are in a moderate risk location, you can have no more glazed area than 18% of your internal floor area. That's using the simplified method.

Normally my hunch is that if you want brick facing, then build cavity walls. But with all that glass you need beams. Plus the first floor is timber clad.  So I think stick build.

So you don’t recommend timber framed for this 

1 hour ago, Roof said:

So you don’t recommend timber framed for this 

You can put anything you like as the external rain screen with TF. 

5 hours ago, Roof said:

timber framed

The proper term for stick build.

 

So yes timber I think, but tell more please. Are there big rooms that will need beams? Confirm is brick facing on GF intended and timber clad FF?

Yes brick and timber clad

Too much glazing imo.  Overheating, heat loss, where to place furniture, privacy, structure (how's that east corner actually going to be built?), aesthetics...

 

But...  Surely the joy of self-build is that within reason we each get to have the house we want, not the house some builder thinks we might want?  Just make sure it is the design you want, not just the one that happens to be approved for that plot at the moment. 

 

Project management: I was a PM for 20+ years before I retired (in finance, not building, admittedly) but I am finding PMing our own self-build reasonably stressy and challenging.  Fortunately the buzz is outweighing the worries for me at the moment but if you aren't used to managing complex projects with a lot riding on them, think very carefully before diving in.

 

Finally, this thread is very interesting - from people who have been there:

 

 

Edited August 2, 20251 yr by Benpointer