Self build info

[Phililp]

Hello, can anyone help. I'm a project manager developing a self build site and wondered what people expect to have to the plot. Should we be installing temp power, water and foul. Or is this picked up by the land buyer.. Thanks

Edited Wednesday at 21:11 by Phililp

[Kelvin]

Most plots are sold with utilities nearby so up to the buyer to investigate how to get them to site and the cost. Some plots might come with utilities already brought to site. Some plots are just a bit of land with outline planning in the middle of nowhere and it’s entirely down to the buyer to investigate the feasibility. All of this is negotiable between the buyer and the seller. For example our plot was just a field with outline planning permission with no mains water or sewer connection. I made it a condition of the sale that the farmer had to find a source of potable water and I took responsibility for determining how to provide foul waste disposal and how to get electricity to the site.  I had this written into the legals as a condition for buying the plot. 
 

If you can get the utilities to site for a reasonable cost then it makes the plot more valuable as less for the buyer to worry about. 

Edited Wednesday at 21:49 by Kelvin

[nod]

We’ve found that when  getting power to the site The company’s need the builds new addresses to be registered Which trickers Counsul tax So you could be paying CT long before the build is finished 

We fell foul of this on our previous build and ended up paying 50% CT with no kitchen or bathrooms or running water 

This time round Weve used a generator and held off installing power as long as possible