Charles Ebden Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 (edited) Hi everyone, I'm a Planning Officer in Blaby, and am currently studying my Masters in Planning at Birmingham City University and am researching the self-build housing sector for my dissertation. I am looking for people who would be willing to take part in a short survey about your experiences of self-build housing. I'm looking to gather the insights of people who are currently undertaking, or have in the past undertaken, a self-build project in the UK, in order to gauge what you believe are the benefits, barriers and facilitators, of undertaking self-build project. The survey will only take 10-15 minutes to complete. Please follow the following link to the survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSezNby01KGReNIszG6zYr3kM8kDJgW9sRP4shYUw5uyYUTphw/viewform?usp=sf_link The feedback gained from your experiences will give me valuable insights into the self-build market and I tremendously appreciate you taking the time to complete it. Many thank in advance for your help. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me via PM Charles Ebden Edited February 6, 2018 by PeterW Email address removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Hi and welcome to the forum. I might suggest having your email address on a public forum is not a great idea and will lead to it being harvested by robots and you receiving a lot of spam email. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Welcome. I forecast lots of responses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le-cerveau Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I have responded! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz07 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I have a pre app in with blaby at the moment! Be nice to see a response soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nickfromwales Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Anyone interested please use the PM service for exchanging particulars. The thread can be kept for general comments. Thanks. Mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Oz07 said: I have a pre app in with blaby at the moment! Be nice to see a response soon @Charles Ebden might well be a private planner, @Oz07, and so have no influence at all on the process. Welcome @Charles Ebden : good luck with the dissertation. A few of us here are retired Senior / Principal lecturers. I for one would be happy to read drafts of your work as an interested, critical friend. Plus I'm bloody nosey. Ian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSharp01 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Welcome - will get to your survey when I have finished reading this pile of dissertation drafts I was presented with this morning, I thought I had retired, and these refectory sandwiches are worse than ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeSharp01 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 First one was (is) very bad so did the survey instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hecateh Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Done - interesting looking at the results so far. The age group with the biggest number of builders being in the 50 - 65 age group. Only a small number of responses so far though. I must remember to go back and look later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oz07 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 2 hours ago, recoveringacademic said: @Charles Ebden might well be a private planner, @Oz07, and so have no influence at all on the process. Welcome @Charles Ebden : good luck with the dissertation. A few of us here are retired Senior / Principal lecturers. I for one would be happy to read drafts of your work as an interested, critical friend. Plus I'm bloody nosey. Ian If you read for the link he works for blaby council Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willbish Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Also done, trying to bring down the average age! Now off to find out what the councils self build register is all about.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Replied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Harris Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 1 hour ago, MikeSharp01 said: Welcome - will get to your survey when I have finished reading this pile of dissertation drafts I was presented with this morning, I thought I had retired, and these refectory sandwiches are worse than ever. Still happens to me 6 years after I retired.................... Survey completed - seems pretty well-structured, too. I hope the results are helpful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToughButterCup Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 1 hour ago, Oz07 said: If you read for the link he works for blaby council I did. After I had posted. Eeeejit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Construction Channel Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 I don't think my submission will help much but iv filled it in anyway also on the completion page you are missing the "m" on many. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stones Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Ebden Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Good evening everyone, I'm bowled over by the number of response I have received today! It has exceeded my expectations. Obviously would I love to have more so please keep sharing. Thank you for all of your useful feedback and encouragement...I have added the 'm' onto many . Following the advice of @recoveringacademic I have disabled the function that shows the results as it was showing email addresses and phone numbers. I will periodically post updates of the results as I go along, and I will be more than willing to share the end results to anyone who is interested. I am also sending out a questionnaire to Council's across the UK, to get their views and again I will post updates as I go forward. The dissertation is due in in mid-September. I will do my best to be an active member of the forum, and offer what advice I am able to. Please put these requests in a PM. Please also be aware that much depends on the site and the Council's policies, and I may not be in a position to give a full and definitive answer. However it concerns development in Blaby I will have to offer my apologies due to ethical reasons and pass you onto our main number. I must also thank those who have kindly offered to take part in an telephone interview, I will be in touch with you individually, however I do have to just finalise the questions so it may be a while before I am able to conduct them. Thank you all again, and thank you for making me feel welcome here...I know planners are not always afforded such a luxury. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hecateh Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 34 minutes ago, Charles Ebden said: Thank you all again, and thank you for making me feel welcome here...I know planners are not always afforded such a luxury. on this site it doesn't matter what your 'job' is or what type of building you are doing. You will be treated as an individual (however much we may have issues with individual architects, planning departments, builders, suppliers or any other sector we come into contact with) according to how you are as a person. I am pretty new here but know I can ask anything, share any experience or make any suggestion so long as it is done in the spirit of sharing and with respect - and where possible a sense of humour. This site is amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pocster Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Done just so I can bitch at the council planning .... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 30 minutes ago, Hecateh said: This site is amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hecateh Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 11 minutes ago, PeterW said: It is - this site is the only thing that has enabled me to (just) hold onto my sanity. Coping with the stresses of self building without a SO was always going to be stressful but this site has given me somewhere I can ask questions, research how others have dealt with things and (maybe most of all) realising that I am not the only one stressed out with the horrible wonderful life of self build - even though I am not actually doing it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterW Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 It’s good to know we can help other people - it can appear pretty lonely as you stand looking at a muddy hole that’s just swallowed £20k of your savings and you think “why did I start this.....?” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hecateh Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 2 minutes ago, PeterW said: It’s good to know we can help other people - it can appear pretty lonely as you stand looking at a muddy hole that’s just swallowed £20k of your savings and you think “why did I start this.....?” So so true Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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