What are we hoping for on our self-build in 2019?

[ToughButterCup]

Its that time of year when hope takes the foreground - at least for a bit. 

I hope to

• at least move into Salamander Cottage, it'll be messy, but we'll be in....
• be more relaxed about the inevitable knocks
• enjoy the achievements more

be kinder to @Nickfromwales (at least in public)

[epsilonGreedy]

I am hoping for a happy Swmbo.

 

She got a flushing toilet in the static caravan for Christmas with an end-to-end continuously integrated disposal system (to borrow a few terms from software development), so I am off to a good start.

 

Next year I hope to complete the garage which will deliver a proper office, temp utility room and storage. After that I will strive for a watertight shell of a house before the autumn rains arrive.

Edited December 31, 2018 by epsilonGreedy

[ProDave]

My next target is get the house finished enough for a certificate of temporary habitation from building control by May so I can hopefully move onto an ordinary insurance policy rather than renew the self build policy for another year.

 

Other than that, plod on with whatever we can afford.

[Square Feet]

I am hoping to buy a plot in 2019.  

Obviously I will then be moving into the completed house before Christmas.

Edited December 31, 2018 by Square Feet

[scottishjohn]

hoping to get it started and water tight 

[Jeremy Harris]

I'm hoping to clear the final snag list and then start booking holidays...

[Thedreamer]

Would like to be living in our house by July/August.

 

Then I can plan the really exciting stuff. 

[dpmiller]

steady progress with not too many dramas, and hopefully habitable by September.

[Onoff]

Six numbers.

[vfrdave]

a lottery win would be good.

 

But I would settle for moving into the house in the first half of the year.

[MikeSharp01]

I guess getting the frame up and watertight would be good. 

[lizzie]

Ironing out all the niggles on the UFH and MVHR would be a great milestone!

[joe90]

1 hour ago, lizzie said:

Ironing out all the niggles on the UFH and MVHR would be a great milestone!

 

+1 ?

[Tosh]

Actually starting to build something after waiting for what seems an eternity for a green light for all the paperwork.

[andy]

Starting the build by knocking down the current old house (including the PD extension I had to build but I’ll save that for a blog post...).

[newhome]

Returning home tomorrow and having a warm house after using ‘holiday mode’ for the first time ?. 

 

Beyond that getting the various odds and sods sorted including sorting out the loft so that I can get to the MVHR unit and change the filters, get the ST system working again. Always something to sort out! 

 

 

[PeterW]

No pressure there then that it actually works then @newhome..!!!

[newhome]

2 minutes ago, PeterW said:

No pressure there then that it actually works then @newhome..!!!

 

I have every faith in you! ? x 

 

 

[Tennentslager]

Finally finishing my Building Warrant application...work has been too too busy, universal credit and alcohol abuse = destitution, vulnerability and increase in detentions under mental heath act. Frontline social work is grim sometimes so I’m gonna knock a wall down???

[Dreadnaught]

Now that I have finally bought a plot, to get the new planning application through and start the build (and a BuildHub blog with it). 

[Weebles]

Hopefully finish the house enough to move in before winter sets in again

[Ed Davies]

Since I've got about half the amount done I hoped to at the beginning of 2018 I'm not nominating a pocket at all.

[Jeremy Harris]

14 hours ago, Tennentslager said:

Finally finishing my Building Warrant application...work has been too too busy, universal credit and alcohol abuse = destitution, vulnerability and increase in detentions under mental heath act. Frontline social work is grim sometimes so I’m gonna knock a wall down???

 

I don't know how you do it.  My sister in law was a social worker in inner London for years, and I'm pretty sure I couldn't do that job, especially given the major failure of successive governments to understand the true impact of some of their policies.

[Gone West]

Do all the landscaping and driveway and generally take it a bit easier than last year.

[Cpd]

With my health and energy returning from what has been a long drawn out illness and recovery I am looking forward to just being back on the tools without it being a massive effort. My main focus will be to get the shed sorted out, new doors etc, so that I will be in a position to move the workshop and associated materials....junk  from the cottage I am renovating to the refurbished shed / workshop. But my first job will be the upgrading of the water supply before April as that’s when the first geusts start to arrive. new tanks, pipe and  filters throughout.