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Chippie or a general builder would probably be your best bet.

I I am no expert but shouldn't the the trusses around a velux be doubled up!

I wouldn't even do the 60cm's I have with Gravelboards. The 6Foot walls either don't support anything or are not gravel boards but more like the soldier piles I was originally talking about. I have found a "Heavy Duty" Landscape gardner who is willing to come and look at the job and my builder...

Sorry I was being a bit tounge in cheek. I don't have the energy to DIY it - I have reached out to my normal builder. I realise it is practically impossible. We are about to embark on a big build which has been delayed so this is now preliminary work we can get started on. Everytime we speak to...

I think you may be right, think I will give that approach a go. Cost is a concern whilst its only about 50cm high the wall needs to be about 25 meters long - the Kingpost solution seemed to provide a possibly cheaper option. There is also no access from the neighbours side, which is the lower...

I used the Leyland on our Bungalow when I needed to cover every wall cheaply and although it is a bit dark its generally OK. When I realised I wasn't going to have enough Magnolia to do the lounge I added some of the Leyland white I had to it to bulk it out and the finish is almost perfect -...

Hi all - looking for some advice on what trade really. We need to build a retaining wall - its job will be to replace an existing delapedated structure that holds up between 50cm and 75cm's difference between us and the neighbours. My thoughts are that the best way to achieve this - access is...

Good luck and looking forward to following this.

Mad isn't it. Our initial survey was mandatory because of where the house is. That was £325. Each emergence survey is £550 - because of the shape of the house they need 3 people for each one. Thats £1650. The report on the emergence surveys is £440. The mitigation report and licence application...

Thanks Freddie - I wish it was only £800. Seems we will be in this for about £5k by the time its finished - they have to sit outside of the house 3 times, then write a report and then a mitigation report and license application. Even if there hadn't been evidence some of the existing features...

Thanks Curlewhouse - Application is being withdrawn today - in the meantime we are going to submit pre application advice - hopefully that means we can iron out any build issues prior to the new submission which should be in May next year. I have the Topographical surveys so we will likely get...

The builder I use is superb - he hasn't advertised for 20 years. I very fortunately found him through word of mouth, by mentioning that I was having an extension done and someone saying oh call this guy. I have recommended him to others. He also gets work from other trades people (such as...

Most household insurers cover your house during building works. But you need to tell them that you are having it done. Normally the cost will not go up but you may find the excess does. I.E. when having an extension done on my old house the builder had PLI and Contractors Insurance. I also...

Thanks Nige - I think thats the case - means we should have plenty of time to fit the builders in. We think we will start the garden the challenge being to get to the heavy machinery into the garden we were going to go through the garage - including taking off the roof - now we cannot do that...

I am about to do this - thankfully I have enough equity in my property to ask for the mortgage before I start building (that was part of the plan). What I need to ensure is they will lend me the extra money...at some point I am going to have to bite the bullet and ring the mortgage company.

Well joy of joys our existing roof has been used as a bat roost! The worst part of all of this is 1 the cost of the following surveys and 2 the delay - we have been told emergence surveys which are now needed cannot be done until May - we were hoping to start building in March! This will delay...

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Well its been a while but we finally have some designs (partly as we were so tired after moving and just wanted to relax and also we wanted to see how the land and light worked) and planning permision is submitted. One neighbour has said they can't support us as they are now going to sit on...