You can set the sort order of messages? Just click on the link in the date column. Your preferences will be remembered, so you don't have to do it again when you return.
I used Diapol just over a year ago for a black star galaxy granite worktop. They are excellent and the best price by far. They are eastern european guys and...
... Try some "Fast Glass" from Autoglym. Yes it's a car product but can also be used in the home. Also works well on tiles. http://www.autoglym.co.uk HTH Rob...
Hi Guys, I have just received my VAT return, and am looking to invest some of it back into land. I have been looking on the usual auction sites, and grazing...
Speak to planners about their view on paddocks (paddocks ARE an easy way to add value to SOME properties) - they may want to talk about change of use (unless...
Public Liability Insurance is an absolute MUST HAVE in these days of much opportunistic litigation. It can be difficult to get unless there is a building of...
Hi there, We have paid a well known timber frame company their initial fee to do the drawings up to the Planning Application stage. We got PP and have given...
Hi Nick, thanks for the response. I don't have a paddock near my property, I was simply looking at a long term investment with a relativly low initial...
Just a reminder on how to join to join the UK_Selfbuild group - been asked to re-post this for people who wish to send to colleagues etc. The UK_Selfbuild...
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Unfortunately, the small print is what you signed your name to ... But, as always, the devil is in the detail so you might be able to take a fair bit away with...
... Depends what your long term objective is, agricultural land prices are rising but not a lot. Woodland look a better deal at least you can camp there and ...
Hi Claire, I investingated a plot without PP last week. The blurb in the ad, on Plotfinder, made it sound like a great opertunity, at a low low price, in a...
Hi This may be a daft question, but I'm good at them :-p........... Is there any restriction to what weight you can put in a builders skip? I.e. Can I fill one...
Claire Not sure what you are looking at but any land /paddocks advertised as building land that don't have at least outline PP are almost certainly a scam....
Hope someone can give me some advise. My detached house has had an extension on the back of it 1972 by the first owners 14ft x 11ft (Why they only done it that...
My local skip company do a 10 yard skip but not for heavy building materials, plaster concrete etc… A 7 yd skip can be level loaded with whatever…. I think...
Sorry but things changed last summer. There is now no such thing as amending an existing planning application, you have to make a fresh application for any...
If its just damp, and water is not pouring in, you just apply any of a number of comercal coatings to the inside, all quite easy, I have done 3 different...
While I agree the design needs some specalist knowledge, the installation can be done DIY, tell the designer thats how you intend to install it. DIY also...
The other thing with the chneel design is that if its waterproof, it effectivly has a great deal more weight on it, you get the soil plus the water. If the...
It ends about 2 weeks after you think the house is finished. 1st fix, is all the stuff you do before you plaster. I would insulate everything ..... but thats...
Yes, but they are sized to deal with most stuff you are likley to chuck out. I guess Depleted Uranium would make the thing impossible for the lorry to lift,...
Claire/David If Plotfinder are advertising plots without planning permission then they are not really plots. Surely a minimum of outline consent should be in...
... Yes, any of these types of land sales are a complete waste of money if you ever hope to get PP. Would they really be selling potential plots at low prices...
FWIW, our subscription was a complete waste of dosh - the plots were either unusable at a reasonable build price ( for example, an old filling station on a...
