Q&As

I’m thinking of purchasing a log cabin but I am concerned about its resale value as wooden buildings are difficult to raise a mortgage against. Can I rebuild the log cabin in bricks and mortar at a later date if I decide to sell without planning permission? I know you need planning permission for demolition […]

I had a conservatory and a flat roof extension removed from the back of our house and replaced it with a beautiful long extension with a pitched roof. Since then we have started to experience water stains on the plasterboard ceiling. We noticed that the builder did not change the bedroom window above, so the […]

Hi 🙂 there, help please can anyone please advice me on the most cost affective cheapest way getting utilities electricity, gas n water to a new build? Any advice on best method or any contacts would be greatly appreciated 🙂 Thank u

Hi all, what is the going rate for a bricklaying firm to charge for a sq metre of face brickwork in outer London we have a new build going up in northwood and would like a general idea?

I have decided to award the project management role to my builder, up to watertight stage. He is used to doing this (and providing me some PM services for the remaining stages), but has presented me with a standard JCT contract that includes the role of a Contracts Manager. As there is no intention to […]

Hi we have purchase a plot and are now nearly ready to get started there are about 7 trees on one side to come out all shallow rooted conifers about 30 ft high plot is 600 sq metres what sort of cost for clearing the land and getting it ready for foundations I have had […]

Trying to get to the bottom of the VAT thing is proving very frustrating, I’m going round in circles. My husband, who was a builder and is now retired, is leading a refurbishment project on a house we bought to retire to. The property has been empty for over two years and the building control […]

We have issued notices to our neighbours in accordance with the Party Wall Act as we are piling our new self build. They are now requesting a survey on their houses – why wouldn’t they when I’m paying? From what I’ve read so far the notices “aren’t worth the paper they are written on” so […]