Q&As

I have just bought a house with 7.7m of land on the side of the property. Do you think i would get planning to build a house on it, and what are the legal requirements?

I’m currently working on a planning application for my self build project. Is it compulsory to include a Design & Access statement, and if so what should it contain?

We are at the stage in our lives where our children have all grown-up and moved out of the family home. We would like to downsize and want to self build a comfortable and energy efficient two-bedroom home. We have £200,000 to spend on the entire project, including the plot. We want to self build […]

We are considering buying a house that has a garden plot large enough to build another house on. We are thinking about getting a self build mortgage alongside the mortgage for the property that exists already, but are wary of problems that would occur in splitting up the land between the two properties when the […]

hello, we are planning a build of a 5 bedroom, 5 bathroom guest suite on our land. i wondered whether anyone could suggest some online project managment tools, so that we can ensure everything (from ground clearance, to first and second fix) is done in the right order, and details the cashflow vs budget at […]

I’m considering building a basement extension but I don’t want it to end up like the dark, dingy spaces you hear about! How can I ensure that plenty of natural light gets inside so that I enjoy a nice, bright living space?

I have a cottage in North Uist which I intend to renovate this year. At present it is simply four stone walls and a roof, it is my intention to increase the height of the walls to providing a second floor. The stone walls have very little in the way of a proper foundation, what’s […]

We are considering windows for our new build. All materials are yet to be agreed with the local authority, but timber windows have been specified. At a building show we saw the ‘Residence 9’ PVCu windows, which have apparently been authorised in other conservation areas where timber had been specified. Has anyone used Residence 9 […]