Bought a field, building a house
Discussion
TotalControl said:
That's looking really rather good now. Coming along nicely.
Out of curiosity, when purchasing land, do you own it or is it like a standard property purchase after where the land doesn't belong to you and only the house is yours? Can you tell I've lived in brick city all my life?
In the Uk you most often own the land and the property (freehold), it is possible to own properties leasehold but that isn’t the standardOut of curiosity, when purchasing land, do you own it or is it like a standard property purchase after where the land doesn't belong to you and only the house is yours? Can you tell I've lived in brick city all my life?
akirk said:
TotalControl said:
That's looking really rather good now. Coming along nicely.
Out of curiosity, when purchasing land, do you own it or is it like a standard property purchase after where the land doesn't belong to you and only the house is yours? Can you tell I've lived in brick city all my life?
In the Uk you most often own the land and the property (freehold), it is possible to own properties leasehold but that isn’t the standardOut of curiosity, when purchasing land, do you own it or is it like a standard property purchase after where the land doesn't belong to you and only the house is yours? Can you tell I've lived in brick city all my life?
House is looking fantastic so far. How did it/ the caravan stand up to the storm last week?
John87 said:
akirk said:
TotalControl said:
That's looking really rather good now. Coming along nicely.
Out of curiosity, when purchasing land, do you own it or is it like a standard property purchase after where the land doesn't belong to you and only the house is yours? Can you tell I've lived in brick city all my life?
In the Uk you most often own the land and the property (freehold), it is possible to own properties leasehold but that isn’t the standardOut of curiosity, when purchasing land, do you own it or is it like a standard property purchase after where the land doesn't belong to you and only the house is yours? Can you tell I've lived in brick city all my life?
House is looking fantastic so far. How did it/ the caravan stand up to the storm last week?
In the case of our property, we bought it as land with a permanent right of access along the main drive which is part of the retained land owned by the farmers.
@John87, it was about as much fun as you would probably imagine it to be
Pictures don’t really do it justice but I have a few I’ll post later. We escaped any real damage but it was not an experience I ever fancy repeating!
Yeah, our team are phenomenal tbh. They rock up before sunrise, get everything set up. 3hrs on the tools, tea break, 3hrs on the tools, lunch break, 3hrs on the tools and pack up to head home.
Having spent the last 9 years on a new build estate watching various national builders work through their tranches of builds, there’s simply no comparison.
They even stuck in a few hours on the morning of Storm Eowyn making doubly sure everything was as battened down as possible.
Having spent the last 9 years on a new build estate watching various national builders work through their tranches of builds, there’s simply no comparison.
They even stuck in a few hours on the morning of Storm Eowyn making doubly sure everything was as battened down as possible.
emicen said:
Yeah, our team are phenomenal tbh. They rock up before sunrise, get everything set up. 3hrs on the tools, tea break, 3hrs on the tools, lunch break, 3hrs on the tools and pack up to head home.
Having spent the last 9 years on a new build estate watching various national builders work through their tranches of builds, there’s simply no comparison.
They even stuck in a few hours on the morning of Storm Eowyn making doubly sure everything was as battened down as possible.
How on earth do they get 6 hours and a break in before lunch? Having spent the last 9 years on a new build estate watching various national builders work through their tranches of builds, there’s simply no comparison.
They even stuck in a few hours on the morning of Storm Eowyn making doubly sure everything was as battened down as possible.
I reckon our guys did about 4 hours of actual building work per day. Suddenly the schedule I’d been given made sense once they were on site!
To be fair, I'm probably guilty of a bit of rounding. I've never actually had the watch on them but from what it looks like on the odd day I work-from-caravan;
Arrive at the back of 7, get everything out the containers and ready to go
7:30ish tools go live
Back of ten, break for 15mins or so
1pm lunch for about half an hour
4:30pm knocking off time
Probably works out at around 8hrs working time. Given we're in the central belt, that's been before sunrise to after sunset for the last few months although its staying lighter for longer now.
Arrive at the back of 7, get everything out the containers and ready to go
7:30ish tools go live
Back of ten, break for 15mins or so
1pm lunch for about half an hour
4:30pm knocking off time
Probably works out at around 8hrs working time. Given we're in the central belt, that's been before sunrise to after sunset for the last few months although its staying lighter for longer now.
So the snow wasn't for shifting and the icicles were pretty impressive.
Decent amount of the main house still needed a second floor and the annex still needed a roof, but it definitely wasn't suitable weather for that kind of work, instead the team got started partitioning and flooring the second floor in the sections that was complete.
Above the garage, this will be the living/dining area with bedroom and bathrooms beyond the partition.
The foreground is the other side of the living area with the kitchen to the right hand side, again, bedroom and bathroom behind the partition framing.
In the main house, the bit at the back will be our bedroom.
Full height window will enable anyone with a drone to ogle my sexyself in the bath. Our bed will be roughly where the snow is
Bedrooms on the other side
Builders bucket sitting approx where the laundry will be, section of the hall behind has double height sections to the front and rear.
Decent amount of the main house still needed a second floor and the annex still needed a roof, but it definitely wasn't suitable weather for that kind of work, instead the team got started partitioning and flooring the second floor in the sections that was complete.
Above the garage, this will be the living/dining area with bedroom and bathrooms beyond the partition.
The foreground is the other side of the living area with the kitchen to the right hand side, again, bedroom and bathroom behind the partition framing.
In the main house, the bit at the back will be our bedroom.
Full height window will enable anyone with a drone to ogle my sexyself in the bath. Our bed will be roughly where the snow is
Bedrooms on the other side
Builders bucket sitting approx where the laundry will be, section of the hall behind has double height sections to the front and rear.
LooneyTunes said:
Looks like significant progress.
Out of interest, with it being studwork internally, what are you doing around soundproofing the internal walls?
The minimum spec was 75x38 framing with acoustic roll infill, we’ve upped that to 45x95, and it’s spec’d with 15mm plasterboard which will also help a bit with deadening.Out of interest, with it being studwork internally, what are you doing around soundproofing the internal walls?
emicen said:
LooneyTunes said:
Looks like significant progress.
Out of interest, with it being studwork internally, what are you doing around soundproofing the internal walls?
The minimum spec was 75x38 framing with acoustic roll infill, we’ve upped that to 45x95, and it’s spec’d with 15mm plasterboard which will also help a bit with deadening.Out of interest, with it being studwork internally, what are you doing around soundproofing the internal walls?
Some people will tell you that slabs are hard to work with. They're really not.
You can also get acoustic backboxes which I've not used but might be helpful.
LooneyTunes said:
For a high spec build, consider using acoustic slab (e.g. Rockwool RWA) and acoustic (or even double thickness) plasterboard - both add extra mass beyond what you have at present, which is a good thing. Even if you don't do it everywhere, definitely consider it for things like your laundry room and any rooms where you expect there to be considerable noise generated.
Some people will tell you that slabs are hard to work with. They're really not.
You can also get acoustic backboxes which I've not used but might be helpful.
Good feedback thanks. I was actually looking at the slabs thinking they would make more sense rather than playing with cutting up rolls.Some people will tell you that slabs are hard to work with. They're really not.
You can also get acoustic backboxes which I've not used but might be helpful.
Mostly going to be me and the Mrs doing the work so…
(I’ll probably deflect blame towards PH if she proper kicks off
)Thankfully the snow buggered off almost overnight, letting the team crack on with completing the second floor and getting the roof on the annex.
Then came storm Eowyn...
Not a great time to have a work-in-progress building with no proper roof, no windows and doors etc. Oh, and to be living in a caravan
Ratchet strap to the van and the shipping container
Vehicles strategically positioned for wind breaking
Even with the van breaking the wind the walls were flexing in and out fully 2 inches. Couldn’t lock the van all day as the wind was rocking it so hard it kept triggering the alarm!
Genuinely feel incredibly lucky to get off with zero damage (I'm not counting some roof membrane torn round the edges as damage). Some of our neighbours who are also building weren't as fortunate.
Not going to share damage pics as I feel that's in bad taste but I will share this, never good!
Of course, as soon as the wind died, along came the next climactic entertainment... more bloody snow!
Then came storm Eowyn...
Not a great time to have a work-in-progress building with no proper roof, no windows and doors etc. Oh, and to be living in a caravan
Ratchet strap to the van and the shipping container
Vehicles strategically positioned for wind breaking
Even with the van breaking the wind the walls were flexing in and out fully 2 inches. Couldn’t lock the van all day as the wind was rocking it so hard it kept triggering the alarm!
Genuinely feel incredibly lucky to get off with zero damage (I'm not counting some roof membrane torn round the edges as damage). Some of our neighbours who are also building weren't as fortunate.
Not going to share damage pics as I feel that's in bad taste but I will share this, never good!
Of course, as soon as the wind died, along came the next climactic entertainment... more bloody snow!
Edited by emicen on Saturday 8th February 14:30
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