Start what? I'd like to say building the house but that is far off, so this start is the start to the blog. Still, we are closer to starting the build today than we were yesterday.
Although the plot has planning permission we never intended to build the original design - that house is too small, sits poorly in the landscape and just doesn't work very well internally.
We have therefore been working with Mark and Tim at RRA in Hereford to create a more sympathetic design. We also wanted to build an "eco" house. Why pay ever bigger energy bills when with the right design you should be able to pay (almost) nothing! With a PV panel or two we might just turn a profit, although the return on the investment isn't really the point - but I'll save that for a later post.
After a false start earlier in the year, yesterday we got the green light from the planing officer. There are few technical things to get get right but we hope to put in a planning application in the next 10 days or so. The only major hurdle from then on is the Parish Council.
Now that the build looks likely to go ahead (although this is by no means guaranteed), this blog will be a chronicle of the process. Wish us luck!
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