So a decision has finally been made; I was of course supposed to be informed before Christmas about the outcome of my planning permission, to put two semi houses on the land instead of one detached house, which currently has planning. But no, there was an issue with the planning officer rather stupidly not informing one of the neighbors. Well I say one of the neighbors, I mean THE neighbor, the one next door, the one who would be effected most by the development! how stupid. so this has put me back 1 month, well I say one month, I was supposed to get planning two weeks ago, at least that was when is was signed off apparently. I didn't actually get my planning notice till 2 weeks later, i.e. last Friday, (they were too busy).
Anyway who cares now, i have it, and I'm chuffed to bits, I can't explain how exciting it is the prospect of building a house from scratch. So what next, well that is the burning question.
I've been told the service companies, gas, elec, water, are a law unto them selves, much like the planning department, and that you can't get onto them too soon. So I guess that is a major priority. Then there is building regs, and the ground survey, blimey i better get my skates on!
I'll be back soon with details of the new plans.
My other big issue is what am I going to call this start up enterprise. To me how I sell these properties is just as important as how i build them, so I gotta get it right. I'm toying with a few ideas at the moment, 'urban start' (which I think is quite young and trendy, but perhaps a bit too so), then there is 'beyond homes' which I think is quite cool also. I want to get this right so I'm not going to press the issue just yet.
