On-site meeting with planning & building consultants

A second meeting on-site with the project manager (who I met on 10th November) was also with their planning & building consultants.

In order get a quote from the developer and project manager I met on the 10th November, we met again today (on-site this time) along with their planning & building consultants. They will be responsible for producing the detailed drawings of the house and working through satisfying the planning permission conditions. Other parties that will be involved along the way, will be a structural engineer who will look at the retaining walls on site and house design; a site clearance company to strip all the vegetation from the site; and a ground testing company who will drill a number of wholes in the ground to ascertain what the ground conditions are like.

The biggest question that came out of the meeting, was how to achieve the retaining wall for the site and how to damp proof the house. The really worrying thing at this stage, is that so much of the build costs will be going into the ground, just to get the site prepared and the foundations in place. I'm really hoping this isn't going to blow the budget out of the water, but I know this will be a significant aspect of the build. Daunting.