Bobby's new build thread

[wolfey]

Yes, a good area to work in where customers will pay for quality,

I was Shenfield born and bred and walked through the Mount every day to school, it's really what built my company. I moved out about 5yrs ago as begrudged 1.5million for a 4 bed semi, but still have a yard and 2 machine shops in the area and just built a new warehouse in Brentwood to service London and the M25 / M1/ M4 corridors.

I see your work a lot locally and even enjoy it when I'm getting my hair cut!!! lol!!

Best

Wolfey

 

[doctor Bob]

Do you know Steve Mitchell?

 

[wolfey]

Not on any real personal level, have bumped into him on the Shenfield / Brentwood circuit through friends of friends over the years and think he bought me a pint of Veltins in the Terrace bar years ago. I know who he is by face and a hello.
He kicks around with the generation above me. He has done well mostly down to his locations and quality of fit out in his shops. Its what is expected. i've popped into his one in Chelmsford a couple of times.

 

[No skills]

1.5 million for a 4 bed in shenfield? Holly dung. So glad I live in the slums.

 

[doctor Bob]

Kitchen is finished now apart from hand painting.

Sliding doors all in.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Beautiful. The only thing I would choose not have in a dream kitchen is the two rows of "glory holes" - in my house they would be full of clutter inside a fortnight. :lol:

 

[doctor Bob]

Beautiful. The only thing I would choose not have in a dream kitchen is the two rows of "glory holes" - in my house they would be full of clutter inside a fortnight. :lol:

Hi, just to clarify they are wine racks, I've been on the wagon for many years so pointless for me. I was originally going to put in a 1400mm wide fridge but realised that was a bit OTT so the wine racks in effect are infills to make up for the reduced size fridge, thats the trouble with making it 6 months before fitting.

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Oh, certainly. I realised what they were - and from jobs that I've done in the past the usual reason for making them.

 

[doctor Bob]

I was just concerned as to the modern meaning of what a "glory hole" is .............. those are large apertures...................

 

[doctor Bob]

Old house is falling apart. Here is my technique for dealing with leaky ceiling pipes.

Just about goes through the night

 

[doctor Bob]

Heating system has gone in.
Ground source heat pump. So 600m of pipe put into the garden at 1.4m deep.
In the shed is a heat exchanger, a buffer tank, a main tank and a power booster for the whole house, the hot water is pumped to the house in super insulated pipe ( that was an unexpected £2500 for the pipe) on a continuous flow so we have instant hot water.
Hopefully with a grant and an efficience of 1kw in = 4kw out we should be alright but the whole system has come in at about £20000 so a bit of an initial hit.

 

[Fitzroy]

£20k is a big number! With the insulation requirements of new houses I can't see you'll ever recoup the outlay, so what made you go for this option?

F.

 

[doctor Bob]

£20k is a big number! With the insulation requirements of new houses I can't see you'll ever recoup the outlay, so what made you go for this option?

F.

Because I will get about £17000 back as a grant over the next 4 years.

 

[Fitzroy]

£20k is a big number! With the insulation requirements of new houses I can't see you'll ever recoup the outlay, so what made you go for this option?

F.

Because I will get about £17000 back as a grant over the next 4 years.

To quote Gru "light bulb"! I can also see the environmental/efficiency aspect is nice, and an instant hot water circuit is the stuff of dreams, just was struggling with the cost.

F.

 

[doctor Bob]

Got a bit disheartened with the project over the last few months, but we are in now and it's fantastic.
I get the heating commissioned this week, the old house comes down next week and the garden gets levelled the week after.
The patio, 220msq is being laid at the moment.

Few images, we are 2 days off a year.

out of curiosity I had an agent value it, we have a valuation of about 30% more than its cost so thats good news, however this is home now for at least 10 years.

 

[Fitzroy]

Nice to see you in, now you can start to really enjoy your efforts.

F.

 

[n0legs]

=D>
Nicely done sir.

 

[devonwoody]

Congratulations to all, you have achieved something many of us wanted. Built in under 12months was good imo.

 

[Flynnwood]

Pineapples/strawberries well done. I bet the valuing agent underplayed it by at least 5%.

 

[doctor Bob]

Thanks chaps, old house should come down next week which should be interesting. Needs to be done by hand as it is too close to the new house.