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Log Cabin Summer House Build 9 Years Later

Fake Google reviews small sub-contractors can buy them.

I would recommend planning permission over permitted development. But I knew what I wanted to use our garden room for and I need I had to have a certain internal head height.

Systemic effects & Cancer

Building to construction drawings. Do the site managers actually do it.

Importance of creating a build methodology

I love these posts I keep seeing "FREE NO OBLIGATION QUOTES". But yeah, it’s gonna cost £200,000. What am I getting for my £200,000? How do you know you’re not going get hit with extras half way through the job if you don’t know the full details and exactly what the contractor has priced for.

Grandfather rights is being phased out now and as of the 31st of December 2024, if a manager wants to renew their CSCS card after this date that they previously gathered under grandfather rights they now have to get the NVQ.

Let’s get one thing straight: Incompetence on site can kill people. And in the domestic building world, it’s everywhere, hiding behind...

It's commendable that companies offer 5 and 10-year guarantees on products, but what are you truly receiving? READ THEM BEFORE YOU...

A site variation (or extra) refers to any addition to a job not included in the original agreement e.g. quote, specification. For...

🏗 Welcome to Transparency Construction – Building Done Right! Website blog categories 🏡 I'm thrilled to share my knowledge through this...

How many builders begin work by demanding money upfront? For what reason? I've previously shared my story about giving our landscaper...

Hiring a Builder? Don’t Skip The Insurance Checks! 🏡⚠️ During my time on site, it was the surveyor’s duty to ensure our contractors had...

Get ready to dive into the exciting world of garden room design! In this post, I'm thrilled to share some of the key design stages that I...

🏡 What Type of Garden Room Should You Build? 🏗️✨ Thinking about adding a garden room, pub, office, granny pod or gym to your home? There are several build options, each with different costs, durability, and maintenance needs. Here’s a breakdown to help you decide

🚨 Exciting Project Alert! 🚨 We just completed our self built garden games room —the Fox Den Inn! 🦊🍻 A simple but thrilling build a DIY adventure. Despite a small height calculation mistake (oops! 😅), we adjusted on the fly and stuck to our submitted plans. ✅ Planning process? Surprisingly smooth! ✅ Lessons learned? Plenty! ✅ Next challenge? Tackling our home extension drawings without an architect! Follow along as I put my planning skills to the test. Will it work?

🏡 Building The Fox Den: What We Learned & What We’d Do Differently! 🏗️🍻 If everything had gone smoothly with our original contractor, The Fox Den Inn would have been completed much faster! But insufficient planning and research meant we had to redo certain build stages. For anyone planning a garden room, pub, or home office, here’s a quick step-by-step breakdown of how we built ours—and what we’d improve next time.

What started as a vision in April 2021 has finally come to life—our very own garden pub! 🦊🍻 We self-built the Fox Den Inn in just a few months, but the journey was full of lessons, setbacks, and big wins.

I’ve started crunching numbers, and while verbal quotes put my dream build at £150K-£200K, my own estimates tell a different story… Could a 3-story blockwork extension really be possible for £60K? 🤯