I’m pretty sure I didn’t include these in the tender! Yes the tenders have been returned. All are above the project budget and they vary quite a bit. The lowest is 1.5 times our budget, the highest is almost 2.5 times. Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2012
back to the drawing board
Having budget costed the sewer diversion, including the £5K bond that Wessex Water require, we are likely to be out of pocket to a tune of £12-15K for the diversion. Frankly, I would much rather spend that (if we had it) on something useful. After a re-think, we make the decision to remove the rear extension. Continue reading
sewers: bad news continues
Found them! Unfortunately they are much, much closer than we had hoped. I have been getting rather frustrated at Wessex Water saying that they have an ‘exclusion zone’ of 2 metres, but now we have found the pipes (show in green in the drawing), it is clear that the storm water drain is located in the vicinity of the foundation. So,irrespective of Wessex Water’s view and approvals, we would not be able to build on top like this in any case. Continue reading