MY SELF BUILD JOURNEY- HOW MUCH DOES IT ALL REALLY COST ?

[@jawardlaw487]

Thank you very much Harry. We are just beginning the Danwood process. It is very exciting. Your videos have put my mind at ease about a few of my worries.

[@iankirkwood3367]

Great to see your seat of the pants experience for my budget planning so thanks for the insights. Still waiting for the plot to come up....

[@sallylane2126]

Don’t forget muck away costs on top of the groundwork cost. Each 16 ton load costs £220 plus VAT and you will need around 8 loads.

[@djembejen]

This is wonderful Harry. I’m now watching the whole series. Thank you very much for your helpful videos! 😃

[@marknesbitt728]

I am just on the very early stages of looking at a self-build/built option. Your costs breakdown is very helpful to confirm some essential costs that I have found and now been able to compare with yours - its reassuring. Thank you.

[@leadscollector]

How did it go

[@samwooltortonwooltorton8166]

Great video man! 👏

[@EmilyRyall]

Thanks. Interested to see how you get on as I'm currently going through the danwood process myself.

[@sallylane2126]

Wow! You were exceptionally lucky with your architect and his fees. Mine were £2321 in total.

[@janieeasterman6056]

Hi Harry so pleased you are doing this series as it's something I would like to do too. Thanks for the all the interesting info to date.

[@LionelWilson007]

That was excellent, thank you, Harry; it was informative and concise. It would be good to see how the totals marry up at the end of the project.

[@myselfbuildjourney1219]

Thanks Lionel, I will do that when all the dust has settled.

[@stewartcampbell2481]

Hi again Harry, many thanks for making this video, as requested. Most informative and useful! Looking forward to the next instalment. Cheers, Stewart

[@snoweeks]

Love the series. Quick question - I’m assuming the Dan Wood turnkey price (as seen online) does not include 20% Vat. If it doesn’t, how much of the turnkey cost can be refunded (as it’s a self build). My understanding is only materials can be claimed - not services?

[@johnjlynch2284]

We built a Dan-wood house in West Lothian Scotland and on top of the planning fees we had to pay a so called donation of £14,000 towards local facilities like a new school. Our foundations cost £73,000.

[@richardmarkham8369]

Ha! Donation! So what was your all up cost, if you don't mind me asking? A lot more than expected?

[@timwhittles6414]

I hope the house was massive 😂

[@DevonDumpling123]

The cost of foundations has just floored me!!! This could put a Dan wood out of my price range was your plot flat? It sounds the same as ours other self builds and fully serviced in shock but glad you told me

[@myselfbuildjourney1219]

Hi Anne-Marie, Don’t panic! My foundation was almost double what I expected to pay due to tree roots under the plot. This meant the foundations had to go almost double the depth, hence more material ( cement, steel). Also the price I quote includes all the drainage, service ducting and driveway type one etc, so not just for foundation. Hope that helps.

[@DevonDumpling123]

@@myselfbuildjourney1219 yes it does massively thank you. Your blog is very handy

[@vickymcmellon9470]

Really helpful thanks. Our foundations are costing the same. Good to know. We also spent around £20k on upgrades and extra electrics.

[@traceyharmer7569]

Very helpful harry, thank you!

[@sallylane2126]

My topographical survey costs were £1380 in total. £540 for the survey then two lots of £420 to mark out the house on the plot and then pin it exactly where the house will be once the foundations were done

[@ForlornHope2626]

I recommend considering Air Conditioning as an alterantive form off heating, they are renewable and under the same classification as Air Source Heat Pumps, pricing is around £1500 per room. You also get cooling in the summer which if you have Solar can be mitigated.

[@myselfbuildjourney1219]

Not quite sure how this would heat your home, and at £1500 per room then would cost me £9-10k. Air source pump was free after government grant btw.

[@ForlornHope2626]

@@myselfbuildjourney1219 AC Heats and cools and has a just as high if not higher COP then Water based ASHP's. Depending on the size of the property and whether or not you can access the grant, it can be a cheaper alternative.

[@myselfbuildjourney1219]

@@ForlornHope2626 Suspect AC would burn a lot more electricity than ASHP. 5k Grant is easy to get as long as installed by approved installer. Received mine in a month. My total electric bill is £57 month, so still believe ASHP is the best solution for homeowner and the planet.

[@ForlornHope2626]

@@myselfbuildjourney1219 not true at all, AC is on demand and quicker to achieve, it's the technology that water based ASHP's is based on, except you get greater energy loss due to passive radiation heating as compared to direct airflow with ac. You can also achieve a COP averaging 4 and up to 5 with a well designed system. It's mass produced world widely used, reliable and easy wheras Water based ASHP's is experimental technology from the 60's, that the gov has to subsidise to make it competitive

[@thisgirlischaos5146]

@@ForlornHope2626 Looks like you are an AC fan, and having lived with AC for 30 years in California I am not. Much prefer my ASHP. It’s just my preference having experienced both, and seen my electric bills from both. Thank you for your suggestions and detailed reasoning but I will leave it here.

[@ianturner3351]

Thanks for this ! Live watching these videos - when do you break ground Harry?

[@myselfbuildjourney1219]

Hi Ian, Thanks for watching. I hope to break ground in a month or so..on the list with the groundwork’s company.

[@stephenlee6643]

hi harry,now in process of doing selfbuild,knocking down existing cottage and replacing with new dwelling,contacted architect who came out to site and we discussed different ideas,he has now come back with a quote for his services of approx £8500+vat excluding planning fees etc this seems expensive as i am only looking for 2/3 bedroom bungallow nothing really difficult to build,would like to hear your architect idea and pricing.

[@myselfbuildjourney1219]

Hi Stephen, Congratulations on going the self build path. As far as architect fees go it is hard fo me to comment. The joy of the Danwood process is that the house is already designed and all the plans are already drawn up by the architects at the factory. When you make changes to the original design those are then checked and changed for you on the plans. I only used an architect to change the plans to CAD drawings and to submit these to planning and fill all the required forms. I believe they did that all for about £500. Sorry not to be more help. Perhaps approach another architect to see how much they quote?

[@stephenlee6643]

@@myselfbuildjourney1219 hi harry ,yes i have done four builds so far but my architect is not well so i said i would get another to take the pressure off him,it probably cost me about £1500 exc council fees in 2017/18 these fees seem so far away from that cost yes thanks for your input,steve.Did u not build at mattishall i am only in lyng .

[@geoffhalbert5435]

I had an architect work for £180 for 2 days a grade 2 listed garden wall. My original quote was £67/ hr plus vat and threats of suing for late payment

[@TheNordicWord]

Thanks for these very informative videos, Harry. I'm in the early stages of my own Dan-Wood journey. Could you please message me the details of the architect you used?

[@janrasmussen8144]

would they deliver all over europe ( we live in Spain) or just UK ?

[@timwhittles6414]

Does danwood do a cost without carpets, tiles and all the fittings? I just want the shell and I can do the rest. More about timescales to build up to water tight structure.

[@rennydias]

Very helpful.thank you

[@EmilyRyall]

Have you been given a delivery date yet? We completed everything to get a date from danwood to deliver sometime in September (based on their 12 week lead time that all their paperwork specifies) but they have just told us that it will now be sometime in February! Not good for us as we will be living in a cabin on site and desperately didn't want to live in it over winter. This means it will be 8 months for a delivery date after signing everything rather than the 12 weeks they said.

[@myselfbuildjourney1219]

Hi Emily Yes, I have similar delivery date. I hear that Brexit has really affected getting the work crews from Poland. They are trying their best to resolve the issues, but I believe all builds have been affected. I will keep you posted. Good luck.

[@Alphard_adventures]

This is really helpful. I am having a site survey but am pretty sure my site won’t have enough access sadly …

[@harryvangorkum7782]

Thank you! You would be amazed how good they are at getting their trucks to the site. Good luck with it all.

[@Vritthakur]

Hi Harry, we are very new to London. Trying to build our dream from scratch like the way we do back home (India) could you please guide us from finding a piece of land to actual construction. Thank you

[@myselfbuildjourney1219]

@@Vritthakur Hi If you watch all my videos they take you through the whole process from finding land to final build. Good luck with your dream home.

[@phoenix-xu9xj]

How much has everything gone up since then though.

[@Dahni555]

£500 planning cost - South Norfolk council took 6 months. For basic casement windows on a small flat. Absolutely disgraceful!

[@wouterkolkman]

Very useful:-)

[@vxlgsi]

We are at a similar stage to you currently and just been advised that all the prices have gone up thousands of pounds. Has anyone else had this happen? Not sure where I'm expected to find this extra money!!

[@myselfbuildjourney1219]

Hi, sorry to hear that. I believe they have had to increase prices due to material cost increases due to brexit. Still a shock for the budget though.

[@myselfbuildjourney1219]

Sorry to hear that. I believe it is because of material price increases due to Brexit. Hard to budget now though.

[@vxlgsi]

@@myselfbuildjourney1219 yes that was the reason they used. So have you also had a proce increase on your build?

[@moggyman6413]

Hi Harry, did your foundations price of £32k include a raft?

[@geoffhalbert5435]

Potton self build are also explaining things

[@maheshprabhu7634]

thanks for the great info...please may i ask did your house come with a fitted kitchen in the turnkey price? thanks in advance

[@myselfbuildjourney1219]

Hi Thanks for watching. No, the kitchen is the only thing not included in the Turn Key price. This is such a personal choice and so many variables that they leave that up to you to choose from the many vendors available. However you do need to have your kitchen design chosen before the final plans as they will sort out all the necessary electrical points and plumbing etc so it is all in place for when your kitchen is installed. I actually went for B&Q flat pack kitchen in the end as the wood/ gloss white combination was what I was looking for and they came in under my 4k budget! I will be showing this when I do my interior fit out tips video soon.

[@geoffhalbert5435]

Water is the only eventual everything else can be overcome

[@sallylane2126]

I don’t think you mentioned building reg fees. They are about £1500.

[@DarynParfitt]

It is easy to give a fixed price when you are expensive as you can absorb material and labour inflation.

[@dinudisa844]

Hello, Just a quick question, does Dan wood houses not include that foundation building cost? Do we have to arrange that ourselves?

[@myselfbuildjourney1219]

Hi Sorry for delay. No Dan Wood price does not include any preparation/foundation costs. You are responsible for having the foundations complete to their specifications.

[@geoffhalbert5435]

Adverse possession property?

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[@slavmarin7827]

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[@theo610]

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