Ep71 - Top 5 pitfalls to avoid when self-building

The Selfbuild Podcast

Pete Cole of Pete Cole Consulting shares the most common issues he comes across self-build sites, including:

• How to work to a budget - where to spend your money
• Evaluating site conditions, from utilities running through the site to contamination
• Task approval in NI, developer enquiries
• Variations to designs and importance of site meetings
• How to choose a builder and pitfalls of going direct labour
• What can go wrong and examples of the need for site supervision
• What contract to sign with your builder in NI
• What to do if you want to do some work and/or hire some trades yourself
• Issue of availability of skilled labour and changing technologies
• Issues with pitched warm roofs, including potential of condensation with panels
• How to deal with defects
• Who has PI insurance and who needs to sign off on changes
• Practical examples

Recorded at Selfbuild Live Belfast in October 2023.

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