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.
