5 manholes in a brand new house (garden & drive way)...

BartyBoy

Arthien wrote: »

Basically you want the second HTB scheme, not the first.

It was the Help to Buy's Equity Loan (20% government's loan) that I have applied for. Within this loan, the Government lends up to 20% of the cost of a new build home, so only a 5% cash deposit will be needed and a 75% mortgage to make up the rest.

http://www.helptobuy.org.uk/equity-loan/equity-loans

The Help to Buy scheme comes in two options – Equity Loan and Mortgage Guarantee. The latter one allows buyers to purchase a non new build home. But so far I don't know any lenders who use this option from the government.

BartyBoy

Marktheshark wrote: »

How high above the rain water one is the house door

Sorry I am trying to write your question into my list to Taylor Wimpey, but I don't understand the question totally, could you please explain further for me? Thank you!

Marktheshark

The top hatch level of the storm/ rain drain.

How high is the highest drain that connects to this drain above the manhole .
How many contributor feeds does this drain have
What height is the front door threshold, air vents and inner floor level of the house above the top of this drain on a surveyed level basis.
What conclusion does the planning and drainage risk assessment state about the possibility of the drain overflowing and flooding the house in storm conditions (please put in writing) .

BartyBoy

Marktheshark wrote: »

The top hatch level of the storm/ rain drain.

How high is the highest drain that connects to this drain above the manhole .
How many contributor feeds does this drain have
What height is the front door threshold, air vents and inner floor level of the house above the top of this drain on a surveyed level basis.
What conclusion does the planning and drainage risk assessment state about the possibility of the drain overflowing and flooding the house in storm conditions (please put in writing) .

You are a star! Many thanks!

patman99

OP if you like the site, but not the number of manholes in your chosen plot, then can you switch to another less-manhole-infested plot instead?.

BartyBoy

patman99 wrote: »

OP if you like the site, but not the number of manholes in your chosen plot, then can you switch to another less-manhole-infested plot instead?.

Good thinking, unfortunately my plot is the last plot selling the type of property that I like & can afford. There were only 3 plots selling this type of house in this site, mind you the other 2 have their gardens facing to a main road, so I probably wouldn't go for them in that sense... sorry to sound picky now

sniggings

yorkie3 wrote: »

For me, I would walk away as it is indicative of the lack of thought that has gone into the design at such an early stage. If this is the low standard that they have started off with, who knows what problems you will face down the line.

low standards or tiny houses with even smaller gardens.

robotrobo

BartyBoy wrote: »

That is a good wake up call, thank you!

my last house i had every now & then we would have a blocked drain issue & it was me that had to deal with it !!!!, never again, i sold my nice house for this issue as i had turned in to a gamekeeper for the rest of the residents , it was awful

BartyBoy

robotrobo wrote: »

my last house i had every now & then we would have a blocked drain issue & it was me that had to deal with it !!!!

Do you mind me to ask how old your last house is?

BartyBoy

I have now obtained a copy of the 'original' drawing plan from the sales guy.

Here is the drawing plan

My plot is highlighted within the purple/magenta box. All blue circles represent rain & surface water drains, and the red circles represent manholes.

On the actual site, there is a manhole sitting half way in between the top small red circle and the big red circle, but for somehow it is not shown on the drawing plan. In total there are 2 small and 2 big red circles in the back garden.

From what I saw on-site last time, the big red circles in my plot are the black plastic manholes similar to these.

I was told the way these manholes connect to each other between plots is, plot 2 connects to plot 1, then plot 1 to plot 3 (the one near to the back fence), then plot 3 to plot 4. But then you will see there is no big red circle in plot 5 (only 2 small circles by the property), so how does it work now?