Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2013

4Sticks

strongback wrote: »

For that to happen collateral warranties would have to be signed. These are never used on houses in my experience. There is a defects liability period with most construction work, generally after 6 years the designer is no longer liable to claims, I think it is much less for builders but I'm not sure what it is exactly.

Contract vs Common Law. Tears before bedtime - wait and see.

4Sticks

strongback wrote: »

I don't see how self builders will find the procedures difficult to understand.

They set themselves up as a sole trader which will involve a small accountants fee to make a return.

They get planning drawings done, there's also nothing stopping them doing the drawings themselves if they want to take that on.

They can familiarize themselves with the building regs, use guidance documents and the Homebond book to ensure they build in accordance with the regs. They then submit as built drawings.


The only time they explicitly need a professional is to to do inspections and sign off which is the way it has always been with bank..

You will fit in well around here

It's not rocket science after all !

4Sticks

dathi wrote: »

you are now arguing about "the ministers" opinion .how much weight will "the ministers" opinion hold in a court? if and when there is a legal challenge or dispute over this legislation . it will be solely based on the wording in si 9 of 2014 if it not in there it not going to happen

Agreed . Totally.

strongback

4Sticks wrote: »

Contract vs Common Law. Tears before bedtime - wait and see.

In terms of the law whats the difference between what we have now and the new legislation?

I can't imagine there are too many cases brought to court 20 years after a house is built because there are draughty windows or the roof leaks.

It's always been buyer beware when it comes to buying a house which is why the purchasers solicitor always looks for a condition survey of the house to be carried out prior to completing the sale. Whoever does the house survey is providing insurance.

I just can't see the mechanism were a householder can legally come after the builder after a 10 or 20 years unless there is a problem that is seriously affecting the structure.

If people are that worried they will make a critical error when building their house they could always employ a professional or take a leaf out of the developers book and set up a limited company to create a bit of distance.


I have to say there are some serious doomsday scenarios being created in the furtive minds of the self-builders.

sydthebeat

strongback wrote: »

I see it as more black and white. The building either complies with the regs or it doesn't. If it doesn't comply a cert isn't signed or it is written into the cert that non-compliant work exists.

So can you see the likelyhood of any facility to "write in" non compliance issues?
I don't.
The cert doesn't appear to be qualifiable, have you information to the contrary?

strongback

dathi wrote: »

you are now arguing about "the ministers" opinion .how much weight will "the ministers" opinion hold in a court? if and when there is a legal challenge or dispute over this legislation . it will be solely based on the wording in si 9 of 2014 if it not in there it not going to happen

Building regulations cover all domestic construction whether its a new apartment block, a new developer built house, a new house extension or a self build. That obvious and is contained in SI9 of 2014.

The difference now being that drawings need to be submitted and new certs signed for new builds and extensions over 40m2. That and Building Control are much less liable for building problems that happen down the line.

Phil Hogan confirmed that, he didn't need to.

I get the feeling the self-builders would like very limited regulation so they can get on with doing whatever they want with their money. We've seen bungalow bliss and we've see the mock Georgian pile of bricks as we drove along a country road, what will some of these genii come up with next.

Don't get me wrong I'm all for vernacular housing but how often to we seen it from self-builders.

4Sticks

strongback wrote: »

Phil Hogan confirmed that, he didn't need to.

We were not ALL in the know . You know.

4Sticks

strongback wrote: »

I have to say there are some serious doomsday scenarios being created in the furtive minds of the self-builders.

When all they need do is this

4Sticks

Speedsie wrote: »

Hi, I'm about to start renovating an existing 19th century house. The roof needs work amongst other items, but basically the works are renovation, not building. There will be no extension.

I've been told time & time again that the works will need to comply with the new Building Control regulations.

But looking here, it seems it it for:
a) New Builds
b) Extension over 40 sq m

Am I being made adhere to more than I need to (bearing in mind that I'm already having to comply with a protected structure & all that entails).

Thanks!

Speeds

You will need to comply with Building Regulations , but not these new Building Control regulations.

Good news for you but a flaw in the ministers new legislation in my opinion.

4Sticks

strongback wrote: »

I see it as more black and white. The building either complies with the regs or it doesn't.

How naive. And yet Hogan's SI tends to support you in this. And this notwithstanding that every TGD contains this text

In the case of material alterations or changes of use of existing buildings, the adoption without modification of the guidance in this document may not, in all circumstances, be appropriate. In particular, the
adherence to guidance, including codes, standards or technical specifications, intended for application to new work may be unduly restrictive or impracticable. Buildings of architectural or historical interest are
especially likely to give rise to such circumstances. In these situations, alternative approaches based on the principles contained in the document may be more relevant and should be considered.

Thus the nonsense of having in all cases to legally certify what is in effect in many cases an educated value judgement.

The legals will dine well on this. :pac::pac::pac:

strongback

sydthebeat wrote: »

So can you see the likelyhood of any facility to "write in" non compliance issues?
I don't.
The cert doesn't appear to be qualifiable, have you information to the contrary?

I agree I don't see any room to write in non compliance issues on the cert.

There will most definitely have to be a way of certifying houses that have minor non compliance issues. If a builder makes a mistake and the floor to ceiling height is 2.35m instead of 2.4 and the certifier does not pick it up until its too late I hardly expect the house owner will be expected to knock the house down.

There will have to be a way to deal with minor non compliance issues. I suspect that will come out in the wash. The DOE were very black and white in their approach until recently but they seem to be softening on the zero tolerance attitude a bit because I suspect they recognized the blunt approach was unworkable.

strongback

4Sticks wrote: »

How naive. And yet Hogan's SI tends to support you in this. And this notwithstanding that every TGD contains this text



Thus the nonsense of having in all cases to legally certify what is in effect in many cases an educated value judgement.

The legals will dine well on this. :pac::pac::pac:

The clause in the building regs you refer to has little relevance to a self built house project. That clause refers to specific types of problems outside of what is covered in the regs. Engineers, of all kinds, work outside the recommendations of the building regs quite often particularly on challenging buildings. The reason engineers can do this is because they can demonstrate the appropriateness of their solution through calculations and drawing.

The reason the regs are so adhered to is because they provide a way of doing things that has been considered, agreed and written down. A judge will be more confident in an architect if they have followed the regulations. Its exactly the same with building standards.


Anyway that reminds me I better call my solicitor and have him on standby for the 1st of March, there could be an onslaught. :pac:

strongback

Speedsie wrote: »

Hi, I'm about to start renovating an existing 19th century house. The roof needs work amongst other items, but basically the works are renovation, not building. There will be no extension.

I've been told time & time again that the works will need to comply with the new Building Control regulations.

But looking here, it seems it it for:
a) New Builds
b) Extension over 40 sq m

Am I being made adhere to more than I need to (bearing in mind that I'm already having to comply with a protected structure & all that entails).

Thanks!

Speeds

Did you go for planning permission or make a declaration of your intentions to the council.

In my experience the council take great interest in protected structures and normally make the house owner jump through a few hoops involving employing heritage specialists etc.

archtech

strongback wrote: »

There will most definitely have to be a way of certifying houses that have minor non compliance issues. If a builder makes a mistake and the floor to ceiling height is 2.35m instead of 2.4 and the certifier does not pick it up until its too late I hardly expect the house owner will be expected to knock the house down.

I would imagine that's the reason why there will be A Code of Practice for Inspecting and Certifying Works, so that issue such as the above doesn't happen. There's no excuse for a competent builder making such an error, particularly if a proper detailed set of coordinated drawings are furnished.

Regular detailed Site inspections by the assigned certifier are going to be necessary under the regs anyone who thinks otherwise is in the land of the fairies. If clients are not prepared to pay for regular site inspections, they have to accept that they may not get certification at the end of the project due to non compliance.

The penny wise pound foolish mindset comes to mind.

Whats your defination in terms of minor non compliance? 20mm in the height as opposed to 15mm in what should be a part m compliant door threshold. The minimum clear width of a fire exit door been too narrow by 25mm perhaps etc. Your opinion may differ from mine and that of a BCA or judge. I won't like to have to be defending myself in court whereby a dimension fell short of minimum detailed in the guidance document I used to prima facia demonstrate compliance with an element of the building regulations.

The only way of addressing issues of non compliance and covering oneself will be applying to the BCA for a relaxisation or dispensation.

strongback

archtech wrote: »

I would imagine that's the reason why there will be A Code of Practice for Inspecting and Certifying Works, so that issue such as the above doesn't happen. There's no excuse for a competent builder making such an error, particularly if a proper detailed set of coordinated drawings are furnished.

Regular detailed Site inspections by the assigned certifier are going to be necessary under the regs anyone who thinks otherwise is in the land of the fairies. If clients are not prepared to pay for regular site inspections, they have to accept that they may not get certification at the end of the project due to non compliance.

The penny wise pound foolish mindset comes to mind.

Whats your defination in terms of minor non compliance? 20mm in the height as opposed to 15mm in what should be a part m compliant door threshold. The minimum clear width of a fire exit door been too narrow by 25mm perhaps etc. Your opinion may differ from mine and that of a BCA or judge. I won't like to have to be defending myself in court whereby a dimension fell short of minimum detailed in the guidance document I used to prima facia demonstrate compliance with an element of the building regulations.

The only way of addressing issues of non compliance and covering oneself will be applying to the BCA for a relaxisation or dispensation.

You make good points and I'm in agreement with what you are saying. The mechanism for dealing with small dimensional errors or other problems is something I would like to see explained.

Genuine mistakes happen from time to time, there has to be a way to deal with these. The inspector will only be visiting the site periodically so the builder could do something wrong and be oblivious to it. By the time the inspector sees it the problem could cost thousands to undo.

Small builders who don't have a great knowledge of the regs have always been a problem particularly in domestic construction. Their knowledge needs to improve a lot. The fact builders now have to sign certs is a good thing in my view.

On the penny wise pound foolish thing how often do domestic clients appreciate what designers do for them? I prefer commercial work because I can charge the fee needed for me to do the job. Its almost impossible to charge domestic clients the proper fee for a project as they just won't wear it, unless of course the client is wealthy and is used to employing professionals. The clients who end up with the best homes in the vast majority of cases appreciate that professionals are a good thing and can add value.

archtech

strongback wrote: »

The inspector will only be visiting the site periodically so the builder could do something wrong and be oblivious to it. By the time the inspector sees it the problem could cost thousands to undo.

This is and has been the problem, particularly in the self-build* situation where there is seldom a structured approach of regular site meetings or site inspections, very often due to the fact that there's no budget for them. I don't see why if a builder does something wrong, having been provided with the correct information that s/he should not be made address the matter at his/her own expense, its a standard condition of any standard building contract.

The bottom line is certifiers are going to have to get stuck in on site and check and record things from now on site. From a PI perspective I can see PI companies looking in future to see certifiers protocols for inspection and possibly records of inspections etc as part of renewals.

* definition of self build- individual building (own house) either by way of direct labour or via building contractor

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So as a self builder, planning achieved, waiting to start its advisable that I get the commencement notice in over the next week? Im an AT, with an engineer onboard already to sign off stages, along with my Part L compliance and Passive requirements outsourced...

strongback

archtech wrote: »

This is and has been the problem, particularly in the self-build* situation where there is seldom a structured approach of regular site meetings or site inspections, very often due to the fact that there's no budget for them. I don't see why if a builder does something wrong, having been provided with the correct information that s/he should not be made address the matter at his/her own expense, its a standard condition of any standard building contract.

The bottom line is certifiers are going to have to get stuck in on site and check and record things from now on site. From a PI perspective I can see PI companies looking in future to see certifiers protocols for inspection and possibly records of inspections etc as part of renewals.

* definition of self build- individual building (own house) either by way of direct labour or via building contractor

I have no doubt the procedure for checking and recording will tighten up. Personally I have always filled in short one page site visit reports, I learned to do this as the first company I ever worked for had this as a policy.

I also have discussions with builders throughout the job about how they are going to do things before they get stuck in. It's too late when the building is built.

The problem is the certifier will never be there all the time so my view is the builder will have to up his game and learn the regs and how they are applied. I believe the CIS are to run courses on the regs for builders, I think these should be compulsory.

The new wording appears to me to have been written by insurers as these were the group who said the original new amendments were uninsurable. This new wording gives a bit of wiggle room to designers and certifiers should there by some error arising provided they followed a reasonable approach. Insurers in my experience are happy to sell insurance and will only request a company have acted reasonable after somebody has threaten to make a claim against them.

4 I confirm that the plans, calculations, specifications, ancillary certificates and particulars included in the schedule to the Commencement Notice to which this certificate is relevant, and which have been prepared exercising reasonable skill, care and diligence by me, and by other members of the design team and specialist designers whose design activities I have coordinated, have been prepared to demonstrate compliance with the requirements of the Second Schedule to the Building Regulations insofar as they apply to the building or works concerned.

In an ideal world everybody involved in the construction of a house should do everything very correctly and then there would be no mistakes. This rarely happens though in any job. People are human not machines and some parties to a project are maybe inexperienced or just not very good full stop, anyone who has worked in a large office could tell you who they wouldn't have designing their house. How much time do designers spend trying to fix problems on site? Quite a bit I would say. I have heard it said many times that the construction industry contains people without training and who lack a professional approach. Hopefully the Act will target these people.

Trying to sort problems out on projects is most peoples approach. Nobody really wants to go to court.

archtech

strongback wrote: »

The problem is the certifier will never be there all the time so my view is the builder will have to up his game and learn the regs and how they are applied.

Its up to the certifier to ensure that the required relevant information is available to the builder and then the builder to follow it. Its no good depending on the builder knowing the regs in isolation, each job is different as you will know and a particular u-value of a wall may be sufficient on one project to comply with Part L while on another project it may not. A builder isn't going to know that.

One thing that is for sure, is some builders need to learn to read and follow drawings and ask for information if they don't know rather than going off and doing their own thing.

strongback wrote: »

This new wording gives a bit of wiggle room to designers and certifiers should there by some error arising provided they followed a reasonable approach.

Time will tell if it does, but not until its too late and a certifier is before a judge who will define a "reasonable approach".

strongback wrote: »

How much time do designers spend trying to fix problems on site? Quite a bit I would say.

Because very often a potential problem is just kicked down the line and nobody is bothered or has given it sufficient time in sorting it out at Design/Tender stage ever before it goes on site.

4Sticks

Self build cancelled - Radio interview

atech

The interview on the Thursday was much more interesting; listen from 35mins on; the councillor at the start said the self-builder can assign themselves as builder on the cert.
At 41mins a woman came on and correctly said they have to be a director or principle of a company. He said he got clarification on this from the ministers office and was going to contact her directly later to confirm.
Would love to know if she heard back from him- doubt it somehow.

BryanF

atech wrote: »

The interview on the Thursday was much more interesting; listen from 35mins on; the councillor at the start said the self-builder can assign themselves as builder on the cert.
At 41mins a woman came on and correctly said they have to be a director or principle of a company. He said he got clarification on this from the ministers office and was going to contact her directly later to confirm.
Would love to know if she heard back from him- doubt it somehow.

Interesting, please report back on this!!
Where was this and what were the circumstances.

4Sticks

strongback wrote: »

The clause in the building regs you refer to has little relevance to a self built house project.

Unless the self builder renovates a house whilst extending it by +40m2 .

strongback wrote: »

That clause refers to specific types of problems outside of what is covered in the regs. Engineers, of all kinds, work outside the recommendations of the building regs quite often particularly on challenging buildings. The reason engineers can do this is because they can demonstrate the appropriateness of their solution through calculations and drawing.

Drawings and calculations are prepared by architects too in the preparation of Fire Safety Certificate applications . And disabled Access Certificate Applications . Other circumstances where the texts of the RegulationTGD's are negotiated - or perhaps better to say - where an interpretation of those texts is presented formally to a local authority official to agree with or seek amendments to. Sometimes even with new buildings , not just existing altered , it is deemed appropriate to depart from those texts.

So not black and white really . Considered educated value judgments.

strongback wrote: »

The reason the regs are so adhered to is because they provide a way of doing things that has been considered, agreed and written down.

They (the regs - or more apt to say the TGD texts ) offer guidance it is hoped will cover most cases. Where formal approvals are required to be obtained from the local authority agreed deviations from Part B ( Fire ) and Part M ( Access for all ) is possible. Shades of grey creep in.

strongback wrote: »

Anyway that reminds me I better call my solicitor and have him on standby for the 1st of March, there could be an onslaught. :pac:

Myself I am waiting to hear the plaintiff cries on both the Joe Duffy + Pat Kenny radio shows.

BryanF

Pat & joe..

Hairy mellon

self-building will not be possible once the planned register of builders is introduced in 2015

in the interim the minister has the conundrum of regulating all others involved, engineers, building surveyors and architects while allowing the one sector that the new regulations were targeted at, builders, remain as is.

The "fudge" is to have the phrase "to be signed by a principal or director of a building firm" under the area for signature on the builder's completion cert in SI.9. It's there in black and white in SI.9: one of the callers in that radio clip had it in her hand.

Self-building will not be possible after march 1st and unfortunately to smooth over the current political fallout resultant from the IASOB campaign has suggested this is not the case.

The director of the CIF housing division on radio has confirmed that self-builders will fin the regulations "difficult" and will no longer be able to nominate themselves.

Unfortunately this uncertainty will only manifest itself on completion- ordinary people will commence self-builds out of financial necessity, submit commencement documentation, receive no notifications or inspections from local authorities only to have the completion documentation invalidated. Not a big deal you might say- owners can still move in. Correct.

However problems will arise when trying to either re-finance or sell the property and the solicitor will be looking for the validation documentation from the local authority, de facto evidence of compliance.

Currently there is no provision for retrospective validation. This will be a big problem. I certainly would not trust any statements by the minister if I was embarking on a self-build, for many the biggest investment of their lives.

Self-builders are the silent majority here- over 60% of all housing completed are self-builds. The average home will cost €5k more to build with additional paperwork under SI.9 with no consumer benefit. The average self-build will cost €23k more under SI.9. It's a complete disgrace- the CIF will have 5,000 more homes to build at the expense of ordinary citizens doing their best trying to maximise their finances. They will be getting a €115m windfall out o the self-builders come march. Business as usual....

Hairy mellon

Here are a few stats boosted off the Bregs Blog discussion site. SI.9 blows Irish Water away for incompetence:

The following table is based on housing output 10,500 units completed in 2012*

Out of 10,500 house completions approximately 60% are self-builds. According to industry estimates a typical house may incur €5,000 extra in professional fees with self-builds incurring an additional €18,000 on top of this for contractors fees and costs.

Residential Sector- additional cost of SI.9

6,300 self builds x €23k extra = €144.9m (18k each to contractors, €5k to professionals)

4200 normal houses x €5k each = €21m (€5k to professionals)

Total residential new build direct cost €165.9m**

**This excludes qualifying residential refurbishments and extensions over 40sqm.

This cost excludes the cost of si9 on capital and social projects that, depending on who you consult, could add up to 5% or more depending on type of project, level of complexity etc. That is an average of 5% on the cost of every school, hospital ward, social housing unit built from March 1st onwards. We have a capital project allocation of approximately €3.2bn for this year and if we discount half for non-qualifying projects (roads, transport, power etc) then various government departments could be looking at direct and indirect costs of up to €80m annually (based on 3% mid-range extra cost)

Potentially SI.9 of 2014 could cost the industry, taxpayer and consumer €250m annually. The projected €2bn saving in irish water will be squandered in 8 years. With no benefit to the consumer.

The residents of Priory Hall, the authors of the Pyrite Report, The National Consumer Agency and the IPFMA and other consumer groups all concur in previous statements and submissions that BCAR SI.9 will do little to improve the rights of the consumer. The RIAI, the registration body for architects, have called on this legislation to be deferred as recently as 15th January 2014 citing that the industry is not ready and the regulation is not in the best interest of the consumer.

* (Source: Forfas report: Table 2.12 Value and volume of construction output, 2010-2012E (page 16); Source: DKM Economic Consultants analysis for Forfás, 2012)

Hairy mellon

and if you dont believe it here's the head of housing in the CIF on a podcast recently talking about the demise of the self-builder:

http://media.radiokerry.ie/mediamanager/embed/player/podcasts/9/item/17585

Hairy mellon

SI.9 page 20 is the builders certificate on completion

Signature: ————————————————————————— Date: ————————
(to be signed by a Principal or Director of a building company only)

http://www.engineersireland.ie/EngineersIreland/media/SiteMedia/groups/Divisions/civil/Building-Control-(Amendment)-Regulations-2014-–-SI-No-9-of-2014.pdf

strongback

4Sticks wrote: »

Unless the self builder renovates a house whilst extending it by +40m2 .

I'll expand on my point as as it seems to have been misinterpreted or possibly subverted. Very few houses require anything other than standard details that comply with the minimum standards of the regs as set out in the guidance documents. I would say more than 95% of houses fall into this category. Any house that doesn't fall into this category such as protected structures should not be touched by untrained, unknowledgeable self builders. The fabric of our heritage should not be touched by people unless they have a deep and proven appreciation for what they are doing.

BTW nothing is stopping a self builder building a 40m2+ extension. If a lay man has a site and he wants to self build his house he would want to be soft in the head not to do it just because there are some changes to legislation. There is always a way to get things done. If anybody thinks self builds are not going to continue to happen they are deluded.

4Sticks wrote: »

Drawings and calculations are prepared by architects too in the preparation of Fire Safety Certificate applications . And disabled Access Certificate Applications . Other circumstances where the texts of the RegulationTGD's are negotiated - or perhaps better to say - where an interpretation of those texts is presented formally to a local authority official to agree with or seek amendments to. Sometimes even with new buildings , not just existing altered , it is deemed appropriate to depart from those texts.

So not black and white really . Considered educated value judgments.

It's still black and white. Comply with the building regulations or agree a dispensation or relaxation. Doesn't get more black and white.

This is nothing new and the new legislation won't change it.

To be honest a lot of this thread seems like semantics. It would be better if people who have a real grievance focused on the real problems with the Act that effect them instead of trying to jump on any litttle problem without considering if it is actually a problem or not.

4Sticks wrote: »

They (the regs - or more apt to say the TGD texts ) offer guidance it is hoped will cover most cases. Where formal approvals are required to be obtained from the local authority agreed deviations from Part B ( Fire ) and Part M ( Access for all ) is possible. Shades of grey creep in.

There isn't much interpretation needed with the regs. The shades of grey creep in when when people want to do things that do not comply with the regs. My point, which you ignored, was that people follow the regs diligently because it allows them to demonstrate to an insurer or judge that they have complied with government legislation should they have to defend themselves following a problem.

4Sticks wrote: »

Myself I am waiting to hear the plaintiff cries on both the Joe Duffy + Pat Kenny radio shows.

When some people are listening to Joe and Pat I'll be designing building and signing certs.

strongback

Hairy mellon wrote: »

Here are a few stats boosted off the Bregs Blog discussion site. SI.9 blows Irish Water away for incompetence:

The following table is based on housing output 10,500 units completed in 2012*

Out of 10,500 house completions approximately 60% are self-builds. According to industry estimates a typical house may incur €5,000 extra in professional fees with self-builds incurring an additional €18,000 on top of this for contractors fees and costs.

Residential Sector- additional cost of SI.9

6,300 self builds x €23k extra = €144.9m (18k each to contractors, €5k to professionals)


4200 normal houses x €5k each = €21m (€5k to professionals)

Total residential new build direct cost €165.9m**

**This excludes qualifying residential refurbishments and extensions over 40sqm.

This cost excludes the cost of si9 on capital and social projects that, depending on who you consult, could add up to 5% or more depending on type of project, level of complexity etc. That is an average of 5% on the cost of every school, hospital ward, social housing unit built from March 1st onwards. We have a capital project allocation of approximately €3.2bn for this year and if we discount half for non-qualifying projects (roads, transport, power etc) then various government departments could be looking at direct and indirect costs of up to €80m annually (based on 3% mid-range extra cost)

Potentially SI.9 of 2014 could cost the industry, taxpayer and consumer €250m annually. The projected €2bn saving in irish water will be squandered in 8 years. With no benefit to the consumer.

The residents of Priory Hall, the authors of the Pyrite Report, The National Consumer Agency and the IPFMA and other consumer groups all concur in previous statements and submissions that BCAR SI.9 will do little to improve the rights of the consumer. The RIAI, the registration body for architects, have called on this legislation to be deferred as recently as 15th January 2014 citing that the industry is not ready and the regulation is not in the best interest of the consumer.

* (Source: Forfas report: Table 2.12 Value and volume of construction output, 2010-2012E (page 16); Source: DKM Economic Consultants analysis for Forfás, 2012)

It's approximately 6300 self build houses a year based on the 60% of all houses (it will be much less than 60% when the house building sector gets off its knees). 6300 is not really a huge figure which is probably why the DOE didn't give much consideration into how it should be regulated. I am sure self builds will be accommodated, there's too many councilors and TD's that won't want to upset their electorate.