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Considering a log house, advice appreciated

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  • #32
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,807 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    alibaba12 wrote: »
    We just finished building a 2 bedroom log house . Is lovely and I'm very impressed with the build. You can get insurance companies to insure the building there's just not as many as a block built house. Pm me if you want the name of who we used.

    Recommendations by pm only as per our forum charter please. Mod

    Is it a new dwelling or a garden shed?


  • #33
    Michael D Not Higgins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,223 ✭✭✭Michael D Not Higgins


    kceire wrote: »
    Is it a new dwelling or a garden shed?

    The websites advertising these log cabins to the Irish market noticeably list them as "extra room", "summerhouse", and most telling is their section on planning permission which is wishy washy and has the header "garden extension" at the top of the page. Two different websites also mention that there is an appeals process within ABP, almost knowingly that the planning will be refused for anything more than a uninhabited shed.


  • #34
    Advbrd
    Closed Accounts Posts: 619 ✭✭✭Advbrd


    alibaba12 wrote: »
    We just finished building a 2 bedroom log house . Is lovely and I'm very impressed with the build. You can get insurance companies to insure the building there's just not as many as a block built house. Pm me if you want the name of who we used.

    Recommendations by pm only as per our forum charter please. Mod

    Any pics?


  • #35
    gctest50
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,534 ✭✭✭gctest50


    riclad wrote: »
    ..............

    theres always cottages for sale that may need modernisation ,and basic repairs .

    how bad things can be :

    http://www.thejournal.ie/house-of-horrors-wicklow-dream-house-condemned-3037500-Oct2016/


  • #36
    alibaba12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 136 ✭✭alibaba12


    kceire wrote: »
    Is it a new dwelling or a garden shed?

    It's a dwelling


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  • #37
    alibaba12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 136 ✭✭alibaba12


    Advbrd wrote: »
    Any pics?

    Not yet used my "fancy" camera haven't had the chance to out onto laptop yet.


  • #38
    alibaba12
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 136 ✭✭alibaba12


    Michael D Not Higgins wrote: »
    The websites advertising these log cabins to the Irish market noticeably list them as "extra room", "summerhouse", and most telling is their section on planning permission which is wishy washy and has the header "garden extension" at the top of the page. Two different websites also mention that there is an appeals process within ABP, almost knowingly that the planning will be refused for anything more than a uninhabited shed.

    From what I understand P.P. is for anything over 20ft x 20ft and that is a fixed structure. There are also kit houses that don't require P.P.


  • #39
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,807 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    alibaba12 wrote: »
    It's a dwelling

    I'd love to know what county this is in and how you complied with Part L of the Building Regulations?
    I strong,y believe you haven't built a new dwelling using a log cabin as discussed in this thread.
    alibaba12 wrote: »
    From what I understand P.P. is for anything over 20ft x 20ft and that is a fixed structure. There are also kit houses that don't require P.P.

    That's a very simplistic view of it tbh, extensions over 40 Sq. M to the rear require planning. All new houses, every single new house in the country requires planning irrespective of the size, construction material, so no, there are no kit houses that don't require planning. You also need to comply with building regulations and planning regulations with regards to open space, minimum room sizes etc


  • #40
    Parchment
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,203 ✭✭✭Parchment


    A friends family had a large log house (6 bedroom if i remember correctly) imported from Finland and built in a rural area in Clare.

    It was a GORGEOUS house that suited the landscape so well. I think it was a preference for them rather than a cost saving measure as it was built on an expensive site.

    But i do recall them having issues with getting insurance but they did in the end.

    I would love a log house, i see them on the continent all the time and they look great.


  • #41
    Michelle McGovern
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 ✭Michelle McGovern


    alibaba12 wrote: »
    We just finished building a 2 bedroom log house . Is lovely and I'm very impressed with the build. You can get insurance companies to insure the building there's just not as many as a block built house. Pm me if you want the name of who we used.

    Recommendations by pm only as per our forum charter please. Mod
    hi can I get more information please and pics


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  • #42
    Gruffalo27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65 ✭✭Gruffalo27


    @mariaalice. Did you ever go ahead with the log house if so how did it turn out. Budget. Building regs, planning etc


  • #43
    Caranica
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,255 ✭✭✭✭Caranica


    avinmike wrote: »
    @mariaalice. Did you ever go ahead with the log house if so how did it turn out. Budget. Building regs, planning etc

    The OP has not posted in two years ;)


  • #44
    Gruffalo27
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 65 ✭✭Gruffalo27


    Caranica wrote: »
    The OP has not posted in two years ;)
    She must be still flat out building it so


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