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You could also talk to Registered Building Surveyors, or Chartered Building Surveyors or Chartered Building Engineers. In relation to the design and planning application and looking after the construction and certification of your new home.

What's with all the pushing for building surveyors and engineers? Ever hear of architects and architectural technicians/technologists?

They’re qualified to design a building that is safe and functional (very important!) but they are not experts in designing a house that is pleasant to be in, makes the most of its orientation and views, has good flow, is aesthetically pleasing etc. etc. If you’re going to the hassle of building a house, you may as well make it a nice one.

Yes, check out the local authority planning portal. We found an architect who knew our council and their particular foibles well. I cannot stress highly enough how different things are across each council area. That local expertise was what we needed, and it was advice we got from another architect. Good luck.

John_Rambo

I gave very helpful information to persons on this forum who ask for information- and persons who may read this forum.

You decided to advise people in relation to the correct information that I wrote about Building Surveyors as follows:-

“Ignore this -it’s terrible advice”- (Statement of John_Rambo!)

It would be very helpful to all concerned that when you decide to state facts - that they are not Fairytale facts which you make up yourself.

Firstly let me inform you that the purpose of this forum is for People to ask for advice, and give advice.

This is what I do here, - I give people Free Professional Advice. And the persons looking for advice have the choice to accept or not accept my advice.

It is a very good forum. It’s a pity that they are persons on the forum, and all they do is criticise people who give advice to those seeking advice.

Now, you have given people totally incorrect information, which I will now correct.

You obviously haven’t a clue, which is evidenced by your Statement above.

I fully understand that some people prefer to remain totally ignorant of actual true facts, and will choose to remain in that frame of mind. And they - and you are entitled to stay that way.

However, I need to explain the statement I made (on 28/03/2022 at 1.41 pm above) about Building Surveyors for normal minded people reading this forum as follows:-

• In accordance with Legislation- “The Building Control Act 2007” - there are only 3 types of Construction Professionals Registered by the State, to act in the following roles as follows:-
• State Registered “Design Certifiers” and
• State Registered “Assigned Certifiers”.

“Design Certifiers” are the only persons who can certify the design of a Building as being designed in accordance in with the Building Regulations- in the Building Control Management System.

“Assigned Certifiers” are the only persons who can certify a Building in the Building Control Management System- as being in accordance with the Building Regulations- when the building is completed.

In accordance with the Building Control Act 2007 - Construction Professionals such as Registered Building Surveyors, and Chartered Building Surveyors - are entitled to be registered as “Design Certifiers” and also registered as “ Assigned Certifiers”

Some Chartered Civil Engineers, and some Architects are also entitled to be Registered as Design Certifiers and Assigned Certifiers.

Agreed.

Every other post by Mr Eastwood is pushing the roles of building surveyors / engineers even when the task requires a good design input by an architect of technician. Quite frankly his posts come across as those of a teenager just out of college.

My advice is about Building Surveyors not Engineers.

However the Engineers you are disparaging and castigating are Chartered Civil Engineers, with minimum of 4 year Honours degree in Civil Engineering, and have to have a minimum of 10 years relevant experience to be registered by Engineers Ireland as Designer Certifiers and / or Assigned Certifiers.

If a Surveyor or Engineer or Architect are requesting by a home owner to certify a completed (opt out of BCMS) house, the professionals are only obliged to issue a Certificate of Compliance with Planning Permission and the Building Regulations. They have no right to castigate the design or layout of the house.

You also mentioned that Engineers would not take out a compass. - It is a requirement when applying for Planning Permission that the Construction Professional must purchase, and submit an original Ordnance Survey Ireland Map with the application. The top of this OSI Map is North with a Compass emblazoned on the Map, and there is no need for a compass. Every Surveyor and Engineer and Architect design buildings to receive the best benefit from the Sun.

You have not yet castigated Architects, and mentioned the one on TV and his inability to stay within budget. Most persons constructing a house cannot obtain a large sum to pay for an Hugh increased between the Estimate and the Final Account.

I am writing this for the benefit of normal people reading this forum.

I certainly am not writing it for your benefit because I would be better off hopping my head off a brick wall instead, because you have proved that you don’t have a clue of the role of Constructional Professionals. Your last 2 comments in relation to Constructional Professionals are absolutely unadulterated boll!x@ligy.

Recommending engineers to design houses has partly lead to our hideous design landscape and stock of appalling homes in Ireland. A modicum of good design should be a minimum requirement when building a house. Go with an architect, obviously.