I gave a quick interview over phone for the Irish Examiner last week in THIS ARTICLE in the Irish Examiner on Saturday; my thoughts on the further amendments to the Building Control system.
We’ve reached Completion on this A3 rated house in County Mayo, it is the first project we have completed under S.I. 9 of 2014. Below is a slideshow of a few images click on any of the images to enrage/move Read More …
Following on from THIS POST on the ‘Opting-out’ change to S.I.9 of Building Control, here’s a post outlining my personal opinion on the pro’s and cons of whether you should ‘opt-in’ or ‘opt-out’. An explanatory Information Note by the Dept Read More …
After a lot of wondering what it was going to look like, S.I.9 has been updated via S.I. 365 so that one-off houses/extensions are exempt from the key aspects of S.I.9. This in one swoop has created effectively a two-tier Read More …
A short recap: S.I. No.9 of 2014 came into play March 2014 where projects (falling under and subject to the Building Regulations, type & exemptions) require: • Design Certifier • Assigned Certifier With less than a week to go; there Read More …
I know that you are dreaming of your lovely new house and my advice not to build goes against this but hear me out… It’s becoming apparent the Local Authorities across Ireland do not want you to build a new Read More …
I’m getting stacks of questions via comments on the website regarding my current (and previous) posts on planning. In today’s litigious society it’s important that I make it clear that every situation needs to be taken on it’s own merit Read More …
There’s still a bit of work to do but we’re in! We’re finally working from our new office in Swinford, County Mayo. I’ve also taken on an assistant (Melissa) who you can see in the photo: A special thanks to Read More …
Below is slideshow showing a few new photos from Swinford house. This was 1st SI9 project started by us, next step floors & on to completion: Also now on home page
Saw this in current Western People: The architect referred to in the piece by Marian Duggan is yours truly, opening very soon now…
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