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Hey Mr Jon...
Yes looked at Ecology, not a chance we can easily make it PH, guessed you were going down the route seeing your plans.
We are talking to Buildstore, and they seem quite confident in finance, buying off family makes things a little easier as we can use our cash to do work before actually buying which helps.
Got a structural engineer and potential project manager coming in next week to start being able to work out more precise costs and timelines. Def should catch up, wouldn't mind picking your brains on things, as I don't have many contacts down in Honiton anymore...
Sam_w
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Hey Sam, how exciting!
Shout if you want to have a catch-up soon. I'm going down self-build mortgage route with ecology, but they've recently changed their lending conditions to be PH only (you used to just need enough green points).
Melton Building Society have just launched an interesting option (if you think you can get the farmhouse up to grade A or B with a complete envelope overhaul)? http://www.themelton.co.uk/self_build/melton-self-build-eco/
Or, if you're going down the pollyfiller route then the market leader (for a staged release mortgage) tends to be Buildstore: http://www.buildstore.co.uk/finance/
You'll need to work out how to stage the project properly and ensure you don't take on too much risk regarding the release of funding for each subsequent stage. Or you'll need backup funds in place for when the unpredictable happens...