Log cabin court mobile home park full#
Log cabin court mobile home park portable#

To be exempt from building regs there are two routes that I am aware of: They don't care how you actually build it.īuilding control determine how you actually build, and if you satisfy their requirements you end up with a completion certificate, which then allows you get your VAT refund and lets you get a mortgage. The planners want to know what a building looks like and what it will be used for.

Log cabin court mobile home park portable#

There tends to be some confusion about the status and benefits of portable buildings in terms of regulations, planning etc. And the 'rules' say it must be transportable by dismantling to 2 sections, but I know a company that makes such portable buildings typically in 4 sections and seem happy that it complies.Īnother advantage of building a 'mobile home' is more flexibility on layout, e,g you won't have to follow all the over zealous 'activity space ' and 'circulation space ' requirements.

I have yet to find anyone who has tested a VAT reclaim on a portable building, you won't have a 'completion certificate' but it must surely be worth a try to reclaim the VAT on anything you spend on it.Īs to bending the rules? I am sure has a vaulted ceiling. Good that the company supplying it will zero rate it.

has a building warrant for his drainage system. You might need building regs for the waste connection, ask them as you are just laying a pipe to an existing system they may still want to take their fee and inspect it. If you get planning for something that fits the definition of a 'caravan' then it means no building regs for the building. Planning don't need to know if it is a mobile home or a fixed home, they just want the size and what it looks like. There is a size limit, and a 'ceiling height' limit, but no ridge limit on a 'caravan' Note that in England you are allowed a larger 'caravan' then we are in Scotland, something to do with the Caravan act being updated in England but not here. I assume it is the same for the whole of Scotland. The Highland Council's definition of a mobile home is here I believe the internal logs have to be treated with fire retardant - does anyone know how often this is? I imagine this is pretty costly! do you reckon I can bend the rules here or is it very fixed in place?įire treatment. Mobile regs has a ceiling height restriction? Would have loved a vaulted space in the living area. I have already levelled the development site and made some low spots up with rock excavated from our other site. Would building control even come out and approve this if it was done to mobile regs? They were a pain in the arse making us dig down through solid granite on the other plot - this alone will save me 000's in excavation. spoke today with the log cabin supplier, he suggests a raft foundation.

Log cabin court mobile home park full#

If I go for full regulations you have to hide all the round logs in insulation. So, that along with a beautiful forest setting and a hot tub should act in our favour. Hoping to dress it so that it's very rustic and characterful. There is a fair bit of competition in the local area for holiday rentals, log chalets are really popular with people but very few are round logs and I think people will agree a round log cabin looks so much better and authentic than the rectangular ones you see. I don't plan to sell this development, it's purely for rental and ROI purposes so I'm not bothered about it being classed as mobile and the impact on resale. Someone has just tried to have this lifted with no success. The planning conditions stipulate that the lodges may be used all year round but may not be used as sole or principal permanent residences - this if a further reason why I think I don't think it's totally necessary or will alter the resale value if built to mobile regs. No one has gone for mobile/portable regulations up there but a neighbouring site has got a few log cabins classified as portable homes on there I believe.

Most people have dealt with amending the plans by submitting a none material variation to alter the internal layout, size and agree the material finishes. There is planning permission granted for a single story lodge with a 5m ridge height restriction. The building plot was relatively cheap, so far stands me at £67,000.00 and it has a shared treatment plant installed ready to tap into so I haven't got that nasty stress and expense to come I'm keen to here peoples thoughts on whether I'm making the right choice (vs full regs) here based on the following. One bonus which I wasn't aware of is that they are able to 0 rate this for VAT.ĭoes anyone have the regulation handbook for mobile homes in Scotland - I remember a copy floating around on Buildhub? The time has come for me to kick off our second development site and I now need to make a decision and commitment in terms of whether I build to full regulations or push it through as 'portable' building like done.