Catch the expensive mistakes before you pour concrete.

Second Look Advisory reviews self-build plans, specs and contractor quotes — from garages, outbuildings and extensions through to full renovations and new-build homes — and sets out plainly what stacks up and what doesn't, before the money is committed and the concrete is down.

PTPSOAKSPLAY 2.4 x 43m3.7mR4.5m12.1m4.6m+42.30+42.18PROPOSED DWELLINGFFL +42.75m AODGARAGEPATIOEXISTING LANEN12345678910SECOND LOOK ADVISORYPROPOSED SITE PLANSCALE 1:200 @ A3 · REV B · DWG SLA-002ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE — NOT A REAL SITE01020mKEY — POINTS TO CHECK BEFORE YOU COMMIT1Mains water connection — confirm with supplier2Foul drainage — package treatment plant3Access 3.7m, R4.5m radii, splay 2.4x43m (MfS/LHA)4Tree retained — root protection area shown5Tree removal — confirm TPO status first6EGL +42.30m AOD / proposed FFL +42.75m AOD7Overhead 11kV — scaffold & crane clearance8Red line boundary — check against title plan9Conservation area edge — consent likely10Neighbour — overlooking & right to lightILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE ONLY — NOT A REAL SITE. SPLAY Y-DISTANCE CONTINUES BEYOND THE SHEET. LEVELS AND SERVICES INDICATIVE.
Fig. 1 — Illustrative plot analysis, aerial viewNot to scale — illustrative