Shouldn't they be busy building before the interest rates go up

Ok , I hear on bad weather days you may find them here , or was that what you ment by self build portal ?
http://www.ebuild.co.uk/community/

Get the roof felted asap then you can work 24/7 or go for a tin top scaf. not as dear as some presume

There is a selfbuild group on Yahoo that I was heavily involved with a few years ago and now just dip in and out of. Part of the reason for that is I hate the interface (bring back NNTP).

As a newly installed mod on ebuild, Jeremy, I can assure you that spam is now lasting a matter of seconds. Those of doubtful veracity are warned and their posts have any potentially offending parts excised, with an explanation of how they've offended sensibilities. And you know how sensitive I am!

It is a shadow of its former self though, although starting to show signs of recovery.

Posters on there are frequently guided to the GBF for more detailed responses.

Posted By: jamesingramTom, depends on size as ever , normal scaf. price plus £15-25m2 for tin top plus additional lifts/support required

You get what you pay for, i have paid £4000 for a cover scaf over a standard victorian mid terrace when other quotes were £5500 but contractor used old sheet which leaked and he had to return several times to repair old nail holes.

There does appear to have been a sea-change in ebuild admin's attitude towards spammers. If you hit the View New Content link over on the right and then hit 'Members' directly under the red highlighted 'Forums' logo, you'll see quite a few recent new members who have been banned because they've spammed.

And mods can flag a new poster as a spammer, which effectively kills him or her off. I'm on first thing, over breakfast, and then again at lunchtime (sometime between times if I'm waiting for something to cure in the workshop), again at tea time and again last thing at night, so if they do try it on they're not going to be around long.

I hate them with a passion. If you want advertising then you pay for it, you don't take advantage of a facility someone else is paying to maintain. And I despise the ones that come onto forums purporting to "help" whilst inviting people to contact them off-forum by going directly to either a telephone number or business url.

There are a few long-standing and proven-valuable contributors on ebuild (as there are on here) who offer advice based on their professional experience in the particular sector they're engaged in, in which case it's churlish to stop them displaying a professional 'signature' in the footer once they've established their bona fides as a genuine contributor who respects the fora* ethos.

The significant change in ebuild's approach is the possible introduction of a rule that states that before a professional 'signature' can be added to posts, at least two constructive contributions must have been made without reference to the poster's trade or profession. It's a start.


*http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/forum

I've kept a list of all the companies that have spammed ebuild, or at least those that I've seen. When looking to buy stuff for the house I automatically exclude any of the companies on that list. By chance, we looked at kitchens from one of them at a show (at the time I didn't remember them being on my spammers list). They consequently emailed me to follow up our query, I checked the list, saw they were on it and told them I wouldn't be dealing with them on principle. Maybe if more people tried something like this they might get the message that spamming actually puts potential customers off.

Posted By: TriassicI've made offers on two building plots recently and both were turned down. I have a feeling everyone is holding their breath waiting for an upturn in the economy

It could be argued that it is because we have too much money and can afford to hang onto our assets.

Unless you're a box builder and the system's designated swathes of grade A farmland for you to safely sit on.