Pre-Contract Meeting + Materials

Pre-contract
Serious meeting in Bridgwater with the Contractor on Thursday to run through all the contractual matters and work out when we  can start on site. I have discovered that the lead time for the gas disconnection is up to 8 weeks in Bristol at the moment and this work must be complete before demolition can commence.  Phone call from Wales & West Utilities today confirms a firm date for disconnect of 6 June so this pushes the start date forward by 4 weeks from my target of 6 May, so moving will be a bit more relaxed.  OVO, my gas supplier, must remove the gas meter before the 6th and they are on a more reasonable lead time of 10 days so put a note in the diary to book this.
Have also arranged for an Asbestos survey on 23 April.  This is a legal requirement to ensure the building can be safely demolished without exposing dangerous materials.  I have already safely disposed of a few corrugated roof sheets from the garages that may have contained asbestos and found a list of boilers on the internet that confirms that my old boiler contains some asbestos.
Materials

Prepared some sample bricks ready to be delivered to Planning Department for Approval and a photo of materials samples.  I would have preferred a much darker grey render but the self cleaning Nano material is limited in pigment range, so practicality rules and it is close to the colour of dirt.