moving into the house

[LunarEcho22]

We’re in the middle of renovating our house and had to move out. We ended up switching builders because of some issues, and now the place we’ve been renting has been sold, so we need to move again. The bedrooms and bathroom in our house are finished.Would it be acceptable to move back into our home at this stage? Will building control approve this? Are there any other factors I should consider?"

 

[mikeey84]

Unless the building is going to be structurally unsound during the building work, or you will have no access to a toilet, there shouldn't be a problem.

It might be uncomfortable, and the builders may complain as you could get in the way, but I doubt BC will have an issue

 

[foxhole]

I did a full height ,full width rear extension, new roof and ground floor extension in a property while still occupying with foster children, really depends on the wife.

 

[Murdochcat]

When we renovated our current house, it wasn’t ready when we moved in

The bedrooms, bathrooms and kitchen were complete

As for BC - I doubt they would even know

 

[^woody^]

As the house is existing, there is nothing to stop you living there no matter what state it is in. It's different when building something new, in that case it has to be completed and certified suitable for occupation.

 

[mrlennie]

All this moving in and out sounds very chaotic and costly. How is that going for you? I had a similar situation when during the renovations, the place I was renting got flooded.

 

[big-all]

We’re in the middle of renovating our house and had to move out. We ended up switching builders because of some issues, and now the place we’ve been renting has been sold, so we need to move again. The bedrooms and bathroom in our house are finished.Would it be acceptable to move back into our home at this stage? Will building control approve this? Are there any other factors I should consider?"

worth mentioning
you will possibly be changing the contract with the builder iff empty building was the joint-expected situation
so they may decide to part company as you are breaching the contract or indeed renegotiate increasing cost dramatically but no way off knowing without asking the builder ??

 

[Mottie]

When we bought our first house, it was a total wreck and needed completely renovating, wiring, plastering, central heating, windows, kitchen, bathroom, joists, floorboards, carpets etc. We made our front bedroom our lounge, slept in the back bedroom, junk in the middle bedroom. It was exactly a year before we were able to move downstairs. Mind you, we were young and had no kids at the time….

 

[noseall]

I did a full height ,full width rear extension, new roof and ground floor extension in a property while still occupying with foster children, really depends on the wife.

Were doing almost a full revamp (upstairs/downstairs) and two storey extension, with two adults and four sprogs under the age of 10. Only two rooms, one upstairs and one downstairs, remain unmolested.

 

[^woody^]

Back in the day, on inner-city re-mods, the tenants lived upstairs while the downstairs were guttered and refurb'd and then vice versa. This included temporary kitchens and bathrooms while they were relocated, and walls knocked out and beams inserted. The dust, then noise, tenants walking past while we worked, and the kids playing in the gardens - but no one moaned and don't recall any injuries either.

I shudder to think if that could be done with today's generation.

 

[grekko]

I would avoid moving back while construction is still ongoing, especially if they're working on utility connections (which can be very dangerous). I understand that moving again at least 2 times seems inconvenient, but trust me, the dust, noise and lack of privacy will be worse. Been there done that. Besides, if moving is a difficulty, it's worth getting a moving company to help you out. I recommend ThreeMovers from my experience.