On 08/07/2012 21:00, Bill Wright wrote:
Ellie wrote:
We have planning permission for a 2-story extension but can only
afford to do the ground floor at the moment.

Can we build the ground floor and then put a flat roof on it until we
have money to do the upper floor? Does anyone have experience of this?
Waste money on a temporary roof? Why not complete the brickwork and roof

Makes sense to me... a surprisingly large proportion of the expense of a
new build comes *after* the shell of the building is in place -
plastering, wiring, plumbing, decorating etc.

David