Hi - we are completely stumped and a bit saddened. As we were just under a month away from starting to build our house, we had our builder come out a put the stakes in the grounds (for measurement), and we discovered that the house is really too close to the road. Even the builder, who is really decent said that it was a bit close, and that ideally it should go back another 10meters. If you are looking at the house from the road, it's 13m wide, and the house only goes back about 16meters from the road. We are afraid that having a house so close to the road will take away from it. We're in the countryside and there are no big houses around like this. I'm just thinking of the impact on privacy if its so close to the road, on a little bit of an incline. We spoke to our engineer who said he could let us have another meter or two, but that would be it. If we want anything more, we must go back to planning, and start literally all over again. My hubby just called the planner and he's out on hols until Mon. The other thing is that if we go again for planning permission, the house will be higher up on the site, but as it's a high enough site, there is a chance that as a two storey, it could be too much and planning permission could be refused, and we'll have to revert back to the original plan - having wasted 3 to 4 months. Does any of you know of large 2 story houses built close enough to the road in Cork - how do they look in a rural setting. By the way, we have to put the hedge in around the site as there it is agri land. Any help / advice would be much appreciated.