Self Build News

Build on the green belt, and build now
It is only with great restraint or great affection that our children stop themselves from telling us to sell up. View full article

11 things you did not know about house building
The average brand new home is up to four times more energy efficient than its Victorian equivalent... View full article

Priced out of your local area? Then renovate
Nic and Ursula Underhill from Cambridgeshire turned to Norwich & Peterbrough Building Society for a mortgage when deciding to buy and convert a derelict 150-year-old barn in Kent... View full article

Grand Designs Abroad
Grand Designs is back, but this time following builds abroad. Be sure to watch this for some amazing builds, ideas and the stories behind them... View full article

'Cutting-edge' country house plan
Ministers have changed planning rules for the countryside to favour "innovative cutting-edge designs" over traditional country house styles... View Full Article

40% boom in Scots building own homes
SOARING house prices and DIY shows on TV have sparked a boom in self-build homes in Scotland... View Full Article

Plot Sales Tax
The chancellor has called for a consultation into landowners selling plots to housebuilders to be taxed on profits... View Full Article

Do-it-yourself homes take an increasing share of property market
‘Self-build’ homes account for a growing proportion of new houses... View Full Article

Grand Designs Magazine Out Now!
Grand Designs Magazine launches February 11^th 2004 in association with the Channel 4 television programme hosted by Kevin McCloud... View Full Article

The Ultimate DIY Project
With property prices going through the roof, it's not surprising that more of us are looking to self build our own homes in order to be able to afford the house of our dreams... View Full Article

Build a dream house
You can have your ideal home for around 20% less if you do it yourself... View Full Article

Come into the garden...
... and build a house on it. Barbara Oaff on profit from your herbaceous borders... View Full Article

Knockdown profit
If your property is hard to sell but the land is not, tearing it down could be the solution... View Full Article

Gamble pays off for architects
Finding the right plot of land was not easy. When the couple did finally buy the £75,000 plot of land did not have OPP, but luckily it paid off because Islington council gave them planning permission within seven weeks.... View Full Article

Borrowers are in on the plot
Once mortgage lenders tended to beat a path away from the door of the prospective self-builder. Now it's a different story... View Full Article

S is for Self-building
Self-building is not just a preserve of do-it-yourselfers, but a reliable way to make a large capital sum from a property, so long as you provide the elbow grease... View Full Article

How to plot a path to build a dream home
Fed up with perennially rising house prices? Self building your own home can lead to considerable savings, and a real sense of achievement, says Helen Monks... View Full Article

Self-build is housing market's next big thing
The start of a new year brings with it a renewed energy for the housing market and sees the self-build and renovation sector destined to pick up on the phenomenal growth experienced over the past few years... View Full Article