SelfBuildit
- Advice and help on Self Build Houses
Self Build Land and Selfbuilding Houses
The idea for this self build web site is to give help and advice to anyone attempting to Selfbuild or Renovate for the first time. The emphasis will be on addressing the most common problems encountered during Selfbuild. The self build process can be both exciting , challenging and rewarding and you may already have a vision of your dream house. The only way to fulfill that dream is to purchase self build land in exactly the location that you want it and to design and build your perfect self build
house. England Wales Scotland and UK
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Self Build Plots of Land
Have you decided to self build your house? Well the next step is to find your ideal self build plot of land. This can prove to be a difficult task because self build land is difficult to find and quite expensive. You can search the local papers and estate agents but a self build land finding database is the best option. We have searched to find the best National Self Build Land Database
Self Build Land Database
Self Build Mortgages
You have now sourced your self build plot that will build your dream house. How are you going to find a self build mortgage to suit your families needs and your pocket? Instead of going to your local high street and visiting all the building societies, you are better going to a broker who specializes in self build mortgages.
Accelerator Self Build Mortgages
Quote of the day July 4th, 2009
Self build advice
of the day July 4th, 2009
Finding Self Build Land - Make use of estate agents
This should be the most obvious place to start. However, knowing
how to deal with agents in this situation can be tricky. Some
agents have arrangements with local builders or developers, so
you will be at the end of the queue if something good comes up.
To increase your chances, telephone and visit the office
regularly for updates and make yourself known to the staff;
check their adverts on the internet and in the local paper and
generally do anything that stops you from being just another
name on their mailing list.
Finding self build land - More tips tomorrow
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Selfbuild Building Materials with the Buildstore Tradecard
Membership of Trade Card offers self
builders and renovators products and services at trade or discounted
prices and other special benefits.
We partner
with many of the UK’s top merchants, manufacturers and suppliers to
offer you choice & value.
Because we specialise in working with self builders and renovators we
understand your needs and offer you expert support and advice at every
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more info Apply for Trade Card
Self Build Insurance
You will need self build insurance to cover your house while it is being self built. All self build perils will need to be covered, theft, machinery plant, mobile homes, personal and contractors accident, public and employees liability and legal expenses. This may seem a daunting task but SelfBuildit can cover all of of these at a very competitive price.
Self Build Insurance
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Abbey Grove Developments custom design and
manufacture quality Eco Log Homes & Lodges. We listen to your living
needs and design the Log House to fit your lifestyle. Our Log Cabins are
manufactured with Eco materials and processes, to save the environment for
our future generations and to also create a healthy space to live in.
Visit Abbey Grove
Developments for more info
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Self Build & Renovation Exhibition
Now open to the public, the National Self Build & Renovation Centre is
the UK's biggest permanent self build and renovation exhibition
centre. The National Self Build & Renovation Centre is for anyone
thinking, planning or already involved with a self build or renovation
project. Book now |
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Products
Directory
Self builders need help in sourcing products so we have put together a
products directory which will help you in sourcing your products and
services. We will help you find Tiles, Timber, Underfloor Heating,
Conservatories, everything for your Self Build
Self Build Products
Self Build Timber Frame Houses
Thousands of families each year selfbuild a new house or bungalow - some 10% of all new houses. A growing trend is to Self build with Timber Frame construction. This build route ensures a very quick construction time with the added benefits of superior insulation properties which make a very energy efficient home. To view some more Timber Frame designs follow this link.
Timber Frame Houses
Self Build Books and Exhibitions
The first step on the self build ladder is to research all about building a house for your family needs. There are now a lot of self build houses featured on TV programs, that give the viewers an interest to self build their dream house. So what next? You now need to get self build books and magazines, read these publications time and time again, to see if self building a house suits your lifestyle.
Self build books
Why
Selfbuild?
I will try to answer these questions. To start with by self building you will generally save between 20%-30% of the house price (even up to 50%). The selfbuilt house (if managed and designed correctly) will also be of a higher specification and built with higher quality materials. The mass house building companies are there to make a profit and I have heard numerous stories of "shoddy" workmanship because of tight bonus and work rates.
Go and visit some of the "quality" show houses in your area and take a close inspection of them. OK they look nice, because they are designer decorated and furnished, but the house that you purchase normally will have painted walls and no furniture. The things I normally look at (my wife goes mad) is under the carpets, is it a solid boarded floor or is it chipboard. Other things that I always spot are the amount of electrical sockets in the house, are there TV and aerial sockets to each bedroom and every major room. Is there a burglar alarm installed?
A Self Builders Story of the Day to Day Progress of the House Build
I have written a truthful diary of my house build which started buy finding some land in 1993. It is a totally factual story, with all the "ups and downs" that is normal with self building a
house. Glenns Self Build Story
We recently engaged in a poll of Selfbuilders to ask the question "What difficulties did you find during SelfBuild?" The answers were not surprising. See the results below.
1.Where do we find Self Build information?
2.How do we find Building plots?
3.Where do we find Self Build friendly mortgages?
4.Where can i get Timber Frame information?
5.Is there a traditional build design and supply company?
6.Where do you get Self Build insurance ?
7.Where can we get 10 year structural warranty?
8.How do we get competitive quotes for building materials?
9.How do we employ good reliable tradesmen?
Click on the questions to get some advice.
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