Guide to the Self-Build Process - Your FREE Guide

Guide to the Self-Build Process

What is the process of a self-build project? A free and comprehensive 24-page guide to help you understand more about the self-build process, from buying land, design, management, financial matters and much more.

Finding Land for your Self-Build

Landing Your Perfect Plot A free and comprehensive guide detailing how to find available land and assessing if a plot is viable for your self-build. The guide also outlines Planning Policy and the planning application process.

Preliminaries and Getting Started on Site

Securing a Financial Pathway and a Dream Team This guide will look at how to secure a financial pathway and bring together a team of professionals to work on your project. The document includes a schedule to help you plan realistic timescales for your self-build project along with a pre-start checklist.

Designing Your Self-Build Home

The exciting part! Styling, Interiors, Energy Efficiency, and Landscaping? In this guide, we are going to look at all aspects of designing your own home beginning with meeting the architect and ensuring your house design stays within budget.

Submitting a Planning Application

Planning Applications for Self-Build Homes This guide will take you through the process of gaining planning permission and what to do if faced with a refusal.

Beginning the Build

Laying the Groundwork to Completion As your new home project finally commences, this guide will look at the first stages of the construction and process right through to completion.

Guide to looking after your new home

Making sure everything is just right, from when you move in. Maintaining your new property’s excellent finish. This comprehensive free guide tells you how to look after your property, inside and out, from snagging to dealing with potential issues and detailing your protection. This free and comprehensive guide explains how to answer many of the…