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The pictures above are of timber frame built houses. Click on the pictures to enlarge them. To see more information Timber Frame House Designs

The idea for this 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.

New Beginners Guide To Selfbuilding Follow the varies stages of Selfbuild. 

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Self Build plots available in Cornwall Devon Somerset Wiltshire

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

Warwick Timber Frame House

Epsom Timber Frame Home

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Written by the acknowledged expert in the self-build field, Building Your Own Home has for twenty-five years been the readers' essential reference, helping them through a minefield of conflicting advice and legislation.

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Selfbuild Why?

·  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?

·  Read Glenns Self Build Story. It should be realistic, truthful and humorous so it should give you my image of Self Build.

·  Finally I would like to publish a few keywords that a "self managed selfbuild meant to me" Excitement-Worry-Buzz-Fulfillment.

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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