A beginner’s guide to self-build

There are many benefits to building your own home. Arguably, one of the biggest attractions is the opportunity it provides to create an individual home tailored around your lifestyle. Self-build can also be a route to creating a home that will adapt with relative ease as your needs change and, for many, offers scope to build a low-maintenance and energy efficient property to boot.

What’s more, self-builders often achieve a larger home and garden compared to buying a new home on the open market — the average self-build project is 247m2*, more than double the size of the average new-build developer home. And, as an added bonus, self-builders typically enjoy a profit of 25% on their investment*.

Once you’ve decided to build your own home, there are some key questions you need to begin answering: what do you hope to build, who will build it and how will it be built, for instance. Here’s how to start this incredible journey…

A NEW PERIODSTYLE HOME Although built from scratch, this project features external detailling typical of different eras to suggest a period farmhouse which has been extended over the years.