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Self Build: What Is It?
Building your own home is the only way to combine creating the home of your dreams with massive savings. This is a quick, general guide for those wondering what it’s all about.
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Why Self Build?
We explain how savings made by self building allow people to build bigger and better homes than they would otherwise have been able to afford.
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FAQs for Beginners
An explanation of some of the important basic points of self building including how long it takes to build a house, self build mortgages and how to start.
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How to Achieve Self Build Success
Successful self building needs a mix of many qualities, but are you cut out for the challenge ahead? We offer advice on all the things you need to consider when embarking on a self build project.
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Self Build
An article that quickly explains the main areas of self build, including what self build actually means, what are self build homes like, how to find self build land, self build mortgages, and much more.
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Custom Build Homes
A look at the Government's recent housing policy initiative - custom build homes.
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Podcast: Issues Self-builders Face
Jason Orme and a panel of experts discuss the issues facing homebuilders today.
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Five Issues To Face When Finding a Mortgage
Entering the world of mortgages for the first time can be a scary undertaking, but if you look at it from the perspective of your future self (admittedly, scary in itself), you’ll see that a few years on the money-sucking rent road makes a home loan...
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Wise Wall – Structurally Insulated Panel
Content supplied by Frame Wise Limited Timber Frames - The challenge to deliver cost-efficient and super-performance homes has never been more
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5 Tips When Planning Your New Build - Advertorial Feature
With the housing market looking almost recession-proof, some people who want a home of their own are looking to alternative measures in order to get what they want.
