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The Essential Plothunter's Checklist

Finding a plot is one thing, but assessing its suitability for what you have in mind is quite another. Make sure you ask all the right questions with David Snell’s checklist, which provides a comprehensive overview of everything you need to know.
Renovations: Assessing the Potential

If you are looking for a house to do up, this simple checklist will help you spot potential — and the warning signs of problems that could be expensive to put right. In this part Michael Holmes tells you how to make sure you can get what you want out of...
Design Ideas for Sloping Sites

A look at the design implications of building your own home on a sloping site including upside down living, building regulations part M and wheelchair access, affect on kerb appeal and landscaping. For the construction and cost implications of building...
How to Build a Home on a Sloping Site

A sloping site is both a problem and a gift. The problem: it adds complexity and, therefore, cost to the project. The gift: when you’ve finished, you’ll have a much more interesting house. In this article we take you through the construction and cost...
How to Buy at an Auction

More and more properties are coming up for sale at auction in the hope of a quick sale. Here David Snell explains the tactics of the auction room as well as what to do if you’re successful. To read David’s introduction to auctions and how to prepare for...
How to Prepare for an Auction

More and more properties are coming up for sale at auction in the hope of a quick sale. Here David Snell explains how auctions work and how to prepare for one. To read David’s guide to buying at an auction click here
Building in a Flood Zone

In an ideal world no one would build in a flood zone, but with such competition for land, it’s something we are going to have to learn to build with
Where to Live Whilst Self-building

If anyone tests the theory that ‘home is where the heart is’ to the limit, it has to be self-builders. In pursuit of their dream home many live for months or even years in a caravan, mobile home, or even in the newly built garage — but does self-building...
How to increase the likelihood of your house selling. Content Supplied by the Post Office
The Property Market in Hammersmith, West London - Content Supplied by Winkworth Estate Agents

This has meant than whenever a house has come on to the market at a fair price there has been a huge amount of interest resulting in competitive bidding.