What is self-build?

All About Self-build
Building your own home is the only way to combine creating the home of your dreams with massive savings. This is a general guide for those wondering what it’s all about.

What It's Like to Self-build
It's all very well dreaming about a fantastic individual home and gathering advice on how to do it, but what is life like as a self-builder, and what are the practicalities? This feature answers your questions.

How to Build a House
There are many ways to self-build - and each have their pros and cons. We explain the main routes to your dream home.

The Key Ingredients for Self-build Success
Successful self-building needs a mix of many qualities but are you cut out for the challenge ahead?

Britain's Most Famous Self Builds
As part of H&R's History of self building, Jason Orme takes a brief look at two of the most high profile self builds of recent years.

Guaranteed Self Build Success
Ten-time self-builder David Snell shares the secrets of a successful
homebuilding experience. Including advice on all aspects and stages of a self-build

Advice for the First Time Self-Builder
We asked the UK’s most experienced self-builder, David Snell, what advice he would give if he could have ten minutes with the least-experienced first-time would-be self-builder

A History of Self Build
To celebrate our 200th issue of Homebuilding & Renovating magazine, we take a look at the development of the modern self build movement and reveal some of the highlights of the last 18 years...

Starting Out: The Practicalities of Self-building
Self-building is all about choice and one of the key decisions to make – which ties in with how you are going to finance the project – is where you’re going to live whilst building.

Beginner's Guide - Starting Out
How to kick your project off in the right direction, including advice on budgets, mortgages and finding a plot

Mark Brinkley: The UK Self Build Market
Self-builds account for a huge number of new homes in this country, so why are so many developer homes still being built, asks Mark Brinkley