Run Your Self-build Project
How do you decide which route is best? Jason Orme investigates

How to run your self-build project

Discussion Forum
Take a look at today's forum hot topics and submit your own questions and comments

Discussion Forum

Get Planning Permission
What to consider when applying for planning permission

How to Get Planning Permission

Renovation ideas

How to Create a New Open Plan Space
Open plan spaces work really well with modern lifestyles, but before you take a sledgehammer to your walls, investigate what effect their removal will have. Natasha Brinsmead looks at stud walls, partition walls, supporting walls and loadbearing walls and how to go about removing them.

How to Create a New Open Plan Space

Climb the Property Ladder - 20 Sure Ways to Add Value to Your Home.
If you want to work your way up the property ladder towards your dream home you need to know how to maximise the value of where you live now, says Michael Holmes

Climb the Property Ladder - 20 Sure Ways to Add Value to Your Home.

Good Buy or Bad Buy? How to Assess a Property for Renovation
You have spotted a property that looks ripe for renovation but how do you decide whether it has true potential or if it is going to turn into a millstone around your neck?

Good Buy or Bad Buy? How to Assess a Property for Renovation