House Tours

Patsy Parr took just 22 weeks to complete her first self build — a modern oak framed home built on a budget

After renovating a cottage, Joanna and David Rakowski turned to the neighbouring infill plot to build their family home, filled with smart tech and clever ideas

Georgia Oliver chose Baufritz’s turnkey package route when self-building her sustainable contemporary home in Berkshire

Henry and Jacqueline Gummer discovered that a spacious, sustainably built extension was the key to unlocking the potential of their rural period property

Presenter and architect Piers Taylor built this ‘transparent’ extension to a dilapidated folly 19 years ago, before picking up the tools once again to make a few highly energy-efficient improvements