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Self-build is a term that is becoming ever-popular in the housing market. So what is “self-build”? It’s a property you build yourself, as the phrase suggests! It doesn’t have to mean LITERALLY by yourself, but you place yourself in the position as foreman, architect, planner of your house and allow professional workers do the task you order them to do. More and more individuals are doing just that – as a matter of fact, there are more self-builders in the UK than the total amount of properties being developed by any single developer. The intention of self-build is to make a house to your precise specifications, not a boiler-plate design that commercial developers use.

I know what you’re thinking: “I haven’t a clue about how to build a house”. The pleasant news is that getting involved with a self-build project doesn’t have to involve you with the physical aspects of the home building (in fact, just 5% of self-builders actually take a role in the actual development of the property). Even when it comes to design, quite often this is delegated to a professional designer.. Self-build, by and large, is about you saying (in plain English), what you need to the property designer – who then develops a plan based on your demands. This design then becomes the blueprint the developers follow. See? It’s not required to have any proactive involvement in self-build. Having said all that, the DIY enthusiast can use self-build as a chance to save some cash by helping out with the aspects of self-build they have experience in – it’s your call as to how much engagement you want during the build.

Self-build sounds costly, but in reality it’s in the main cheaper than buying an already built house of the same specifications (up to 30% cheaper). That’s not all, self-built properties fetch a good price too – as much as 25% higher than the development costs, so you can view self-build also as a means to invest your money, rather than just a home to live in

You must ensure the squad of workers you choose are 100% competent and that they can build as a squad. Without doubt, you will need builders with experience of some rather potentially dangerous machinery used in construction, such as ics diamond chainsaws, power / disc cutters, floor saws, and wood saws. Not only do they want to be safe with such equipment, they of course must do their job well too!

This article is merely an introduction to the concept of building a property yourself, and I trust it will encourage those of you who are perhaps a little disconcerted by such projects. It needn’t be time-intensive, and you won’t need house building / designing skills, but hire carefully, and you will need to carefully work out the overall cost of the project.