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Getting Started: Introduction to Building Your Own Home

• Estimating Your Self Build Costs
• Time Cost Quality Triangle
• Choosing a Build Route
• Living in a Caravan On Site
• Community Self Build

Buying Land

• Where to Buy Land
• Beware of Offers of Cheap Land For Sale
• Initial Desktop Study
• Site Visit
• Land Prices
• Planning Permission Status and History
• Further Research Into Your Potential Building Plot
• Stamp Duty Land Tax

House Design

• Design Brief
• Selecting a House Designer
• Your Planning Application
• Building Regulations

Construction Project Management

• Planning Permission
• Building Regulations
• Construction Safety
• Building Warranty
• Self Build Insurance
• Project Planning
• Project Implementation
• Project Monitoring
• Project Control
• Project Completion
• Project Review
• Project Management Tools
• Itemised House Building Costs

Money Matters and Building Costs

• Itemised House Building Costs
• Self Build Mortgages
• Self Build Insurance
• Building Warranty
• Self Build VAT
• Self Build Capital Gains
• Stamp Duty Land Tax

House Construction Methods

• Traditional Masonry Construction
• Timber Framed Houses
• Structural Insulated Panels
• Insulated Concrete Forms
• Kit Houses

Eco Homes

• Photovoltaic Panels
• Solar Hot Water
• Wind Turbines
• Ground Source Heat Pumps
• Air Source Heat Pumps
• Biomass Fuel
• Micro Hydro Systems
• Green Electricity Supplier

Construction Materials

• Tips for Organsing Your Building Materials
• Builders Merchants
• Ready Mix Concrete

Construction Tools and Equipment

Self Build Houses

• The Limes - Stone and Slate Self Build House
• House Building Videos

Self Build Information

• Self Build Books
• Self Build DVDs
• Self Build Software
• Self Build Links

Self Build Blog

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