Our double pitched triple #Mayo extension with rain-chain featured in @selfbuildire magazine…

Great to see the extensions we were architects on for Leonie & Johnny featured in Selfbuild magazine – grab a copy now! Below is the cover that you’re looking for: We featured this project in a previous post and slideshow Read More …

We put a lot of work in on projects – completion reached on this #Roscommon #SelfBuild

A family have just moved into their new self-build where we were the architects from the beginning until the end. I wrote THIS POST a short while back for #ArchiTalksIE on how long projects take and the one below from Read More …

Name checked in yesterdays @thesundaytimes #SelfBuild

I was name checked in a feature in the Sunday Times on self-building yesterday: We’ve added this into the PRESS section of the website where you can see other articles we’re featured in Special thanks to Cian Molloy

New lending rules for 1st time buyers – what it means for self-builders…

It was great to see the Central Bank relax the rules for first-time buyers of property. The lending rules (Applicable for January 1st 2017) apply to self-build mortgages as well as to the purchase of new homes and are summarised Read More …

Mark Stephens Architects featured in Home&Build Magazine (Summer 2016)

The current issue (Summer 2016) of Ireland’s Home&Build – Self Builders Guide features the house we designed for Tim Morris in Foxford, County Mayo. Available now in all good newsagents or subscribe HERE Or click HERE for the online edition Read More …

Mark Stephens Article on Underground Houses in current Self Build Magazine

The current issue (Autumn 2016) of Self Build & Improve your Home Magazine has the updated piece we wrote on underground construction & features our own underground house and intensive & extensive roofs. Available now in all good newsagents or Read More …

Name checked as additional contributor in this @selfbuildire article

I haven’t written for SelfBuild & Improve your home magazine for a while but I occasionally provide additional information when asked as in the name-checked recent article below on the A-Z of self-building by Astrid Madsen: Cutting also included in Read More …

Thinking of self-building in Ireland for 2015? Visit Irish Association of Self Builders @Iaosb …

Thinking of self-building in Ireland for 2015. Then visit the essential website The Irish Association of Self Builders which contains all you need to know regarding the issues and complexities of self-build under the current regulations. The link has also Read More …

Selfbuilding, SI9 #SundayBusinessPost @BregsBlog mentioned #RIAICouncilElection

This Sunday Business Post (December 14 2014) included the announcement that the Government is set to change the rules for self builders regarding S.I. No.9: The crux of the piece was covered in THIS BREGS POST where key points in Read More …

You need to think smaller…

I wrote this post in 2012 on why you need to think smaller when designing and building a house. Two years later and the situation has got worse, not better. With the banks requiring that you need a 20% deposit Read More …