It’s Day Four of ‘Self-Builder Blog Post Week’ and this post is an interesting one as it poses a real conundrum for architects. Why architects should charge self-builders more, not less… Now you’d think that as a self-builder you should Read More …
So it’s day 3 of Self-Builders blogging week (remember I made it up and it’s just a week of self-building blog posts). This one is directed at architects and would love to hear your experiences. Just to clarify that I’ve Read More …
Here’s post 2 of ‘Self-Builders Week’: YOU are the contractor! But what does this actually mean? When you decide to be a self-builder (in whatever form) YOU take full responsibility on the build and in essence YOU become the main Read More …
There isn’t an official self-builders week. I’ve made it up. It’s just that this week, I’m going to do a post a day on self-builders and self building. The posts (as always) will say how it is, give the unblemished Read More …
A bit of a continuation of the last post on ‘Maintaining your House’. This post highlights a couple of places on the house that never got finished (ah the joy of self-building – always something to finish!) Below is a Read More …
“The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.” Anonymous The answer therefore to the title’s question is obvious and the same – it’s NOW! Forget about negative equity, mortgage tax reliefs, Read More …
Although the Celtic Tiger has finished swishing it’s tail and he’s gone for a nice lie down; there’s still remains in the house building public an unrealistic expectation on the size of house that’s required. Now, if you’ve saved a Read More …
This short Fact Sheet on the ‘Role of the Architect During Building Operations’ explains the change in role to arbitrator of contract between Client and Contractor. It’s also going to get added into the Fact Sheets in the right hand Read More …