I love a blog post – Combo: 1. Will we ever put blinds on our house Mash-up with: 2. The coolest house included in a film: Following on from yesterdays blog post on A LONG OVERDUE JOB ON THE HOUSE Read More …
Even after ‘completing’ our house and living in it for the last 7 years there are still jobs that need to be done. One of these jobs we finished this weekend… Below is the BEFORE photograph… Our house – AFTER: Read More …
Well here we are at another Friday and it’s the end of the weeks posts on self-building. So far they’ve been a little pessimistic and hopefully this post may give a slightly more positive slant to the process. The post Read More …
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 …