A Course for Self Builders

• Site Purchase, land registry, tax, outline permission.
• House design, Sketch design to detailing & specifications.
• Planning permission, Extra information, Refusal, Appeal, Grants of Permission.
• Building contracts, retaining a Building Contractor.
• Direct labour, hiring & firing Sub-Contractors.
• Legal & tax issues,
• Eco design - Geothermal heat pumps, Insulation, Solar Panels,
• Mortgages,
• Stage payments,
• Site works - spotting faults & poor construction,
• Snag list, etc. It would cover all the pro's & cons of Self Building.