Build Your Own Home

A night class for self builders 

 Course content

 The night course with consist of a series of lectures and discussions on all aspects 

of the  procedures advantages and pitfalls in building your own home. 

 Topics

• 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.

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