If you’ve ever dreamt of designing and building your own home, this book is for you.
Becoming a ‘self-builder’ doesn’t necessarily mean learning to build a house physically from scratch. Anyone can be a self-builder – you can do so without ever having to lay a brick yourself. Self-built homes can also be more individual, better designed and more economical than buying from a developer.
This book is designed for homeowners and self-builders, whether aspiring or on the brink of starting a project. It provides a jargon-free, step-by-step guide to the process of designing and building your own home, distilling all of the practical information needed to make your dream house a reality.
Carefully crafted to offer friendly, easy-to-understand practical guidance and packed with watch points, hints and tips, it also highlights the potential pitfalls and suggests ways of avoiding them.
Including indications of costs and timescales, Self-build demystifies the process of budgeting, finding a site, gaining planning permission, designing your home and all of the surrounding issues to do with sustainability, planning, regulations, procurement and the use of building contracts. Beautifully illustrated with over 230-colour photos, diagrams and plans, it provides all the inspiration and ideas you need to bring your own project to life.
Featured houses include:
- Amphibious House by Baca Architects
- Corten Courtyard House by Barefoot Architects
- Haringey Brick House by Satish Jassal Architects
- Shawm House by Mawson Kerr Architects
- Sussex House by Wilkinson King Architects
- The Pocket House by Tikari Works Architects.
If you’ve ever dreamt of designing and building your own home, this book is for you.
Becoming a ‘self-builder’ doesn’t necessarily mean learning to build a house physically from scratch. Anyone can be a self-builder – you can do so without ever having to lay a brick yourself. Self-built homes can also be more individual, better designed and more economical than buying from a developer.
This book is designed for homeowners and self-builders, whether aspiring or on the brink of starting a project. It provides a jargon-free, step-by-step guide to the process of designing and building your own home, distilling all of the practical information needed to make your dream house a reality.
Carefully crafted to offer friendly, easy-to-understand practical guidance and packed with watch points, hints and tips, it also highlights the potential pitfalls and suggests ways of avoiding them.
Including indications of costs and timescales, Self-build demystifies the process of budgeting, finding a site, gaining planning permission, designing your home and all of the surrounding issues to do with sustainability, planning, regulations, procurement and the use of building contracts. Beautifully illustrated with over 230-colour photos, diagrams and plans, it provides all the inspiration and ideas you need to bring your own project to life.
Featured houses include:
- Amphibious House by Baca Architects
- Corten Courtyard House by Barefoot Architects
- Haringey Brick House by Satish Jassal Architects
- Shawm House by Mawson Kerr Architects
- Sussex House by Wilkinson King Architects
- The Pocket House by Tikari Works Architects.
Self-build: How to design and build your own home
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Self-build: How to design and build your own home
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781000481617 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | RIBA Publishing |
| Publication date: | 12/24/2021 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| Pages: | 288 |
| File size: | 43 MB |
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