Ask the EXPERTS
Essential advice on your problems with building, budgeting, DIY & planning from the most experienced names in the self build industry
PLANNING Julia Riddle is a planning consultant with over 13 years’ experience in advising on self builds and other types of residential development. She runs Castle Planning (www.castleplanning.uk) and has been involved in writing guidance on custom and self build to inform the national planning approach.
FINANCE Rachel Pyne is director of financial services at BuildStore (www.buildstore.co.uk). She has worked in self build finance for over 10 years and deals with a diverse portfolio of lenders across the whole market, as well as on exclusive self build and renovation mortgage products.
SUSTAINABILITY Nigel Griffiths is director of the Sustainable Traditional Buildings Alliance (www.stbauk.org) and a consultant working mainly on energy efficiency policy and evaluation. He is the author of the Haynes Eco House Manual.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT Mark Stevenson is managing director at Potton, a package home company helping self builders to create their dream property. He has over 30 years’ experience in the construction industry and an extensive knowledge of practical building skills and timber frame construction, and has completed his own self build project.
PERIOD PROPERTIES Alan Tierney is a period property and conservation specialist. He ran an historic building consultancy, offering hands-on advice to heritage homeowners, but is now focused on renovating yet another property: Old Barnstaple House.