MAKING KEY DECISIONS
Case Study: Build It’s Education House
Our Self Build Education House is a project like no other – designed to give you a blueprint for the choices you’ll make on your own bespoke home. Discover some of the key choices we made on our self build journey
Left: The finished house combines a blend of clay roof tiles, modern white render and timber cladding for a character-packed contemporary look.
VISITING THE SELF BUILD EDUCATION HOUSE
We’re delighted to have worked in partnership with Graven Hill – the UK’s largest self and custom build development – to bring you the Build It Education House, which first opened its doors to readers and visitors in January 2020.
This is your chance to gain access to a goldmine of inspiration and practical advice through detailed infographics and cut-out sections showing key structural details, and to pick up our detailed book all about the journey... including our build costs!
The Education House is open to the public five days a week, and permanently manned by Graven Hill’s plot sales team. Over the course of the year, we’ll also be holding one-off reader days and information events – so be sure to pick up the mag regularly and sign up to our email newsletters via www.buildit.co.ukto be among the first to hear what’s happening.
NORMAL OPENING HOURS
Monday, Thursday & Friday: 10am to 5pm Weekends: 10am to 4pm
Find out more and book your free visit today at: www.buildit.co.uk/visitourhouse
Over the last 31 years, we’ve featured thousands of amazing bespoke homes in the pages of Build It magazine. Sharing your project stories and learning points provides the next generation of self builders and renovators with inspiration and invaluable advice they can take into their own schemes. In 2020, to celebrate our 30th birthday, we took that to the ultimate level when we completed work on our own house. Our goal was to create a unique educational hub where you can not only experience life in a self build house, but also arm you with the tools you need to complete your own dream home – so you’ll have a real-life reference point on which to base your decisions and budgets.
‘‘This is a first for any magazine: a real-life home built solely to inspire our readers ’’
Chris Bates, Build It Editor
For 10 months from November 2018, editor Chris Bates project managed our build – sharing the highs and lows of our journey online at www.buildit.co.uk/ourhouseas well as via regular updates in the mag. Here, we take a look back at what went in to creating the Self Build Education House and some of the key choices we made.
A benchmark home