Build It Magazine Build It January 2013 Back Issue

As we welcome in the new year, it’s time to assess your plans for the next 12 months. The very fact that you’re reading Build It shows that you are considering self building or taking on a major renovation project. Your plans may be well on their way, or you may just be thinking it’s something you’ve always wanted to do and are looking for inspiration. For years, many of us have been living in houses designed by big developers who exist purely to make a profit, rather than delivering well thought-out, individual homes.
You can change all that by embarking on a scheme to create the property of your dreams.

This edition is bound to give you the push you need to get the wheels in motion and make 2013 the year you start working on your own custom home project. Throughout the pages of this magazine you’ll find advice on finding land, planning and setting a budget, as well as the best ways to design key elements of your home. Garner some inspiration from our fantastic selection of real life stories from those with tiny budgets (see the Peggs’ £70,000 barn conversion) to those for whom the sky’s the limit (read Stuart Lawton’s ambitious self build tale).