editor ’s letter
Welcome
In November 2019, we delivered an industry first, completing our very own self build: Build It’s Self Build Education House, in partnership with the Graven Hill custom build site. We tracked the design, construction and fit-out in the pages of this magazine and online (at www.self-build.co.uk/ourhouse), sharing the highs, lows, challenges, successes and costs with you in detail, to help you make a success of your own projects. Since then, the Build It House has won a RICS Award, welcomed thousands of visitors looking for advice and inspiration through its doors, and used the learnings from our build to deliver the UK’s most detailed and practical self build and renovation magazine. Five years on, we’re taking a look back at the key decisions we made along the way, chatting with some of the partners we worked with, and investigating whether our pioneering self build project has stood the test of time. Head to page 82 for our Build It House review.