editor’s letter
For first timers, the idea of creating your own home from scratch can seem like a daunting, open-ended prospect full of risks, choices and potential slip-ups. How can you get planning permission for a design you like? What’s involved in setting up a site? How will you ever manage to oversee that many building trades all at once? If you’re picking up this edition of the mag with thoughts like those running through your mind, fear not – self building really doesn’t have to be a stress-inducing, ultra hands-on activity! In fact, the overwhelming majority of us lean heavily on the experts to deliver our dream homes, and one of the best ways to do that is to engage a design and build supplier.