SELF-BUILD ON A SHOESTRING: PUBLISHED JANUARY 2011
Proving that grit and determination keep self-builds afloat when nothing else can is this remarkable story from Rob and Alithea Dawson. With an initial budget of just £100,000, this couple bought a 35-acre woodland site in Powys for £10,000 then spent seven years in a mobile home (with two children, then a third who was born there) trying to secure planning permission to build on the land, which had no power on it.