Mike Hardwick
Above left: Mike took a hands-on approach to running his project – and has since become a leading self-build expert
If I’ve learnt anything over the years, it’s that the best lessons are drawn from personal experience – so this month I thought I’d share the highs and lows of my own selfbuild project with you; including what went right, which bits didn’t, and the elements I would change if I were to do it all over again.
I have assisted a fairly hefty number of self-builders over the years, but I’ve only ever tackled one scheme for myself. I’m often asked why I’ve not done it again and my answer is the same each time. Along with my wife, Alison, our motivation was to build the perfect family home and stay there, having lived in more than 10 different Services’ family houses in my time with the RAF. We moved in to a new place every two years and while they were all perfectly functional, none of them were ever a home, and there’s only so much magnolia paint you can take. But our self-build was a keeper
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