Karen and Ian Henderson have managed to build a 143m2, three-bedroom eco house for a keen construction cost of £199,300. “We wanted to prove that we could create an affordable Passivhausstandard home and show it’s a viable way forward for future self-builders”, says Karen, who project managed the scheme to help keep costs down
DAVE BURTON
If you’ve been watching too much Grand Designs, you might think all self-builders have huge budgets – plus the odd holiday home or side business they can sell on when they’ve inevitably overspent halfway through the project.
In fact, the vast majority of us are looking to build relatively modest homes on correspondingly modest budgets.