Emily Smith
Susan and Richard Crookshank knocked down the bungalow next door and self-built their dream home in its place. They bought the property for £192,500 and the project cost them £352,000 (£1,408 per m2)
People choose to self-build for many reasons, but in my role collating our readers’ homes articles, one that I’ve seen crop up time and time again is the idea that you can often get so much more for your money in comparison to buying a ready-to-moveinto property from an estate agent. This is undoubtedly a massive benefit of self-building. However, don’t be fooled into thinking that automatically means you have to do it all yourself in order to get the most out of whatever you’ve got to spend. In reality, it’s actually all about understanding how and where to spread your budget. Generally, this means researching, planning and knowing when engaging the skills of qualified professionals is a good idea.