Building your own home from scratch. Anybody got any experience ?

[Fr0dders]

Im interested in starting to make plans to build my own home.

I'm not after anything big or grand, just something thats unique, and built to my tastes.

But where do you start ? clearly this isnt something you wake up one day and decide to start tomorrow, so im looking for places to start some research.

In particular im thinking where do you start for house design, architect or pre built ?

also thinking about looking into the specifics of the house too, like having a mains pressure hot water system, and wiring the place with CAT 5 cabling for home automation etc..

Anybody suggest any good books / websites to do some research ?

 

[Fr0dders]

grand designs is whats given me some inspiration.

I'm equally scared but i'd love to do it one day.

 

[Fr0dders]

Hi MrLoL I am a Bricklayer and also live in Wakefield . Do you have the land allready if so the next step is to get an Architect involved, Quite a few plots of land come with outline planning permission on them . this gives you an idea of the size of property you could build.If you are looking at plots of land then surrounding properties will give you an idea of size of property you could build.Actually manageing the project yourself isnt that hard its just a matter of time number crunching and schedualing .I can put you on to a couple of reps for materials you wouldnt believe how much you could save on materials by knowing the right people and the hidden deals the public rarely see.

nowhere near ready to do it yet.

Was just posting to try and get some websites to visit. I rarely do things on impulse and like researching things first. Drives my other half mad, but i like going into things knowing exactly what i want and whats available and whats possible / whats not etc..