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    Pre-build essentials

    Mar 26, 2020 4 minutes

    Once you have purchased your plot there are a good number of steps you need to take before you can begin building your dream home…

    Designing your new home

    While some self-builders do design their own projects, you’ll more than likely need a designer on board to help you formulate plans for your dream home. This might be an architect, an architectural technologist, an architectural designer or an in-house designer at a package company.

    Finding a suitable designer and completing the design process is likely to take at least a couple of months, and may well take considerably longer. You’ll then need to apply for planning permission…

    Applying for planning permission

    The cost of submitting a planning application varies across the UK, but is

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