SELF-BUILD VS CUSTOM BUILD
Can you explain how the custom build route differs from self-build?
Q Custom build offers a different route to building your own home, which in this case is a self-build home facilitated in some way by a developer. This still offers the chance to have a unique home that suits your needs, lifestyle and design preferences, but through a more hands-off approach than a traditional self-build.
This method can mean a single one-off home commissioned by an individual and built by a developer, through to a group of homes, built by a developer, but with the offer of bespoke design for the individual. This removes some of the usual frustrations of self-build, such as having to find a plot with planning permission.
It’s likely that a custom build site will have some limitations on what can be built on a plot of land, and what can’t. These parameters have benefits and drawbacks. In one sense, they restrict the nature of your build; it cannot be truly customised in the way a traditional self-build can, yet it will help bring a cohesiveness to
