Is Building Your Next Home Cheaper Than Buying Tt?
Self-build is a phrase that is becoming ever-popular in the housing market. So what is “self-build”? It’s a home you build yourself, as the phrase hints! Not necessarily only by yourself, but you put yourself in the position as architect, planner, foreman of your house and allow trained workers do the task you order them to do. More and more individuals are doing just that - in fact, the army of “self-builders” in the UK outnumbers the amount of properties being developed by any professional developer. The purpose of self-build is to create a property to your exact specifications, not a boiler-plate design that commercial developers use.
Already you’re likely thinking: “I can’t plan, and manage a house build”. The pleasant news is that self-build doesn’t have to involve you with the physical aspects of the home development (as a matter of fact, just 5% of self-builders in reality take a role in the actual building of the property). Even when it comes to design, quite often this is delegated to a professional designer.. Self-build, more often than not, is about you articulating (in laymen’s terms), what you need to the house designer - who then produces a design based on your requirements. This design then becomes the blueprint the developers work to. Now do you see? It’s not required to have any hands-on participation in self-build. Having said all that, the Do It Yourself fan can use self-build as a chance to save some cash by helping out with the aspects of self-build they have experience in - it’s your choice how much engagement you want during the construction.
Self-build sounds pricy, but actually it’s broadly speaking cheaper than buying an already developed home of the same specifications (roughly a third cheaper). Not only that, self-built homes fetch a good price too - up to 25% higher than the actual build cost, so you can view self-build also as a means to invest your money, rather than just a place to live
You must ensure the group of workers you select are 100% competent and that they can build as a squad. Without doubt, you will want builders with experience of some rather potentially dangerous machinery used in building, such as floor saws, wall saws, angle grinders, masonry saws with diamond blades and stihl saws. With a skillful crew, you are also raising the safety levels of the build.
This article is just an introduction to self-build, and I hope it will encourage those of you who are perhaps a little daunted by such projects. It needn’t be time-intensive, and you won’t need any specific skills, cautiously, and you will need to cautiously work out the budget of the project.
