Self Build Blog
Lintels and padstones
Not the most exciting elements to the build but critical items to make it all work.
A self build house in the making
Follow the process of how we are designing and building a new house ourselves - with help from all the right experts and trades.
Update March 2026 - We're still working on it!
Although the house is nearing completion (if that's ever possible!) and we're living in it, the blog is playing catch-up. More blog entries are being added all the time.
Going window shopping
Choosing the right windows to the match style and budget is much harder than we thought.
The only way is up
With the fine weather we've been having, the block work has been going up fast.
One steel, two steels, three steels…
The first of the steels have been erected but there are more to come.
Time for some scaffolding
The first batch of scaffolding is erected so the higher levels of block-work can be built.
