Self Build

Ensure your self-build project runs as smoothly as possible with the expert information and design ideas in this section. Take a look at the inspiring self-build case studies, which have a wealth of great ideas to inform your own project.

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Self Build

Moving into a new-build? You need this snagging checklist

Before moving into your new home, these are the essential paperwork and snag checks you need to make

The enduring excellence of natural Slate roofing

By Jason Podesta

Looking through the living room to the outdoor courtyard of a converted Victorian dairy

Renovate, Self Build, Sustainable Design

Climate change mitigation: how to cut a home’s carbon emissions

By Joe Stuart

Self Build

Moving into a new-build? You need this snagging checklist

By Staff writer

Self Build

From Heritage to Modern Living: A Sustainable Salute to the Past

By Sue Ucel/A Design Features

Design, Grand Designs houses, Interior Design

How the Grand Designs Threshing Barn inspired my design journey

We chat with designer and artist Helena Traill — daughter of Grand Designs alumni Phillip and Angela of the Threshing Barn — to find out how it influenced her life