Self-Build: How to Design and Build Your Own Home

ISBN-13: 9781859469392 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 288 str.

Julian Owen

Opis

If you’ve ever dreamt of designing and building your own home, this book is for you. Becoming a ‘self-builder’ doesn’t necessarily mean learning to build a house physically from scratch. Anyone can be a self-builder.

Spis treści

1. Why self build 2. Project Preparation 3. Finding and Assessing a Plot 4. Appointing an Architect 5. Design Influences 6. Rooms & Layout 7. Getting Planning Permission 8. Building Regulations 9. Procurement & Construction Methods 10. Preparing for Construction 11. Building the House 12. Case Studies Useful contacts

O autorze

Julian Owen is an architect with over 30 years’ experience of running his own practice in Nottingham. He has authored several books including Home Extension Design, andis a founder and director of ASBA Architects, a network of locally-based practices that markets it members to self-builders and members of the public who wish to alter or extend their homes. In 2004 he received an MBE for services to architecture.