Eight stages from a first conversation to the keys in your hand. Not every client needs all eight: some come to us at stage one and stay to the end, others only want help getting through planning.
What you want to build, what you have, and what it is likely to cost. No obligation either way.
Site assessment, constraints, access and services. We tell you early if a plot will not work.
Your brief developed into a design, with the budget tracked alongside it from the start.
Submission, consultation and conditions handled, with drawings prepared for approval.
Building control, structural warranty and self-build mortgage stages lined up in order.
Groundworks and foundations go in, and the house is built using panels, modules or traditional methods, offsite, on site or both.
The house is made weathertight, whether it was craned in or built on site, then utilities and connections are completed.
Internal finishes, commissioning, sign off and the keys in your hand.
No. Not every client needs all eight. Some come to us at stage one and stay to the end, others only want help getting through planning, and some arrive with an approval and want the build.
It depends on the plot, the design and above all the planning process, which is the least predictable stage. We give you a programme for your project once we understand the site, rather than a headline figure.
Earlier than most people expect. A self-build mortgage is usually arranged once planning is granted and the design is fixed, and it releases money in stages. We plan the build around those stages so the money and the work line up.
The house itself is priced against a settled specification once the design is fixed. Groundworks and connections are firmed up as the surveys come in, which is why we investigate them early.
You do not need drawings, a planning decision or a fixed budget to talk to us. Most of our clients did not have any of those when they got in touch.
Tell us about your plotSend us what you have so far, a location, a sketch, a planning reference or just a question. We will come back to you with an honest view of where you stand.