NEWS
Inaugural meeting of new ‘group self build’ workshop ...
22/Oct/2015
Our recent inaugural meeting of a new working group focusing on ‘group self building’ saw the participants arriving at a number of objectives which they would like to achieve. Collectively, ...
Feedback from the first of our Autumn 2015 Workshops ...
16/Oct/2015
We’ve just completed the first of our five regional workshops for planning and housing officers. Collectively they’ll be attended by more than 200 people – mainly local council officers, but ...
Key address given on custom and self build at RICS ...
13/Oct/2015
I was invited to give a key address at an RICS CPD Day in Southampton last Thursday (8th Oct). The conference delivered six hours of regionally-focused CPD learning, covering three ...
Welsh architect wins Self Build on a Shoestring 2015 with ...
08/Oct/2015
Welsh architect Niall Maxwell, 44, from near Newcastle Emlyn in Carmarthenshire, has today been announced as the winner of the £5,000 top prize in the 2015 Self Build on a ...
Self Build on a Shoestring 2015 finalists shortlisted ...
05/Oct/2015
During the first round of judging our team of referees for this year’s Self Build on a Shoestring competition whittled down more than 30 entries (received from the UK and ...
NaCSBA member Cherwell District Council honoured at industry awards ceremony ...
25/Sep/2015
Congratulations to NaCSBA member Cherwell District Council which picked up the award for the NaCSBA-sponsored ‘Best Council for Self/Custom Builders’ category for the second time at the Build It Awards 2015. The ...
Report on the latest self/custom build meeting with DCLG ...
16/Sep/2015
Last week, NaCSBA Chair Michael Holmes and I visited the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) for an update meeting on self and custom building. Both continue to feature ...
The outcomes of a recent session on regulations affecting housebuilding ...
03/Sep/2015
Last Tuesday (1st September) I was invited to a housing workshop at the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) along with major players in the housebuilding industry. The session ...
NaCSBA sponsors the Build It Awards 2015 ...
01/Sep/2015
NaCSBA is continually lobbying both local and national government to remove the barriers that prevent so many people from building an individual home in the UK. Some councils are far ...
Self Build on a Shoestring 2015 ...
10/Aug/2015
The original self/custom build design challenge! A unique ideas competition, run in collaboration with Grand Designs Live (GDL), open to all, where you have to design homes that can be ...