NEWS
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 ...
Just 50 days left to submit designs for the ultimate ...
30/Jul/2015
The countdown has begun to the deadline for this year’s Self Build on a Shoestring competition. The 2015 ideas competition is looking for designs for an innovative ‘self build’ starter home ...
Many councils are taking action to boost private homebuilding ...
10/Jul/2015
The Research & Development team has masterminded the first comprehensive survey of custom and self build activity across all English local authorities – and the findings have revealed that more ...
Custom build presentation at GLA event ...
02/Jul/2015
I was kindly offered the opportunity to present at a Greater London Authority (GLA) organised event last Monday (29th June) – designed to promote custom build to developers and local ...