30 1990-2020 Self build: “Lessons we’ve learned”
1 “Ask questions about everything and listen carefully to the answers. Don’t be inflexible but stick to your guns on things that are important to you and put in as much of yourself as you want. It’s the quirky little details that make a house yours and yours alone.” SHELAGH KRASNO, APRIL 2019
2 “We could have done things cheaper, but we wanted quality. It meant the project took longer as we had to save up along the way.” ANNELIES TOMPKINS, FEBRUARY 2016
3 “It is possible for any self-builder to design and build their own home to their own design. There is plenty of information available but, in my view, it’s a lot easier if it is timber framed… The design engineer working for the timber frame company will take your designs and produce the detailed timber frame drawings. Then, I strongly suggest you have contractors employed by the timber frame company construct the framework. All you have to do then is to finish it!” RICHARD GANE, MARCH 2016
“We always have a conservative budget when it comes to interiors. I never forgo quality pieces
