caliwag

I like that idea of your book. We are well beyond that stage now ourselves, but I find the self build book range curious in that the most common books just give a skeleton overview or the process, or you are into very technical books, and there is little in between, which is kind of exactly the ground where self builders need to get information once they are past needing the skeleton plan stage. So each book that fills one of those skeleton categories is a good thing. 

Aye, many thanks for your comments...Indeed my book started life as a free set of notes which seemed to be well received. The notes were essentially a set of prompts and 'don't forget' type check list, laced with some of my prejudices. Some hints and thoughts came from my teaching days and the inevitable 'essential' reading list from some of the domestic design greats, (included in this book). I don't really touch on technical stuff and Sips v brick/block etc...just use of space, circulation, entrance threshold, daylight, relationship of house to garden and so on. On first reading it might appear repetitive, but I think such reminders and reinforcements add up to an optional, and not so optional check list. I appreciate that many, on this forum, are well beyond the design stage, but hey there are a lot of dreamers out there. Thanks