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  I'm pretty sure I count as a self builder. It's much easier to list the things I didn't do, than the things I did. I looked for an existing design but found nothing suitable. So I drew my own in SketchUp. Then I got an old A3 drawing board and hand drew the planning drawings. Borrowed a dumpy level and staff and surveyed the site. Dug holes and did perc tests. Once I had planning, I did get a plant guy in to break a lot of rock and create a driveway and parking area. He didn't need to level the site though, because the house is up on pillars. I dug the holes for the pillars... with a spade. Got in a volumetric concrete lorry to do the pour, and paid a couple of neighbours to help on the barrows. Then I made up shuttering and site batched the rest of the pillars. Bought a big pile of wood, some power tools, and turned it in to a house. Got a couple of mates to help raise them. Insulation, VCL, plasterboard, windows, cladding, roof, were all done by me. I got a plasterer in, and a sparky. I laboured for both. Plumber did the UVC, I did the rest. I painted the whole place, which seemed like it would never end. I tried to get someone in to do the second fix but no joy, so I ended up also laying the flooring, doing the entire bathroom, all the tiling, kitchen, and wood burner. And that is how you take three years to build a 50m² house.
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  By Adrock · Posted 1 hour ago
  
  Bit of a bump, I'm 2.5 years into a basement/lower ground conversion, garage conversion and total house refurb. Whilst living in it and working a full time job. So I'll call it self build. Last weekend we cut through the 1920's reinforced concrete ground floor slab to form the stair opening. I reckon I'll be finished the lower ground in a year or so.
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  We did some research before we finalised our designs and found exactly this.
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  By HAIGHY · Posted 2 hours ago
  
  Hi. New to renovation but a keen diy er. We are buying a 1930's property that has been empty for over two years. I understand I can claim 5% VAT. However the builder we normally use isnt VAT registered. Can I still claim VAT on the materials and obviously not the labour . Is there a way around this ? Thanks
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