Well, hello to everyone and just wanted to introduce ourselves and our project.
Having toyed with the idea of a self-build for many years we have just bought a plot at auction last week!
We live in the SW, although originally hail from Manchester and moved South in 1990.
Having first lived in Berkshire, then Wiltshire for 25 years we are currently renting in Somerset.
We sold our house of twenty odd years a couple of years ago to look for a plot and last Friday were lucky enough to win an auction for a plot of land around a quarter of an acre in size. My goodness what a tense process that was!
So, I will in the fullness of time, post some pictures but will wait to complete later this month before doing that.
Ever since we were married 40 years ago we have worked on the houses we have lived in, and for a period of time in the 2000's bought a couple of houses to develop. I then decided after giving up my career in IT to do an Architectural Technology degree at UWE, subsequently working for myself designing extensions until I retired a couple of years ago.
These forums look like a great place for picking minds and finding answers the many questions that I am sure that I will generate over the coming months. For my part hopefully I will be able to contribute some of my knowledge and experiences.
