Joanna Susskind

@Carrerahill Yes! We have dogs too so Dawsholme has been an absolute haven for us so far! Although they've just closed the wood/greens/mdf dumping pit for 3 months...!!! Would love to show you around - we will be there most of Saturday. It's actually an open day for the Self Build project at Maryhill Burough Halls and we've said people could come chat with us and see the site. Great idea re the diggers across the road, maybe I'll pop over and see what they say to that. But would love to chat to you if you have some names and any advice. There could potentially be 6 of us doing founds together but the rest are quite far behind, so might just be us - we want to break ground and get the slab poured before the frost... Exciting! Thanks so much.

@ProDave Thanks for this! I am keen... Ben not so much. Who would/could guide us on how to go about the digging? We are piling, so surely we can't do this ourselves? Can we dig the holes for the piles to go in to...? Or perhaps we have a company do this stage, then we build the ring beam/pour the slab? Would love to hear what everyone else did and how they went about it, thanks!

Hey everyone! So happy to find this site. My husband Ben and I are building a house on Bantaskin Street in Maryhill, in the city of Glasgow. That's right - in the city! We are right by the canal,, and the river, with a view of the Campsies. So there are 6 self builders in total - we have bought the plot and moved onsite in to our static caravan a few months back. We are building the house ourselves. Ben is a carpenter and I am an animator/film maker. We run a creative agency together and have completed a couple of very successful renovations together here in Glasgow. We have designed the house ourselves. Ben and his friend/colleague Craig will be doing all the carpentry onsite (hopefully on the slab, later this year) and erecting the Douglas Fir timber frame, along with the help of some more strong people, and perhaps a crane. Glasgow City Council have initiated this project and plan to do a lot more, but we are the guinea pigs. So far so good: We bought our plot which is 600m2 for 45k. The plots are serviced. Well...almost serviced. There is a little work to be done, but it's basically there. Our build budget is 175k (max) - we simply cannot go any more than this. I think we can do it for 140k. We are brave and resourceful people! We are currently trying to finalise our foundations and trying to find someone who will do all of the following: Clear/scrape the site, dig the holes/piles/build the ringbeam/pour the slab. Could you guys advise...? Are we best to find someone for each stage? Which parts could we do ourselves? Should we bring in one company to do all of this? We dont want to spend 20-30k on founds as our house is simple and small (100m2 on the ground, 150m2 including the mezz). Anyway happy to be here and would love thoughts, ideas, comments...all of it! Attaching our designs. Joanna