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Hello all, New here and thought I would first say Hello and Happy New Year. Hoping to design and build our own home, probably Timber Frame and I would self Project Manage it. We are based in South Gloucestershire near Bristol and so far have been doing some research on here, Youtube, Instagram and the various Timber Frame companies that exist. We are on the Right to Build Register (for whatever that's worth) for South Glos, Stroud and BANES to show the sort of areas we are aiming for. Currently living in our first house and have no experience of self building but can see the benefits of having a more personal impact on a new home and reducing our impact on the environment. Currently scouring Plotfinder, Plotsearch, Zoopla, Rightmove, Onthemarket, google, google maps and wherever else we can to find a suitable plot to build a 4 bed detached home and garage which is the goal WilliamsHome
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I am an architect and certified passivhaus designer working in the south West. I obtained planning permission (a minor miracle after huge amounts of work) last year to knock down my house in Wiltshire and replace it with an eco house. A passivhaus would be the aim but as the site is in AONB and Green Belt on a steep west facing slope with amazing views it has a few fundamental issues that will make this challenging, but seeing how close we can get will be the aim. I am trying to find time now outside office hours to work up the details and put it in PHPP and I will endeavour to post my progress for anyone who is interested. The first issues will be how to deal with too much glazing facing the fantastic views, what to build it out of to keep walls as thin as possible (building volume is critical in Green Belt) with a partner who wants it "solid" and my own frivolous desire to have concrete floors throughout! Oh and stopping it falling down the slippery slope....
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