1st time self builer and would like to thank you all who post on here , i have been following the site for the past year to get an understanding of what is involved in building your own home and dispite of everything i have read we still went ahead and purchased a plot . we are in the final stages of drawings with our achitect and will hopefully be submitting full planning in the next few weeks with a build start penciled in for March 21. thanks in advance for the advice and opinions that you all give so freely .

Hello @Buzz.  You have come to the right place.  There is loads of useful information here.

 

Do you have a construction type in mind?

 

Where about are you located?

 

Are you going to be fully hands on?

HI @Mr Punter currently we are open to all options regarding construction type , the advice from our architect was to decied what you want to build then get it through planning then work out the best way to build it. we are in Norfolk so so fairly middle for labour rates and the plot is perfectly flat  with excelent access. Would love to be as much hands on as possible but the reality will be to get to wind and watertight with one or 2 main contractors then individual trades through to finish .