New concept to make self and custom build easier and more accessible.

[Matt Perkins]

Hi all, 

 

I would love your feedback on a concept I'm developing to make self-build and custom builds more accessible and easier. 

 

I'm a chartered surveyor and project manager, and noticed that there's a real gap in the market for the average person to choose a custom build over the boring generic new build developments churned out by the big housebuilders. 

 

As such, I am thinking of developing a platform to digitise land and building into a fully immersive digital environment, allowing people to visualise and customise their dream home pre-development. I would then project manage all the necessary disciplines to deliver their dream home!

 

My intention is not to market or advertise this, simply to gather some valuable feedback from self and custom-build enthusiasts like your good selves 🙂 

 

Many thanks in advance, 

 

Matt

[IanR]

1 hour ago, Matt Perkins said:

As such, I am thinking of developing a platform to digitise land and building into a fully immersive digital environment, allowing people to visualise and customise their dream home pre-development.

 

Sorry, but that's not the road block to more people building custom homes.

[ProDave]

Availability of sensible priced plots and then the extra cost of a custom build compared to a standard box, is what limits the number of self builds.

 

If only government were to mandate that the mass market house builders who buy up most of the building land in large blocks, must sell a certain percentage of their plots for self build, at the same per house cost as the whole site cost them.