NEWS: Case study: Family turn self-build dream into a reality

[bernardgreen]

This was a self MANAGED project and NOT a self BUILD project.

https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/case-study-family-turn-self-build-dream-into-a-reality.481756/

That said to DIY manage a project of that size is a very impressive achievement

 

[HawkEye244]

Can you post a link or reference the article ?

A friend of mine project manages his new build (currently on going) and it's always been a dream of mine.

 

[bernardgreen]

My error. I left it out of my original post

https://www.diynot.com/diy/threads/case-study-family-turn-self-build-dream-into-a-reality.481756/

 

[Deleted member 63160]

I'm guessing this is a gyproc advert? Does it need reporting

 

[bernardgreen]

I am quite attracted to the magnetic plaster.......

 

[conny]

I am quite attracted to the magnetic plaster.......

It does have a certain pull.

 

[charliegolf]

This was a self MANAGED project and NOT a self BUILD project.

Bit picky?

 

[bernardgreen]

Bit picky?

Not in the least. Having a dozen or so tradesmen building the house in return for payment is the total opposite of husband and wife doing all the work themselves as a couple of DIYers.

 

[charliegolf]

Wiki, he say: "The term 'self build' is specifically used in the UK and Ireland when an individual obtains a building plot and then builds their own home on that plot. The term doesn't necessarily refer to completing the work yourself - more usually, self-build is defined as the act of 'commissioning' a bespoke home." And Murray Armour was calling it that 25 years ago... It's a phrase, not a contract.

 

[bernardgreen]

Thank you for the links to the descriptions, from Wiki, that described the UK and Ireland.

Self-build is the practice of creating an individual home for oneself through a variety of different methods. The self-builder's input into this process varies from doing the actual building work to contracting out all the work to an architect or building package company. The term self-build in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland is expressly used when an individual obtains a building plot and then builds his or her own home on that plot.

Those of us who have DIY self-built do get irritated when self managers refer to themselves as self builders.

https://www.theguardian.com/artandd...ter-segal-architect-london-housing-exhibition

 

[HawkEye244]

Wiki, he say: "The term 'self build' is specifically used in the UK and Ireland when an individual obtains a building plot and then builds their own home on that plot. The term doesn't necessarily refer to completing the work yourself - more usually, self-build is defined as the act of 'commissioning' a bespoke home." And Murray Armour was calling it that 25 years ago... It's a phrase, not a contract.

Yeah but more admiration to be had from doing the work yourself of course. In fact much more.

I think the term property developer has been undermined also by people with excessive wealth buying up properties and throwing money at a management team and claiming all the glory for themselves. Self-attribution fallacy as per my signature at the bottom.