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How to choose a quality-assured building firm for your project
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Price increases: Why is the cost of my building project going up and up?
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Get your budget right at the start and avoid hidden costs
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Is it safe for homeowners to employ builders during the Covid-19 crisis?
New extension? How to identify a good (not bad) building firm.
So how do you separate the good building firm from the bad? How can you be sure that they’ll do a good job for you? We give a few pointers here. And if you want to sanity check their prices – then scroll to the bottom for the best advice possible… A professional-looking quotation with…
What is self-build and custom housebuilding?
There has been lots of talk about self build and custom housebuilding recently. It’s all thanks to an independent review entitled: “House: How putting customers in charge can change everything”. We already knew that the appetite for custom housebuilding and self build homes is there. And this has been borne out by Richard Bacon MP…
How to choose a quality-assured building firm for your project
How do I check the credentials of a building firm? How will I know if they’re up to no good? Can I trust their references? How do I choose between them all? These are just a few of the questions homeowners face when deciding who will be given their precious project. It’s important. It’s no…
Price increases: Why is the cost of my building project going up and up?
Where have these price increases from your building firm come from? No one wants a bigger bill but that’s where we are right now. If you’ve struggled to find a builder in the first place, then you’ll know that there’s a building boom at the moment. All the work going on currently means a…
Get your budget right at the start and avoid hidden costs
Are the hidden costs included in your budget? Watch the recording of the 16-minute presentation (see below) that we made at the recent Build It magazine Advice Weekend on the 20th-21st February 2021. Jo Mulgrew, Operations Director at Cost My Self Build chatted with Managing Director, Adrian Wild about the possible pitfalls that could have…
Is it safe for homeowners to employ builders during the Covid-19 crisis?
To say that Covid-19 has affected homeowners undertaking or considering building work is true enough. But it doesn’t mean all projects are off – far from it. Tradespeople may legally continue to work on construction projects, even in a lockdown situation. Home extensions and renovations pose more of a risk than new builds, for obvious…
