Building your own home
If you want a new home but don't necessarily want any that are on sale, it may be an idea to build your own home from scratch. This is called self-building.
You don't have to have any construction experience to build your own house – in most cases starting a self-build means getting experienced workers to build your house for you.
Self-building can take a lot more time and work than just buying a new home, but it has some advantages:
- You get more choice over the way your home looks.
- You can plan your home's features to suit your own needs.
- It can cost less to buy a plot of land and build a house than to buy a similar house that already exists.