What are the benefits of custom build homes?
written by guest contributor Ellie Hayes It’s no secret that …
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Blenheim Grove video series
We started on site at our inaugural custom build development, Blenheim Grove, in March of 2018. Our MD Gus has made little video diaries throughout the process, and we’re continually updating as the build moves along (at an increasingly rapid pace!)
What housing crisis?
Our MD Gus noticed this twitter thread a couple of weeks ago which brought up interesting conversations around planning and our collective need to deliver housing.
Home is where the heART is
Our custom build homes at Blenheim Grove are coming out of the ground, and what better way to engage with the community that these homes will be a part of than collaborating with local artists?
Planning permission: changes for self build homes and custom build homes
If you weren’t aware, 31st October was an important day in the Custom Build and Self-build industry, especially in terms of planning permission changes.
Buying real estate at golden brick can be great value – but what is golden brick?
Golden Brick is a term that the building industry uses for the point at which a building becomes residential.
Self build journey: Gus Zogolovitch & Zog House
“Residential use on that site? …Not a chance”, chuckled the planning officer rather cruelly after my girlfriend and I had bought an unloved, overgrown and dilapidated terrace of garages at auction in 2004.
Right to build task force offers free consultation to developers – Limited availability
If you are an organisation looking into delivering custom and self build housing through community-led projects, the Right to Build Task Force is offering advice for 5 organisations, free of charge.
Self build and custom build homes: the Dutch model
There are a lot of interesting things happening in the Netherlands, including custom build in the city of Almere, where there are plans to turn the housing market on its head by challenging the status quo of volume house-builders controlling the city’s provision of homes.
New build homes in the UK: Here’s how to create more of them
There’s unanimous support for the idea that we are in a housing crisis. There also seems to be unanimous support for the solution – to build more homes.