any1 ever built house on their land??

tightget

have u built or do u know anyone that has actually built a property in their garden, or on a plot of land they brought...??? also what was the cost..??

Robert_Sterling_3

I have a plot worth £12000 in 1981
Planning permission in 1991 value the £50,000
Now worth £200,000
Not started building yet.

rozeepozee

I'd be interested to hear too. Just about to get plans drawn up for 2 bed property, estimated build costs 75 to 100K, final value 200K+

Ian_W

Rozee,
Thought you were saying on another thread that you wouldn't invest in property atm?

Happy_saver_4

You will find a lot of info on Self-build site

and in the columns in yellow on the left of the page you will find a link headed " Build Costs Calculator"

What it costs to build and how long it takes will depend on many criteria regarding the individual plot plus your own knowledge , ability and the site location in the UK.

I've just built a substantial well finished bungalow at £60/sq.ft. But that gives you no information regarding building your own; but answers your question.

Your question is really too vague and I hope the self-build site will help by giving you some guidance.

nadnad

i'm about to build - bought a site almost 2 acres for £42K, have been told its now worth £100K - don't know if I believe that or not it doesn't matter anyway I aint selling it!! Am about to build a 1700sq ft bungalow with dormer windows in attic so that I can eventually do a good conversion upstairs giving me 3000sqft. Have been quoted £84K for complete build - but then I'm in NI so it might be cheaper over here.

rozeepozee

Ian_W wrote:

Rozee,
Thought you were saying on another thread that you wouldn't invest in property atm?

you are quite right, but I have a very big garden and rather than rebuild my conservatory, I thought I'd be better to spend the cash on an asset that was likely to depreciate less...

We'll see anyway... Partner and I have just read Jim Mellon's "Wake Up -Suvive and Prosper in the coming economic turmoil" and it makes for grim reading so I may just leave the country instead!!!

funky-footprints

my brother built his house in my parents garden. my dad has given me a plot too, (no planning on it yet, but it is within the planning line for the village) so we plan to build on it in the next 5 years or so. different I guess as we have been given the ground.

plots half the size of the one I have been given are going for £150k at the minute (thats with planning permission) but to be honest what ever its worth, it wont be sold.

nad-nad - that is cheap !! do you have planning permission on the ground !! blimey might move for that !

Ian_W

rozeepozee wrote: We'll see anyway... Partner and I have just read Jim Mellon's "Wake Up -Suvive and Prosper in the coming economic turmoil" and it makes for grim reading so I may just leave the country instead!!!

You won't be safe from it anywhere else, best bet is GOLD in a time of crisis but ....
it's just so damned heavy!!

Cheerful thought, if the coming economic tumoil don't get you - the bird flu' will.
Or as they say, Lifes a sh*t and then .... :rotfl:

Milky_Mocha

There was an elderly lady on Grand Designs last week (the first in the new series) and she built a 4-bedroom house at the bottom of her garden. Did anyone see it? For an old lady she sure built something impressive. That was in Devon with great views of the sea and gardens. She was cheated big time though. Her budget was £200k and she ended up spending over £400k. She would not say exactly how much. That included an extra £50k she forked out to replace the botched window and conservatory job and she wouldn't even go after the glass makers who cheated her.

funky-footprints

we saw it, absolutely love grand designs, she wasnt even gutted realy that she had gone over budget !!! hos much did she sell the big house for ? ?