£80k to start new

theGrinch

the bbc series, while ok to watch is misleading. build for £100k often does not take into account the cost of land, favours or bbc connections.

owitemisermusa

jbainbridge wrote: »

There you are - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03bwqqt/The_House_That_100k_Built_Sumati/

Watching it now, thanks for the link.

Hwvr, it's misleading to say it was built for £100k, the cottage she bought cost her £100k alone! She seems primed to spend £50K on top...

Will come back and retract if I'm wrong after watching the entire show.

Odie_Schmodie

Why would you want to do this? You can buy a two up two down terrace for 80K in lots of places in the UK, including the East Midlands.

owitemisermusa

jbainbridge wrote: »

There you are - http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03bwqqt/The_House_That_100k_Built_Sumati/

owitemisermusa wrote: »

Watching it now, thanks for the link.

Hwvr, it's misleading to say it was built for £100k, the cottage she bought cost her £100k alone! She seems primed to spend £50K on top...

Will come back and retract if I'm wrong after watching the entire show.

Watched to the end, the talking heads did a lot of talking. The internal finish not to my taste but at least she finished it. When she has more money she may redecorate if she wishes.

This I liked:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b03bjq4d/hd/The_House_That_100k_Built_Martin/

thebigdipper

Thanks for the replies everyone.

To answer the questions posed:

Nottinghamshire would be the preferred location in the East Midlands, but that's not set in stone. Ideally a village setting or somewhere in the countryside.

The main reason for wanting land is to go for self-sufficiency and so that the house itself is to my tastes as opposed to renovating a cheap house I don't like.

I expect the budget to be about 50/50 for land/building.

I'd require professionals to create the shell of the house as well as fitting all the plumbing and electrics. Interior work and decorating I'd be able to do myself or find friends capable of doing, so those labour costs would be minimal.


Thanks again to you all for taking the time to reply. I'm going to check these links out immediately.

RAS

There were several designs at the Grand dDesigns show http://www.nasba.org.uk/selfbuildonashoestring

Winner here http://www.nasba.org.uk/images/press-releases/nasbapresser_20131005LCS.pdf

Also check out this build http://www.selfbuildportal.org.uk/irish-vernacular and http://www.irishvernacular.com/index.html