Property News · January 8, 2011

Self-build a dream home for £150,000


Housing minister Grant Shapps says the government will ‘make it easier’ to find the finance and land build your own homeEver dreamed of buying a plot of land and building your own grand design on it? The housing minister, Grant Shapps, says he is on your side and wants to make what can be a tortuous process significantly easier.Shapps says he wants to simplify that “complex and bureaucratic planning system, regulatory burdens, and lack of access to land and finance” that lead many potential self-builders to give up. Self-builders are Britain’s largest housebuilder, accounting for 20% of new homes each year, but Shapps said this week that various obstacles mean the UK has one of the lowest proportions of self-built homes in Europe. Continue reading…

Source : theguardian.com
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