How does it work?
Self build is an approach to house building with far reaching benefits. Self built homes are typically better quality and more sustainable. They are designed for living rather than for the developers profit.
BoxfordBuild brings together, supports and enables people to build their own homes. Groups of between 5 - 8 self builders share aspirations for how they want to live and work together to get actively involved in building their own homes. Working together reduces the end cost of your home and builds a community. Group self build projects offers the opportunity to learn new skills and share knowledge and experience.
Self building is very common in Europe where it accounts for between 40-60% of new house building. In the UK it is currently only 10%, but interest is fast growing.
BoxfordBuild brings together, supports and enables people to build their own homes. Groups of between 5 - 8 self builders share aspirations for how they want to live and work together to get actively involved in building their own homes. Working together reduces the end cost of your home and builds a community. Group self build projects offers the opportunity to learn new skills and share knowledge and experience.
Self building is very common in Europe where it accounts for between 40-60% of new house building. In the UK it is currently only 10%, but interest is fast growing.
IDENTIFY LAND - BoxfordBuild identifies land that is suitable for self build projects, working with local councils, landowners, parish councils and community groups to find the right sites.
Connect with potential self builders - BoxfordBuild brings together keen self-builders. Self-builders will need a small deposit to secure their commitment to the self build group.
FINANCES - BoxfordBuild undertake the upfront costs of securing planning permission on the land. Each participant is given advice on how to secure their own finance to purchase their individual plot and fund their build.
DESIGN - BoxfordBuild is passionate about achieving simple yet well designed homes, maximizing natural light, sustainable materials, and creative spatial design. As self builders will be engaged in a co-design process for the project as a whole as well as their individual homes. The collective aspirations of the group will lead the project and through sharing our knowledge and expertise we aim to empower and inspire the self build group to achieve a beautiful, buildable and sustainable place to live that is low cost to run.
BoxfordBuild has the technical knowledge of regulations and legislation necessary to lead and support self build projects in the planning stages. We also have a wealth of home building experience to guide self builders from construction on site through to the completed home, ready to move in to.
We are keen to use construction methods that will reduce the skilled labour required in the building of the home, thereby enabling the self builder to get hands on with building their own home. This can be tied in with local college courses to learn new skill as necessary, ‘sweat equity’ is key to the success of the project!
We are keen to use construction methods that will reduce the skilled labour required in the building of the home, thereby enabling the self builder to get hands on with building their own home. This can be tied in with local college courses to learn new skill as necessary, ‘sweat equity’ is key to the success of the project!