Tips on Building Your Own Home – Quantity surveyor Lisa O’Brien, on behalf of the Irish Concrete Federation, shares her advice and tips before you start building your home. Favourite More
ROI Minister for Housing’s plan to boost the mortgage market sparks fears of price inflation and low supply. Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien’s shared equity scheme, part of the Affordable Housing Bill, offers equity loans of up to 30 per cent on new build homes under €400,000. O’Brien wants to introduce the scheme for a year, […] More
Measures also include extending the stamp duty holiday to June, investing in chronically underfunded NI Water, and supporting modern methods of construction. The UK’s Budget published in March has extended the stamp duty holiday on house purchases under £500,000. In both England and NI, the reprieve which was due to end on March 31st has […] More
To go to tender, or tendering, is the most common selection process to find a main building contractor. Most self-builders who choose to hire a main contractor to oversee all the work on their self-build project will go to tender, unless they are sure of who they will be hiring. A standard tender process should […] More
RTÉ’s Cheap Irish Homes co-hosts Maggie Malloy and Kieran McCarthy are on a quest to help renovators find the dream project to turn into a home. Here they share their top house hunting tips. Maggie Molloy on……. Location versus potential It’s funny how these two words mean such different things to different generations. Before my […] More
We just finished our own self-build in the past 12 months and I would say it is completely feasible but that’s if you don’t count your own time; break the build down into bite sized chunks: Site clearance. Foundations: strip vs raft (slab), shuttering, steel mesh and concrete. Up to floor level: trunking, service pipes […] More
Episode 30 – Wendy McClintock of the Progressive Building Society explains what it takes to secure a self-build mortgage in NI, including: Favourite More
The cost of building a house: Self-build advisor John Corless sets out the main cost components involved in building a house along with budget-saving tips and advice. Favourite More
Episode 11: John Corless is Ireland’s leading independent self-build advisor and the host of the Selfbuild Live Bootcamp. We caught up with him at Selfbuild Live Belfast to give us a bird’s eye view of the self-build process. Topics covered: Favourite More
Episode 2: We have a chat with building costs expert Keith Kelliher, a quantity surveyor based in Dublin. We discuss about where to start with the budget, how to deal with tenders (builders’ quotes) and methods to keep costs under control. Favourite More
Find out where the money goes when you’re building a house, how self-building has changed over the past 25 years, and get a feel of what it will be like to take on your own new build project. In this article we cover: The Housebuilder’s Bible is celebrating its 25th anniversary, a good time to […] More
Gillian and Seamus Brennan injected personality into their Co Carlow new build thanks to a clever H-shaped design and repurposed furniture. This article about Gillian and Seamus’ H-shaped new build in Co Carlow covers: Overview Walls: Cavity walls 125mm PIR board full fillRoof: 150mm PIR board between rafters with insulated (50mm PIR) plasterboard on ceilingFloor: […] More
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