Project category: Cost 300k+

  • February 21, 2025
    Find out how these self-build newbies built a stunning modern malthouse in Lincolnshire— so impressive it featured on Channel 4’s…
  • March 1, 2024
    Matthew and Hannah Sterrett share what they learned from building their budget-friendly family home in Co Tyrone. In this article…
  • November 11, 2023
    After a fruitless search to buy a house, Brian and Karen Corry decided to build themselves their dream low energy…
  • October 3, 2023
    A self-build is often first and foremost about creating a family home, but in many cases it can also yield…
  • September 13, 2022
    Renovating this 1950s seaside house meant rebuilding the structural supports for the cantilever bedroom that takes in the view. In…
  • July 20, 2017
    Even though Catherine and John Reilly's design is a minimalist one, they managed to cram just about everything they ever…
  • November 21, 2016
    A husband and wife team leads this architectural practice; it’s therefore no wonder they built themselves a carbon neutral home…
  • October 21, 2015
    A few months into their project Sinead and Jonathan Willox of Co Tyrone decided to go zero energy with their self-build,…
  • July 8, 2013
    Building on a sloping site is difficult enough, which is why losing your main contractor midway through the project probably…
  • July 27, 2012
    When Belfast man Hugh McNally and his wife Elaine became custodians of a plot of land with a difference, the…