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in Cost savers, Design, Podcast, SB+ PodcastsEp74 – The process of building your home: cost saving tips
Pete Finn, AKA Pete the builder, of RTÉ’s Home Rescue and advisory firm Let’s Talk Homes joins tiny house builder Paul Lawford of smallchange.ie to chat about the process of building your home in Ireland today with cost saving tips, including: Favourite More
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Ep73 – Kitchen design trends for 2024
Jonny Orr of Daniel George Kitchens and Caroline O’Neill of Digg Mama chat about Caroline’s kitchen design journey including how she went about it and what steps she would recommend self-builders taking. The chat also focused on: · Main things to consider when designing a kitchen; common mistakes to avoid. · Best time to involve kitchen designers […] More
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Ep72 – Bathroom design trends for 2024
Matt Kinloch of SONAS Bathrooms and Darrel McCauley of Spectrum Bathrooms joined us at Selfbuild Live Belfast to talk about what’s trending in bathroom designs and how to get the style on a budget, including Recorded at Selfbuild Live Belfast in October 2023. Favourite More
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Ep71 – Top 5 pitfalls to avoid when self-building
Pete Cole of Pete Cole Consulting shares the most common issues he comes across self-build sites, including: Recorded at Selfbuild Live Belfast in October 2023. Favourite More
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Ep70 – How much does it cost to build a house in Ireland?
DJ Ramsdale of DJ Build Estimations updates us on builds costs in Ireland at Selfbuild Extend & Renovate Live Limerick in January 2024. He covers: Favourite More
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in Building control: Register your project, Certificate of compliance, Podcast, Quality control inspections, SB+ PodcastsEp58 – Building homes free of defects
Eoin Ó Broin, a TD who’s written a book called Defects, chats through the issue of quality control when building a house in ROI. He talks about: Eoin was also rapporteur for the Oireachtais Joint Committee on Housing, Planning & Local Government’s report published in December 2017, entitled “Safe as Houses? A Report on Building Standards, […] More
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in Budget & Financing, Building methods, Choosing windows and doors, Collating your ideas, Construction drawings, Cost savers, Design, Designing the outside space, Podcast, Pre design, SB+ PodcastsEp57 – Dublin new build on laneway site
Laura and Ronan Campbell built themselves a house on Ronan’s parents’ laneway. Here they chat about: Read more about their project on https://selfbuildextendrenovate.co.uk/project/dublin-laneway-house/ Favourite More
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Ep56 – The new concrete levy and how to save on your self-build
Kieran McCarthy of KMC Homes talks about: Favourite More
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Ep55 – How to apply for your home energy grant in Ireland
Susan Andrews of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland chats about how to get a grant for your home energy upgrade, including: – The three types of grants available in ROI and how each of them work– One Stop Shop (OSS) vs individual grants: the extras you get with OSS– Cost of home energy upgrades […] More
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in Choosing windows and doors, Design, On site, Podcast, Pre design, SB+ Podcasts, Windows and doors: WatchpointsEp54 – Buying windows in Ireland
Tony Dunne, Managing Director at MBC Project, chats about the ins and outs of buying windows in Ireland today, including: – Main types of windows available in Ireland: timber, uPVC, aluminium, alu-clad– Average cost of windows on a self-build today– Double vs triple glazed, options for quadruple glazing– What specifications to look out for when […] More
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in On site, Podcast, Pre design, SB+ Podcasts, Site assessment, Wastewater, Wastewater systems, wells: WatchpointsEp53 – Onsite wastewater treatment in Ireland
Connecting your sewage to the mains is not always an option when you’re building in the countryside. You might need to install an onsite wastewater treatment system instead, which is a mini sewage treatment plant. In ROI, if an onsite system is not feasible you will more than likely be denied planning permission. Cathal Keane […] More
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Ep 30 – Guide to self-build mortgages in NI
Episode 30 – Wendy McClintock of the Progressive Building Society explains what it takes to secure a self-build mortgage in NI, including: Favourite More
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