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Self Build Simplified

Author : Barry Sutcliffe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781533586766
Total Pages : 556 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Self Build Simplified written by Barry Sutcliffe and published by . This book was released on 2016-06-08 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by "GRAND DESIGNS" Self Build Expert Barry Sutcliffe, this book sets about debunking the myths and revealing the hidden and often surprising secrets of the UK's self build industry. Over its 16 chapters and 550 pages it turns the industry upside down and shakes it until all the rubbish, the unnecessary and the inappropriate falls out. As it does so, it helps to create for the reader, a much clearer and less intimidating picture of what self build is actually all about. Allowing each individual to make informed decisions on "when, if and how" they should consider taking on their own project. In a straightforward, but easy to read style, it explores and explains all the important parts of the process, including: Would a self-build a good idea for you, either now or in the future? - What could you afford to build? - How can you find and buy good quality land at lower prices than most others pay for poorer plots? - How you can save 1,000's by actually designing your own home? - How to give yourselves the best chance of securing planning permission. - What building method would be best for you? - How to manage your project. - How building quickly can save you money. - How to avoid the pitfalls, the traps and the mistakes. The book's author is a well-known and well respected self build expert, with over 30 years of both housing and commercial site management experience. Barry's "no-nonsense" approach has seen him working with "Homebuilding and Renovating" magazine as self-build expert at their live shows. He was also part of Coalition Government's "Self Build Working Group" in 2011, where his ideas and knowledge helped to formulate governments latest UK self-build policy (published in 2012). Over 35 years' worth of unique and invaluable building experience and knowledge has been condensed into this book, with the aim of guiding you, the self builder on to a path where, maybe sooner than you think possible, achieving both your potential and your goals, could become a reality. Whether or not you are involved in the building industry, before you take on a self-build project, you should read this book."

Self-build

Author : Julian Owen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000481611
Total Pages : 483 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Self-build written by Julian Owen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-12-24 with total page 483 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you’ve ever dreamt of designing and building your own home, this book is for you. Becoming a ‘self-builder’ doesn’t necessarily mean learning to build a house physically from scratch. Anyone can be a self-builder – you can do so without ever having to lay a brick yourself. Self-built homes can also be more individual, better designed and more economical than buying from a developer. This book is designed for homeowners and self-builders, whether aspiring or on the brink of starting a project. It provides a jargon-free, step-by-step guide to the process of designing and building your own home, distilling all of the practical information needed to make your dream house a reality. Carefully crafted to offer friendly, easy-to-understand practical guidance and packed with watch points, hints and tips, it also highlights the potential pitfalls and suggests ways of avoiding them. Including indications of costs and timescales, Self-build demystifies the process of budgeting, finding a site, gaining planning permission, designing your home and all of the surrounding issues to do with sustainability, planning, regulations, procurement and the use of building contracts. Beautifully illustrated with over 230-colour photos, diagrams and plans, it provides all the inspiration and ideas you need to bring your own project to life. Featured houses include: Amphibious House by Baca Architects Corten Courtyard House by Barefoot Architects Haringey Brick House by Satish Jassal Architects Shawm House by Mawson Kerr Architects Sussex House by Wilkinson King Architects The Pocket House by Tikari Works Architects.

The Self-Build Experience

Author : Adama Belemviré
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447348443
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book The Self-Build Experience written by Adama Belemviré and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2021-07-14 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book investigates self-build housing for low and middle-income groups in urbanized areas in three different continents: South America (Brazil and Ecuador), Europe (the Netherlands, Albany, and Turkey) and Africa (Ethiopia, Egypt and Burkina Faso). Although the levels of social and economic prosperity and the related housing and urban context across these three continents are vastly different, there is a recurring central field of tension of governmental regulation vis- -vis societal self-regulation. The following question will be at the center of the book: How is the capacity for self-regulation in practices of self-build housing and facilities related to formal domains of governance and regulation and how can this relationship be optimized to create more socially sustainable forms of urbanization?

151 Things Every Self-Builder Should Know

Author : Barry SUTCLIFFE
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (513 download)

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Download or read book 151 Things Every Self-Builder Should Know written by Barry SUTCLIFFE and published by . This book was released on 2020-06-25 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: *** SPECIAL OPENING OFFER PRICE: £13.99 (SAVE £5 ON FULL PRICE). NEW FOR SUMMER 2020: 151 THINGS EVERY SELF-BUILDER SHOULD KNOW. From cover to cover, this uniquely informative, eye opening book is packed full of facts, figures, advice, hints, tips, ideas, anecdotes, personal experience, contacts, and plenty of important warnings, all related to the exciting, daunting, addictive world that is SELF-BUILD. Written by Barry Sutcliffe (author of Self-Build Simplified), From beginning to end, across 151 concise, fact and information driven sections, it sets out to pass on to the reader, knowledge and experience gained by the author, during more than four decades working as a Project Manager in the UK Commercial, Residential and Self-Build Construction Industries (including completing five of his own self-build projects). Each section deals with a different aspect of the self-build process, from the first tentative steps researching the subject, asking questions, and formulating a plan of action, through to moving into your completed new home and claiming back the VAT. Written in a simple, friendly and easy to follow style, most sections should take just a few minutes to read, but the information, experience, and knowledge you will access during those few minutes could help you to better understand your own project and the self-build industry as a whole, simplify and speed up the design and planning phases, and manage your time and budget more efficiently. It could also help you to make more informed choices on a wide range of related subjects, shorten build times, reduce build costs and notice potential problems before they occur, helping to reduce your stress levels leading up to and during the build. Extra features include: 1) The author has published his personal email address at the back of the book, allowing readers to make contact directly, to ask questions, make comments, or offer suggestions. 2) Readers can book a "Consultation Day" with the author, where they can discuss and investigate their own active, or proposed projects. 3) Over 200 self-build relevant contacts are included at the back of the book, covering many sectors of the industry. There is no other publication that approaches the subject of Self-Build in such an enlightening and forthright manner. Once you have read the book, keeping it with you day to day will allow it to help you navigate your way through this wonderful, but challenging adventure.

Building Democracy

Author : Graham Towers
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135370745
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Building Democracy written by Graham Towers and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-09-02 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building Democracy is a major contribution to the growing public debate about the revival of community values in the face of the self-evident short-comings of the free market, specifically in terms of community architecture. Providing a historical context and an authoritative account of a movement that is proving surprisingly extensive and enduring, the book also examines the relevance of the approach to today's social and environmental problems, particularly in the inner cities. Community architecture was promoted in the early 1980s as the achievement of a handful of pioneering architects finding new ways of working with groups of ordinary people, to help them develop their own homes and community facilities. Building Democracy records the achievements of this movement and analyzes its contribution in addressing the problems of inner cities. Beginning with the origins of the urban question in the industrialization of the 19th century, the book goes on to look at the large-scale urban redevelopment of the 1960s - the latest and most concerted attempt to remodel Victorian cities, and on to community action, from which grew new approaches to design, development and construction. This book is of practical value to planners, architects, surveyors and landscape designers concerned with socially relevant design, as students or professionals. It will also be of interest to many people in the voluntary sector and in local government.

Self-Build Homes

Author : Michaela Benson
Publisher : UCL Press
ISBN 13 : 1911576879
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (115 download)

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Download or read book Self-Build Homes written by Michaela Benson and published by UCL Press. This book was released on 2017-11-27 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-Build Homes connects the burgeoning interdisciplinary research on self-build with commentary from leading international figures in the self-build and wider housing sector. Through their focus on community, dwelling, home and identity, the chapters explore the various meanings of self-build housing, encouraging new directions for discussions about self-building and calling for the recognition of the social dimensions of this process, from consideration of the structures, policies and practices that shape it, through to the lived experience of individuals and households.Divided into four parts – Discourse, Rationale, Meaning; Values, Lifestyles, Imaginaries; Community and Identity; and Perspectives from Practice – the volume comes at a time of renewed focus from policy managers and practitioners, as well as prospective builders themselves, on self-build as a means for producing homes that are more stylised, affordable and appropriate for the specific needs of households. It responds to recent advances in housing and planning policy, while also bringing this into conversation with interdisciplinary perspectives from across the social sciences on housing, home and homemaking. In this way, the book seeks to update understandings of self-build and to account for housing as a distinctly social process.

Self Build and Renovation for Dummies

Author : Nicholas Walliman
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470025867
Total Pages : 407 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Self Build and Renovation for Dummies written by Nicholas Walliman and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2006 with total page 407 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating your dream home is an exciting idea, but it's also a major project. This title takes you through every step of the process, from choosing and buying a plot of land, through to the building's design and on to the actual build - plus all the financial and legal aspects.

Self Build Construction Manual

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Self Build Construction Manual written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This simplified construction manual has been prepared by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation for individuals and families building their own home through the Self-Build option of the Rural and Native Housing (RNH) Program"--Introduction.

Creating Community-Led and Self-Build Homes

Author : Field, Martin
Publisher : Policy Press
ISBN 13 : 1447344405
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book Creating Community-Led and Self-Build Homes written by Field, Martin and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2020-06-24 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Creating Community-Led and Self-Build Homes, Martin Field explores the ways in which people and communities across the UK have been striving to create the homes and neighbourhood communities they want. Giving context to contemporary practices in the UK, the book examines ‘self-build housing’ and ‘community-led housing’, discussing the commonalities and distinctions between these in practice, and what could be learned from other initiatives across Europe. Looking at both individual methods and ‘models’ of local practice, including cohousing, co-operatives, community land trusts, empty homes and other ‘intentional communities’, the book examines what has constrained such initiatives to date and how future policies and practice might be shaped.

Sustainable Futures in the Built Environment to 2050

Author : Tim Dixon
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119063825
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Sustainable Futures in the Built Environment to 2050 written by Tim Dixon and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-01-09 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brings together leading thinking on issues of new professional practice and on the future of a sustainable built environment This book focuses on both construction and development issues, and examines how we can transition to a sustainable future by the year 2050—bringing together leading research and practice at building, neighbourhood, and city levels. It deftly analyses how emerging socio-economic, technological, and environmental trends will influence the built environment of the future. The book covers a broad spectrum of interests across the scales of buildings, communities and cities, including how professional practice will need to adapt to these trends. The broader context is provided by an analysis of emergent business models and the changing requirements for expert advice from clients. Sustainable Futures in the Built Environment to 2050: A Foresight Approach to Construction and Development features chapters covering: data and trends, including historical data and UK and international case studies; policies and practice related to the field; current state of scientific understanding; key challenges; key technological advances (including disruptive and systemic technological innovations); change issues and critical uncertainties; and future visions. It provides: A strong conceptual framework based on a ‘Foresight' approach Discussion of the key data and trends that underpin each chapter Coverage of both construction and property development Specially commissioned chapters by academics and practitioners A synthesis of the main findings in the book and key insights for the future to 2050 Sustainable Futures in the Built Environment to 2050: A Foresight Approach to Construction and Development is an important book for postgraduate students and researchers, construction, real estate and property development specialists, engineers, planners, architects, foresight and futures studies specialists, and anyone involved in sustainable buildings.

Resource Salvation

Author : Mark Gorgolewski
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118928792
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (189 download)

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Download or read book Resource Salvation written by Mark Gorgolewski and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A valuable source of information, insight, and fresh ideas about a crucial aspect of the growing sustainable design movement Mounting resource shortages worldwide coupled with skyrocketing extraction costs for new materials have made the prospect of materials reuse and recycling an issue of paramount importance. A fundamental goal of the sustainable design movement is to derive utmost use from construction materials and components, including energy, water, materials, building components, whole structures, and even entire infrastructures. Written by an expert with many years of experience in both industry and academe, this book explores a wide range of sustainable design strategies which designers around the globe are using to create efficient and aesthetically pleasing buildings from waste streams and discarded items. Emphasizing performance issues, design considerations and process constraints, it describes numerous fully realized projects, and explores theoretical applications still on the drawing board. There is a growing awareness worldwide of the need for cyclical systems of materials reuse. Pioneering efforts at “closed-loop” design date as far back as 1960s, but only recently have architects and designers begun to focus on the opportunities which discarded materials can provide for creating high performance structures. A source of insight and fresh ideas for architects, engineers, and designers, Resource Salvation: Reviews the theory and practice of building material and waste reuse and describes best practices in that area worldwide Describes projects that use closed-loop thinking to influence and inspire the design of components, interiors, whole buildings, or urban landscapes Illustrates how using discarded materials and focusing on closed loops can lead to new concepts in architecture, building science, and urban design Demonstrates how designers have developed aesthetically compelling solutions to the demands of rigorous performance standards Resource Salvation is a source of information and inspiration for architects, civil engineers, green building professionals, building materials suppliers, landscape designers, urban designers, and government policymakers. It is certain to become required reading in university courses in sustainable architecture, as well as materials engineering and environmental engineering curricula with a sustainable design component.

Urban Process and Power

Author : Peter Ambrose
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000949117
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Urban Process and Power written by Peter Ambrose and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-05-31 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban Process and Power has two chief aims. Firstly, it analyses and explains a century of the production and reproduction of the urban environment in which most of us live. Secondly, the book focuses on recent changes in the control of these processes and the ideology that has brought these changes about. Immense disparities exist between the "best" and the "worst" urban areas in Britain. Why do these differences arise and how are they perpetuated? The author argues that the growth of such inequality is linked to questions of accountability and the increasing erosion of a democratic principle in the urban process.

Slant Steps

Author : Jacob Stewart-Halevy
Publisher : University of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520344065
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (23 download)

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Download or read book Slant Steps written by Jacob Stewart-Halevy and published by University of California Press. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Slant Steps explores the vital role of the semi-periphery—artistic communities working between the provinces and the metropole. Premised on the collective fascination with the found object Slant Step, the book details a history of encounters among artists, filmmakers, critics, and others operating in and out of the Bay Area during the long 1960s. They revised the terms of the counterculture, the appeal of consumer goods, and the surfaces and materials of industrial design and contemporary sculpture. Whether extending to international exchanges or shrinking to local coteries, these circles helped develop process, funk, and conceptual art as they forged new directions for the art world and its members. Yet when these groups degraded their own works alongside those of their rivals, they made their political and aesthetic commitments difficult to decipher, reorganizing the ties between the visual arts and the New Left. Merging sociologies of art with the tradition of social art history, Jacob Stewart-Halevy uncovers the oblique perspectives and values of the semi-periphery, revealing its enduring impact upon contemporary art, above all in the field of pedagogy.

SELF-BUILDING WITH AUTOCLAVED AERATED CONCRETE BLOCKS

Author : Michael Keating
Publisher : BuilderMaker
ISBN 13 : 9403723831
Total Pages : 67 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book SELF-BUILDING WITH AUTOCLAVED AERATED CONCRETE BLOCKS written by Michael Keating and published by BuilderMaker. This book was released on 2024-03-22 with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Large format, print editons of this book, with full colour photos ilustrating the text descriptions, can be purchased at www.mybestseller.co.uk/M.Keating This is the story of our house build in Germany. This book is intended as a birds-eye view of the work, not a guide to absolutely everything involved with the process. I wrote it is to inform you, the prospective self-builder, on the work involved, in order to help you decide whether this is something you feel you could do yourself. It will not be physically possible to do absolutely everything by yourself, you will still occasionally need a helper or two and the building process may vary slightly in other countries due to availability of specific materials, but the basic procedures in the book remain valid. When we signed the contract for our building materials we were given a German book on self-building with AAC. I didn't speak German and could not find an appropriate English language book, so I decided to photo-document our entire construction process and write a book on it. Many of these photos are included in this book to aid to full comprehsion of the house build (there are no photos in the e-book).

The Green Self-build Book

Author : Jon Broome
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1907448381
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (74 download)

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Download or read book The Green Self-build Book written by Jon Broome and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2007-07-06 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Build your home the 'green' way to reduce running costs, be more self-sufficient and create a more comfortable home. Whether you want a turf roof, solar-powered hot water, or a super-insulated house, this book demonstrates that green is the way forward. Written by award-winning architect Jon Broome, The Green Self-Build Book provides an accessible overview of the different methods of sustainable and eco-friendly construction techniques. Covering the essential elements of design and the self-build process, this practical book includes information on sustainable foundations, floor finishes and insulation. Jon also shares insights on how to build for comfort and health. Inspiring case studies of green building projects using earth, straw, steel and timber are also included. Packed with attractive colour photos throughout, this is an essential resource for anyone who is planning a self-build project or involved in housing.

Building Your Own Home For Dummies

Author : Kevin Daum
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118054067
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Building Your Own Home For Dummies written by Kevin Daum and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-04 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keep construction on track with helpful checklists Turn your dream of a custom home into reality! Thinking about building your own home? This easy-to-follow guide shows you how to plan and build a beautiful home on any budget. From acquiring land to finding the best architect to overseeing the construction, you get lots of savvy tips on managing your new investment wisely -- and staying sane during the process! Discover how to: * Find the best homesite * Navigate the plan approval process * Obtain financing * Hire the right contractor * Cut design and construction costs * Avoid common mistakes

Community Architecture (Routledge Revivals)

Author : Nick Wates
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134618891
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Community Architecture (Routledge Revivals) written by Nick Wates and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-09-05 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1987, this title was one of the first to explore the emerging popular movement of Community Architecture, championed by Prince Charles, which gained momentum throughout Britain in the 1970s and 1980s. The conceptual framework rests fundamentally on the principle that the built environment is most effective when those who live in a particular area are actively engaged with its creation and daily administration. A work that has influenced policy makers and planning legislation, Community Architecture remains one of the key reference works for student architects and planners.