Building Your Own Home 18th Edition

David Snell

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Ebury Press
15 March 2006

Building construction & materials; Building skills & trades; DIY: general

Expanded and updated, this is the first and the best book for anyone wanting to build their own home.

Hundreds of thousands of us renovate, convert, extend and improve our homes each year, and one-third of all new detached homes are self-built. If you're looking to build your own home from scratch or work on your existing property, this is the one and the only book that you really need.

Building Your Own Home has been updated and expanded by David Snell, acknowledged expert and guru in the field of self-build and it remains the best book on the subject. Packed with authoritative advice, charts, diagrams and photographs, this fully illustrated bible contains everything you need to know, from finding and buying a plot of land to explaining planning and building regulations, financing the project, buying materials and choosing the design. In addition, it also gives an insight into the costs and problems encountered by self-builders in a varied collection of case histories.

By: David Snell
Imprint: Ebury Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 18th edition
Dimensions: Height: 247mm, Width: 192mm, Spine: 24mm
Weight: 1.257kg
ISBN: 9780091910839
ISBN 10: 0091910838
Pages: 464
Publication Date: 15 March 2006
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Snell has been in the property and building industry for over four decades. In the last thirty-four years, he and his wife have undertaken ten self-builds, the last two of which, are featured in this book. He is a contributing editor to Homebuilding & Renovating magazine, an expert and columnist in the Daily Telegraph's Saturday Property Clinic, Bricks and Mortar and has been a consultant on various radio and television programmes. The co-author of The Home Plans Book and The New Home Plans Book, David was for many years a close friend and colleague of Murray Armor, the author of the first fifteen editions of Building Your Own Home. He now lives in a luxury self-built bungalow in Gloucester but there are already plans afoot to do it again.

Reviews for Building Your Own Home 18th Edition

"""Claiming to be the number one bible for self-builders everywhere, David Snell's Building Your Own Home [18th edition] is just that. His informative book manages to combine masses of information with a light touch...it's big draw is its usefulness to anyone doing up their existing home, since it gives details of new building regulations that came into force on 6 April 2006, plus up-to-date requirements for things such as boiling and rewiring. Hugely helpful and intelligent."" Evening Standard ""[David Snell's] writing style is nicely accessible but reassuringly authoritative. He's like a dad who always knows best. The book covers every subject a self-builder needs to be aware of, from setting the budget to construction techniques. For practical advice I can't recommend this book enough."" Grand Designs ""this is a book for the bedside table as well as the building site"" Homebuilding and Renovating magazine ""Updated and expanded this book is regarded as the 'bible' for self builders"" Ulster Architect"