Self-build for beginners PART 13 PRE-CONSTRUCTION GUIDE

Make sure that your insurance, health and safety, build and cost schedules and all documents are all in place before kick-off

WORDS: MARK STEVENSON

The secret of a well-run build is starting on the right foot. So the pre-start phase of a building project is the most important — it’s where successful builds are born. But due to either inexperience or impatience, lots of self-builders start too early and with half-baked plans, their builds soon become derailed. Fortunately, with a bit of good planning and little hard work, this is avoidable by making sure you have the key pre-start tasks under control. FINALISE THE BUILD BUDGET Whether you like it or not, money makes the wheels of self-building turn and if you don’t have enough, your build will eventually grind to a halt. It’s not unusual for projects to take a couple of years to get off the ground and what might first have…

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Homebuilding & Renovating (Digital) - 1 Issue, August 2024

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