Design & Build Your Dream Home

'Design & Build Your Dream Home' is a visually stunning and informative introduction to creating the house of your dreams from scratch. It begins with inspiring case studies from around the world, catering to a range of tastes and budgets, and then outlines the choices available, taking you through the entire process from buying land and planning the build to choosing materials and designing the interior.

Self-build does not mean going it alone. Although many self-builders do relish the opportunity to get their hands dirty, most employ the services of a range of professionals, from architects to specialist contractors, and have no more hands-on input than project management. 'Design & Build Your Dream Home' firstly takes an inspirational look at self-built structures around the world, showing a range of design approaches from cutting-edge modern to traditional, in diverse locations and contexts, and catering to a range of budgets. It then reviews all the self-build options, from prefab and customized kit houses to design and build, concluding with the issues you should consider and the steps you
need to take.