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Amazing ideas from Build It Award-winning homes

The Build It Awards celebrates innovative, high-quality design and support for self builders embarking on their dream home journey. We gather some key takeaways from this year's homes category winners to inspire your project

Finding your perfect plot of land

The first step in your project is securing the right plot. We take a deep dive into how you can stay ahead of the competition and find a plot to build your dream home on

Making the key structural decisions

Choosing the system that’ll form the structure and shell of your new house is a big decision – find out the pros, cons and likely costs of the most popular options

Choosing heating systems & saving energy

From solar panels to underfloor heating, heat pumps and more, find here the different measures you can introduce to your self build to help reduce energy consumption, keep household bills down and minimise your carbon footprint

Fit-out & finishes

Whether it’s a striking staircase or a sleek, handleless kitchen, the finishing touches of a self build are what will make it your own. We take a look at how to specify the key elements of a new home’s interior

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