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'How I built my dream home for £150k – and will make a £700k profit when I sell' Alan Williams taught himself how to lay bricks on YouTube and did it when he got home from a full day of work The living room is open and airy Credit: Alistair Nicholls Compromise is key when it comes to buying a home. But how do you get exactly what you want? Build one from scratch, of course. Alan Williams wanted his dream house but was not prepared to pay the millions that it would cost on the market. So he set about building his barn-style house in Hampshire, his third, and most ambitious, self-build so f...

Cost of project: £450,000 Set in a conservation area in Ealing, west London, Monument Cottage is a three-bedroom house on the plot of a house demolished in 1957. The design, by owner architect Joanna Rakowski, is energy-efficient and fully automated. Best interior What: 18th century cottage Cost of project: £120,000 Fighting waist-deep damp problems and subsidence in an 18th century cottage in south Shropshire, owner architect Camilla Monk used local trades to transform the interiors of Mount Pleasant. Best sustainable home What: Passivhaus converted barn Cost of project: £300,000 Cha...

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SIX previously homeless veterans have completed a self-build scheme of 19 affordable homes in Leominster just in time for Christmas. The aim of the scheme, which is a collaboration between veterans’ charity Alabaré Community Self Build (Veterans) scheme and Stonewater, was to enable a group of veterans to work alongside local contractor J Harper & Son Ltd to gain valuable, transferable skills that they can bring to the workplace. In addition to increasing their employment opportunities, each veteran involved has also been provided with a secure new home for themselves and their famil...