As Charlie’s own self-build project progresses, he is posting blogs on the Homebuilding & Renovating website. This month is topically, all about the solar panels. Solar thermal panels have been mounted on to the roof to use the sun’s energy…
Charlie will be appearing at Build It Live in Bicester this coming Saturday 9th June. Build It Live is a home building and self-build exhibition with expert guidance and lots of exhibitors all under one roof.
The HB&R show is returning to the Birmingham NEC and Charlie will be there this coming Saturday 24th March. Charlie will be speaking on a range of topics from giving a step by step guide to designing your dream home,…
On Saturday 10th March Charlie will be speaking at the Self Build Made Simple event at Graven Hill in Bicester. The event is an opportunity to tour the Graven Hill site, speak to home providers and put your questions to…
One of our completed projects appears in the March issue of Coast magazine. The Sheepfold and its annex the Sheepshed were bought at auction with only the remnants of their previous occupants and the external walls remaining. They have been carefully renovated…
This Thursday Charlie will be a guest speaker at the NaCSBA Right to Build Summit being held at the NSRBC in Swindon. The summit provides a unique insight in to the current and future prospects for the custom and self-build…
This coming Saturday 4th November, the Graven Hill Village development are unveiling their next phase of plots. Charlie will be there amongst other industry experts and the Graven Hill team for the big reveal of Phase 1B. Graven Hill is…
Beanacre is now out of the ground. The floor slab is down, the structural walls are going up and this means it’s possible to get an idea of how the spaces will ultimately work together. Check the Homebuilding & Renovating website blog where Charlie meets with…
The Homebuilding & Renovating Show is back in London at the Excel Centre between 22nd and 24th September. Charlie will be in the Self Build Theatre at 12.30 giving a Beginners Guide to Building a Low-Energy Home, then again at 2pm, with A Step-by-Step Guide…
We’re out of the ground and the foundations have been finished at Beanacre. For a more in depth account of how it happened, click on this link to Charlie’s blog at the Homebuilding & Renovating website.
First, dig a big hole! Follow this link to a timelapse film showing the preparation of the site along with other interviews and snippets from the build.
Charlie is currently writing a blog on the Homebuilding & Renovating website about his own self-build in North Oxfordshire. It will be a thorough guide through the process of building from scratch. Click here to start the journey and watch this space…
The Homebuilding & Renovating Show is back on the road and Charlie will be speaking at its NEC venue this coming Saturday. Find him in the Self Build Theatre offering advice on building a low energy home and tips on designing your…
Having helped the client to secure one of the first plots on the Graven Hill self-build development in North Oxfordshire we now have sketches of the proposed new-build brick house. The stepped facade and section allow for an impressive street…
Our recently completed project, The Sheepfold is featured in the Sunday Times Homes supplement.
Charlie features in Viewpoint in December’s issue of the self-build publication iBuild. Read more about Charlie’s thoughts on self-building and advice on hiring architects.
We have thoroughly enjoyed helping a client to secure one of the first plots at the new Graven Hill self-build development in Oxfordshire. As the first large scale self-build development in the UK, Graven Hill looks to be an interesting project…
The next series of Building the Dream starts tonight, 31st May, 9pm, More4.
The first of this year’s Homebuilding & Renovating Shows is back at the NEC Birmingham between 14th and 17th April. Charlie will be there on Saturday 15th giving talks in the Self-Build Theatre and the Home Improvement Theatre. He will…