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Practical guides on building a home — knock-down-and-rebuild, finding a plot, planning, costs and more, from Elizabeth Homes.
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Planning, costs, VAT, the green belt and timelines for replacement dwellings.
Where to look, how to spot potential, and how to appraise a plot before you buy.
Build cost per square metre, what drives the number, the costs beyond the build, and VAT.
Plots, the register, finance and VAT, planning, and how a managed build takes the stress out.
How planning changes land value, the two routes for a landowner, and what drives the number.
What you can build in the green belt, the replacement-dwelling exception, and what 'materially larger' means.
A realistic UK timeline — design, planning, tender and construction, phase by phase.
Outline vs full permission, what councils assess, timescales, conditions and appeals.
A landowner's options — unconditional, subject-to-planning, option and promotion agreements, and overage.
Every route open to a landowner — private sale, agent, auction and selling to a developer — and how to get the most.
The principle of development, outline vs full permission, change of use to residential, and whether to pursue consent yourself or with a developer.
How development management, profit-share JVs, land promotion and options work — how the value is shared, and when to partner rather than sell.
How CM works and why it can deliver a better home for less — market-tested package budgets, in-house interiors, and overlapping design, procurement and construction like a developer.
What a project manager actually does, what it costs, where the money is really saved — and an honest answer about when you are better off without one.
