Instagrammer Samantha Smith explains how she and her husband, with the support of her father in law who helped with the project management, constructed a budget friendly Georgian home.  How did the project come about?  We always wanted to build our...

https://soundcloud.com/selfbuild-ireland/ep39-underground-house/s-JdHDyfxfZj3 Episode 39 - Seasoned self-builders Paul and Anne Dyer share how they managed to get planning permission in an area with a presumption against development (hint: it took a while), and how they hand built their underground house, leaving...

For many couples, finding the right home in the right location means being near the right school. Caroline and Robin Harris had the same requirement, and they eventually found a property that ended up ticking all of the right...

However my site is large, on a slope and uneven; can a robot lawnmower be installed and if so what can I expect from installation and maintenance? A decade ago, robot lawnmowers weren’t as advanced as they are now and...

Brian Corry from Selfbuild Ireland talks to Niall Healy from Healy Corneilius about Project Management. Their conversation covers how a self-builder might go about choosing whether to go down the main contractor/ project manager or direct labour route of...