Case Studies Archives - SelfBuild

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County Clare Holiday Home

August 3, 2016

Showing signs of age after just 25 years, this self build home nestling in a Co Clare housing estate was the last place Niall and Sinead O’Connell expected to find their future holiday home. But the views and location were too good to pass up in an area where houses are hard to find…

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SelfBuild Grounded

March 3, 2016

When Dan Runyon of Co Offaly emigrated two decades ago, he knew it wasn’t forever. What’s more, he also knew that when he did return it would be to SelfBuild his own home. X

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Primary numbers

March 20, 2015

Many of us spent our school years shivering in a draughty school room or cuddling up to the nearest lukewarm radiator. Insulation and heating may not have been a priority…

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Culture shock

January 2, 2015

Movingto another country can be an upheaval, and with housing style varying greatly from area to area, let alone from country to country, finding your bearings isn’t always easy. Especially…

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Breathing space

December 22, 2014

When Breda and Simon Cassidy decided to extend their Co Kildare home, they had a fair idea of what they wanted – a large bright space where the whole family…

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Pick and mix

December 17, 2014

Self-builders around the world are creating energy-efficient homes to ensure low running costs. In Ireland, a voluntary certification benchmark that’s often followed to achieve this is Passivhaus, which Maija Tweeddale…

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Test of time

October 15, 2014

Almost a decade ago John and Julie McHugh decided to self-build for the same reasons most couples do: to live in a family home that’s tailor-made and energy efficient. The…

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Polar opposites

October 14, 2014

For Anna and Walt White of Co Antrim the prospect of living without central heating seemed too good to be true… “We’d only lived in historic buildings before; Georgian, Victorian,…

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Family history

September 22, 2014

It’s rare to come across a house that’s been lived in by the same family since the 19th Century, let alone have it retain its ‘cottage feel’… For Hugh Synnott…

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Blessing in disguise

July 16, 2014

Being granted planning permission is, in most cases, a cause to celebrate. However for John and Susan Black of Co Antrim it was a bit of an anti-climax as they…

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Cubism

July 16, 2014

What looks like a simple modernist cube is actually a carefully crafted split-level five storey house… A contemporary home is what Julie and Robert Sturgeon of Co Galway always dreamed of,…

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Dream holiday

April 30, 2014

When you find the perfect place to relax, it’s tempting to think about buying a holiday home. Máirín and Kevin Conroy were lucky to find one in Co Mayo, although…

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