Amazing things happen in the forests of Finland! (No, we’re not talking about Santa or Finnish Forest elves or any of that stuff – this time.) Finland is home to an ever-growing, carefully stewarded forestry sector, which supplies our manufacturers with the timber they need to create the amazing log houses we build for our …
The events of the last year have changed how many older people want to live and whilst they may wish to keep their independence, they want to be close to family as they become more dependent. At the other end of the age spectrum
Now that many more of us are working from home more or less permanently, we’re starting to rethink how our houses might work better for us. If you’re in the lucky situation where you’re thinking about building your own home, and want to make the most of the opportunity to get this right, then planning …
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There are many, many different ways of using wood to build houses, and over the centuries, humans have tried them all. Some of these methods are fairly temporary in nature, being built by nomadic or semi nomadic peoples, but building in wood has endured the test of time, as have many of the actual homes. …
You could be forgiven for thinking that we might be a little biased when it comes to log house kits, but we really do think this is the best way to self-build a house, and we’re going to tell you why in this blog. A log home kit is one of the most straightforward ways …
Whenever the Scandinavian Homes team watch self build projects on TV or read about them in magazines, we’re always surprised at how long the build can take. True, it will probably take longer than you would like, because things always do when you’re excited, but builds don’t have to be an extended process when you …
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As you know, the gorgeous house and garden building kits we supply for our clients are manufactured in Finland, land of a thousand lakes, and home to the Santa Claus Village in Lapland, which is where Santa Claus lives (the rest of the world is just wrong when they say he lives elsewhere!). We thought we’d …
There’s been a bit of an eco-buzz since COP26 took place in Glasgow, and the publishing of the government’s Net Zero Strategy emphasising ‘Build Back Greener’. Headline news includes a target to move away from gas towards using electricity for heating, and minimising the amount of energy used to heat houses by building better insulated …
Financing your self-build has always been one of the challenging things about building your own home. Now there’s a new option that will make self-build possible even for those without a big deposit. The details of the Government’s eagerly-awaited Help to Build Equity Loan Scheme have finally been released. Applications should go live this Winter. …
Some of our readers may be aware that MP Richard Bacon, Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Self-Build, Custom and Community Housebuilding and Place-Making
