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
If you take a stroll around the lifestyle sites on the Internet at the moment, you’ll likely find most of them talking about something called a ‘Shoffice’.
Thinking of building an eco-friendly self build house that’s completely off grid?
Well, here’s some help to identify the things you need to think about, and some possible pitfalls to avoid.
Lighting – the very thing we all use to extend the day after daylight ends, but rarely give thought to when planning a home project. Done well, the results can transform the interior, your health and your well being. We asked our friends at Secret Lighting (www.secretlighting.co.uk) for some top tips for your garden retreat …
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Here at Scandinavian Homes HQ, we’ve been seeing some gorgeous pictures on social media, taken by people who are furloughed or working from home during Coronavirus lockdown in the UK, and we thought we’d like to showcase some of them. So we put out a call on our various social media platforms, asking people to …
With more and more of us having to work from home during the crisis, it’s quickly going to be obvious to both employees and employers that there are advantages and disadvantages to this way of working. On the upside, the coffee’s always on! On the downside, now your neighbour’s teenagers are at home rather than …
At Scandinavian Homes, we look at building houses in a different way. We’re not a mass market housebuilder, throwing up dozens of homes on a site with little care what happens to them once we’ve sold them. We’re not an out-of-the-catalogue wooden box builder either. We’re a small family business and friendly team, and our …
So, you’re finally going to build your dream home, and you want to make sure it’s also your forever home. There’s nothing worse than the idea of having to move from a house you’ve lived in and loved for decades because your health has deteriorated and you can no longer get up and down the …
When you say the words ‘log cabin’, people generally imagine something rustic, tucked away in the woods, probably off grid and no running water, or they think about Center Parcs or similar holiday destinations. And it’s true, there are plenty of log cabins around that meet those descriptions, and they’re quite lovely, but houses made …
