Increase in number of wannabe selfbuilders
The number of people registering an interest in self- or custom-build rose by a third compared with a rise of just seven per cent for approved planning permissions over the same period.
Government statistics show 12,263 individuals joined custom- and self-build registers between October 31, 2020 and October 30, 2021 – a 31 per cent year-on-year increase – while 157 new... Read more
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