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Of course it's part of it, but you'd still need to learn how to cut and measure beams, assemble a frame, build a durable, insulated watertight roof that won't blow off in a gale, put up stud walls, route services (OK, a GR just needs electric unless it's a palace), apply cladding, insulate it, put down a floor, but the windows in... it's endless. And it has to last decades so don't make a minor mistake that means the whole thing is fucked in seven years of UK weather ok?
No planning, well, kind of. They are generally PD but there's loads of shit you can pull to build something far larger than what PD should allow (which is fuck all) but you need the expertise to pull that off too.
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Sure, all of which can be done if you can cut straight and drill a straight hole, muddling through the various problems. Self-build in the UK is woefully under-represented compared to places in europe, and there have actually been relatively successful self-build movements in the past: https://www.scopeofwork.net/segal-method/
A glorified shed is a great place to start if you're into that kind of thing, i would have thought?
(Edit: Not at all undermining that it's still relatively complex, but it sounds pretty fun to me at least)
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And it has to last decades so don't make a minor mistake that means the whole thing is fucked in seven years of UK weather ok?
You can just build a shit one and then move house or rebuild/buy a better one once it falls apart
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And now it's all sunk into the ground, because you forgot the foundations.
Thanks for ruining Christmas.
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NotThamesWater
I'd be surprised if it wasn't at least a little part of it — height means scaffolding, scaffolding means other people and timelines, other people and timelines can mean DIY is out of the question
Plus no planning permission or building control required I guess too