If you dream of building your own unique home, don’t miss this essential day of talks using examples from one of the country’s top one-off house architects.
Whether you love watching Grand Designs or are an avid buyer of self-build magazines, if you’re serious about building your dream home, this comprehensive masterclass will provide an ultimate guide to how to make it happen. Our speakers will cover some of the trickiest aspects of the process, including finding the right plot, financing the project and dealing with contracts.
Through a series of illustrated talks, architects Meredith Bowles and Sasha Edmonds, property developer and self-builder Gus Zogolovitch and best-selling self-building author Mark Brinkley will tackle different aspects of the house-building process as well as answer any of your questions.
They will share vital advice on how to overcome any difficulties you may face, be it the fear of getting started on your big project or finding the necessary focus in what looks like a task with an infinite number of variables.
If you already have a specific idea, you will also have an invaluable opportunity to receive some individual feedback on your project during the seminar session at the end of the day. You will leave with a newfound confidence in making your dream house a reality and be equipped with the tools and language to communicate more efficiently with architects, builders and other contractors.
Content
- How to work with an architect
- How to find land: tips and tricks
- How to finance a project and establish how much it costs
- Regulations: what you need to know
- Your questions answered
- Some feedback on projects
Tutor profiles
Meredith Bowles is the principal of Mole Architects, and has been designing one-off houses for 15 years. A former winner of the RIBA Manser Medal for his own self-built house, he was chair of the judges on the 2016 RIBA House of the Year, appearing with Kevin McCloud on the televised series. Meredith has taught architecture at the University of Cambridge and appeared on BBC Two’s The £100k House: Tricks of the Trade. He is the executive architect for Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture houses.
Mark Brinkley is author of best-selling The Housebuilder’s Bible. Now in its eleventh edition, the book has been a runaway success. Mark has run a “green” building collective and been a property developer and builder. He is a journalist for Homebuilding & Renovating magazine and has appeared at many self-build conferences and events. He is currently working on his second self-build house.
Sasha Edmonds manages one-off house builds at Mole Architects. Having worked for many years in the design office of a commercial building contractor, Sasha has a deep knowledge of the process of building as well as designing. Believing that organisation is the key to success, Sasha’s skill is to make complex processes easier to manage.
Gus Zogolovitch has worked in property for 20 years as a self-builder, developer and custom builder. He runs Patch to train people to find land, Crowdestates to crowdfund community-led development, Inhabit to build people’s own homes and Rare to sell architectural new builds. Gus is a current executive committee member of the National Custom and Self Build Association, a judge for architectural competitions, and appears regularly in the press and on TV. He is passionate about trying to solve our current housing crisis by enabling more self-build and custom build.
Details
Date: Saturday 28 October 2017
Times: Full-day course, 10am-4pm
Location: The Guardian, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1 9GU
Price: £249 plus £6.50 booking fee
Event capacity: 18
Complimentary lunch and refreshments included.
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