Suppliers – contact list


Design and project management: Beck House Developments 01535 604032 www.beckhousedevelopments.co.uk


Hire equipment: Speedy Hire 0845 600 4509 www.speedyhire.plc.uk


Timber frame: Cartledge


01507 617799 www.cartledgetimberframe.com


Stone:


Bingley Stone 01535 273813 www.bingleystone.com


Paint, stain and hardware: Merritt and Fryers 01756 792485 www.merrittandfryers.co.uk


Windows and doors, staircases, flooring: Magnet


020 7486 8711 www.magnet.co.uk


Kitchen: Howdens


020 7498 9023 www.howdens.com


Building material: Naylor Myers www.myersgroup.co.uk/nm


Heads, cills and jarms: M and G Stone 01535 600528 www.mandgstone.co.uk


Bath, showers, myson underfloor hearing and all plumbing supplies: Plumb Centre 020 7231 9878 www.plumbcenter.co.uk


All lighting:


Oldfield Lighting 01756 799155 www.oldfieldlsv.co.uk


Carpets:


Carpet Gallery 023 8022 7595 carpetgalleryonline.co.uk


All tiles:


Super Ceramics 01535 600777 www.superceramics.co.uk


Decking: Airedale Tree Surgeons 01535 657263


Hot tub:


American hot tubs www.americanspas.co.uk


stone which he also used to build retaining walls and garden features. Charlie installed 100 sq m of decking on both sides to create structured terraces and finished with turf and planting. The entire project took 14 months, although Charlie moved into the house a year after build- ing work began. Excluding land and furniture, the build cost


around £150,000. £50,000 of this went into landscaping, £18,000 on the timber frame, £10,000 on windows and doors, £27,000 on electrics and plumbing – including bathroom fit- tings and underfloor heating – and £10,000 on the kitchen. The remainder accounted for build- ing materials and labour. The current value is £375,000. Charlie believes he saved thou- sands of pounds by doing so much of it himself.


“I spend most of my time designing and


building houses for other people so to create a home specifically to my own tastes and needs was really exciting,” says Charlie. “The more time and input you can invest in a self-build, the more you can save. I always build to the highest spec, but when you manage your own build you can fine tune things as you go along and stay in control of every aspect of the process. For me it’s a great house to live in.” But Charlie is moving on. He and his girlfriend


are planning to move to Italy to run a vineyard, although Charlie will still keep his development business up and running. “There will be plenty of opportunities to reno-


vate properties in Italy,” he says, “but the first one I do will be our own.”


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Project summary Gross internal floor area: 2,000 sq ft


Form of contract or procurement: Self-build


Overall cost of land: £50,000 Total construction cost: £150,000 Value of property now: £375,000


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