Seeing your plans for your dream home come to fruition is an exciting venture, but one that needs meticulous planning, organization, and budgeting. Our brief guide will give you some tips to help you to make sure that you can find the money to make sure that your self-build goes to plan.

Financing The Building Of Your Own House

What Exactly Is A Self Build?

 A project is classified as a self-build if the intended house owner has direct control over the design and construction over their new property. However, if the thought of getting your hands dirty and building it brick by brick fills you with fear, don't worry - some self-builders choose to get involved with the groundwork and others prefer to leave it to a professional custom homes company.
 
Self-build is popular in places with lots of space such as Austria and the Scandinavian countries, but it is becoming an increasingly viable choice for people in other countries all over the world. It is an ideal route for retirees looking to create their forever home or growing families who need some extra space, explicitly designed for them around their lifestyle.
 
On average, it takes around two years to build a home from scratch, from finding the plot to moving in, but of course, this is wholly dependent on how complex and large your project is. 
 
It is important to research and decide whether self-build is for you before embarking on it and getting to the point where there is no turning back!
 
While it is an enormous commitment of time, money, and energy, building your own home gives you a unique opportunity to create a home that's tailored around what your family needs.

Financing Your Project

This is the sticking point for many self-build projects: how do you finance something so big?
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There final cost of your home will be dictated by the location, scale, specification, and design of your home, along with the amount of work that you undertake yourself. There are many ways that you can fund it. 
 
The final figure will be dictated by the location, scale, design, and specification of your dwelling, along with how much of the work you undertake yourself. There are various ways to fund your self build, from a lump sum of cash to selling your current home, remortgaging your property or securing a self build mortgage or loan.
 
Your entire project rests solely on your budgeting skills, so make sure that you keep your outgoing costs organized and make payments as soon as they are due. Be strict with yourself - if you begin to make changes further along in the project, it is going to cost you more than your initial quote.
 
Make sure that you have budgeted for costs such as groundwork - any complications below the ground level, such as soil contamination can be incredibly expensive.
 
It is also essential to make sure that you have a contingency fund built into your budget of between 10-20% of the total building costs, for any unexpected fees and expenses. You may also need to find accommodation during the build too, so make sure you have allowed for that. 
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