Self-builders given a helping hand

Self-builders given a helping hand

Self-builders given a helping hand

Budding self-builders will be happy to hear about a new tool which is designed for their search for the perfect plot of land.

Land4Developers is a service that looks for vacant plots of land for small developers as opposed to large house builders, and as such can cater for the needs of those working on a much smaller project.

Created by the online resource BuildStore, the company's managing director, Raymond Connor said of the new service: "This is of real benefit to small developers who cannot afford to waste time viewing land that has no real potential.

"There are also environmental advantages as small developments can provide a stepping stone to burgeoning communities and original style homes.

"Land4Developers recognizes the contribution which the smaller developer makes to the quantity and quality of housing stock in this country and provides them with a unique tool to keep in tune with development opportunities all over the UK."

Looking for that perfect plot can often be a tricky - and expensive - business, with myriad variables such as planning permission, proximity to amenities or to roads and public transport all affecting the price of land.

Other self builders who received help recently are six winners of the self-build competition organised by Urban Splash are to continue with their developments and construct houses on a new canalside plot in Manchester.

The Tutti Frutti contest was launched by the property developer in a bid to create the most architecturally diverse street in Britain. It was inspired by the Dutch development Borneo Sporenburg.

Architects and self builders were invited to contribute their designs in the hope of winning the right to buy one of 26 plots for between 160,000 and 200,000, on which they could bring their ideas to life.

Some 20 winners were announced and six have made it into planning. They will now be built on the plot in New Islington, representing the first phase in the delivery of the project, Architects' Journal reports.

TV personality Griff Rhys Jones, who was one of the judges on the panel, said he is supporting the project because he believes it encourages architectural innovation.

"We've gone through an era of extraordinary conformity in the 20th century," he told Building Design. "It's great this development will license imagination and experimentation."

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