Beginning a Self-Build
Over the past few weeks, I have been exploring the areas of land ownership to gain an insight into one of the most expensive portions of a house build and how some people gift land to reduce the cost for those in our society who could benefit the most from it. This week I wanted […]
Coming Home: The Church of England’s Housing Revolution
Hi everyone 👋, 📝 The Main Bit In last week’s newsletter I wrote about how Michael Eavis has gifted land to a Housing Association for the development of affordable social housing for local residents of Pilton in Somerset. He was quoted saying that if all farmers donated ten acres of land for development, then the […]
Gifting Land for Social Housing
This week we will be looking at the Social Housing Development in Pilton, Somerset and looking at the idea of how one famous landowner is giving back to his community.
Exploring Self-Build to Rent
Who is self-build to rent best suited for? In this weeks newsletter we take a quick look at the housing data to see how this method could suit one particular type of self-builder.
How to find your Good Days
Hi everyone 👋, 🔥 What I have been doing this week 😷 We’ve been combatting a sickness bug this week which has meant that there has been very little spare time or energy to spend on building knowledge for self-build or creating new Grand Reviews. I did have a couple of days off work to […]
Timeboxing Your Calendar For Achieving Goals
Hi everyone 👋, 🔥 What I have been doing this week 🏠 I managed to get a bit of time over the weekend to complete the second Grand Review. The structure adapts subtly each time I make one, which is inevitable in these early stages while I find the framework of what works best. I […]
How The Value of The Pound Affects Self-Build
Hi everyone 👋, 🔥 What I have been doing this week 🚁 There have been several deadlines to meet with Design work that has drained me quite a bit this week. I have managed to achieve the objectives, but it seems to have made me procrastinate in the evening by about 2000 when I eventually […]
Calming the Chimp
Hi everyone 👋, 🔥 What I have been doing this week 🤒 It has been a bit of a slow week in terms of output this week due to my daughter having a fever all weekend. She’s better now thankfully. 🚲 I went out on my road bike for the first time in two-years. We […]
Mapping 18 Grand Designs
Hi everyone 👋, 🔥 What I have been doing this week 🕸 More refining on the website this week whenever I get the chance to work on it amongst the other chores of life. I have now added these newsletters to the site. The Grand Reviews Philosophy is now ready and it outlines the how […]
Reframe Your Long-Term Goals
Hi everyone 👋, 🔥 What I have been doing this week 🕸 I have been playing around with Custom Fields to improve the layout of the Grand Reviews Template page. It gives each page a bit more structure than the typical WordPress defaults so that I can add more taxonomies that are specific, such as […]