I have often heard it said from people that design and build their own homes that you don’t really get it right until you build your third house! Now that would be a luxury wouldn’t it? To get three chances to design your own house. There is also a saying among builders “Measure twice – Cut Once” The point about this is that you need to really plan beforehand. By planning I don’t mean a set of elaborate plans...

There are a number of options to be considered when using graphic programmes to design your home. There are a range of wonderful software packages on the market from basic packages which  will give you a basic mock up of your proposed construction or extension to advanced professional Computer-aided-design (CAD) packages costing thousands. One of the disadvantages of software packages is that you often might only have them installed on your...