Land Acquisition
The United Kingdom is a highly developed country and therefore any amount of products and techniques can be deployed to produce a construction. However it is by world standards a small country, made smaller in terms of land availability by a sizeable population density. The country is shaped rather like a conical measuring glass and in the sense that when filled with a liquid, it is of a greater density at the base [South], thus the further south, with some exceptions, the greater the population density. This fact is complicated by a control system known as "Town and Country Planning", which sets out the rules concerning development, house building being a form of activity commonly considered as property development.
The foregoing is the backdrop to doing a private development or more commonly put a "DIY House build", given these conditions it is fair to say that it is not going to be a cheap alternative and it is hardly encouraged by anyone, in fact in my experience it is considered rather dangerous, particularly by your bank manager.
Well if you are determined as I was, you need to find a suitable site first. This is going to be hard work, do not rely on the obvious organisations, such as estate/land agents, although you can sometimes get a reasonable opportunity at an auction. I will use one such acquisition to exemplify how I undertook a house development.
