Getting started
4 years ago
I guess my first step in this process is gaining some confidence. After all, just deciding to build a house is going to get me started but I need to feel that I have the ability to do things. So, in October 2004 I left my rather safe web development job in Plymouth and moved to London to help a friend who was doing some building renovation jobs. The move was more inspired by a need to do something new but, in any case, got me gettng my hands dirty on site, learning about how a house is put together.
I picked up some skills but more importantly learned that there’s not a huge amount to it really. The lessons I’ve learned so far:- Be careful – it’s dangerous being on a building site!
- It’s also very satisfying. It’s incredibly rewarding to have put up a wall or re-levelled a floor. A tangible result.
- There are always going to be things that will need doing by professionals. I wouldn’t want to fit the entire plumbing system of a house straight away, at least not until I’d learnt more about plumbing. The xtra money spent translates into time saved.
- Money! Still need to get some of this together before I can build anywhere.
