Croft Moraig
Front elevation from the lane
Front elevation from the gate
Getting out of the ground 17th March 2013
Walls up 21st March
Part way through the roof 31st March
Room in the roof 12th April 2013
Progress on the roof photographed from nearby Mount Topsoil 23rd April 2013
This website
... tells the story of our new house, a self build in the Scottish Borders. We started the process during the autumn of 2011, and we're now building our new home. So for a warts and all story, read on...Latest news | All our news | From the start
And they all lived happily ever after
So, a year on and how did we do? Around the time of my last post everything was hotting up with Stan’s building team putting the effort to get us in for the end of July, and with us moving house from Manchester for the…
Read More...Finishes – a sneak preview
Blockwork? Garages? Concrete? But what about nice things? Read on!
Read More...Underfloor heating
Now we're getting to the really interesting part, the point of no return with the floor! Putting in the underfloor heating is a job involving three different teams from Stan's building firm, and slowly (quite quickly really!) the inside of the house takes on another guise.
Read More...Planning applications
You can read through our planning applications at the Scottish Borders Council planning portal.- Planning application for the house Status: Approved
- Planning application for the garage Status: Approved subject to conditions
- Scottish Building Warrant Application for the house and garage Status: Building warrant issued
We will be ... here
Here we are
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Tomorrow
03/02
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Partly Cloudy
Partly cloudy and windy. High 4C. Winds WSW at 30 to 50 km/h. Winds could occasionally gust over 65 km/h.
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Tuesday
03/03
10%
Partly Cloudy
Windy with a few clouds from time to time. High near 5C. Winds SW at 30 to 50 km/h. Winds could occasionally gust over 65 km/h.
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Wednesday
03/04
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Clear
A mainly sunny sky. Continued cold. High 8C. Winds NW at 15 to 30 km/h.
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Things we're finding useful
Useful magazines for self builders
Yes, really, we were featured in David Snell's Plotfinder column in this magazine.Useful books for self builders
Mark Brinkley's "Housebuilders Bible"
is by far the most useful book we found while researching for our new house. Highly recommended.
is by far the most useful book we found while researching for our new house. Highly recommended.
Useful websites for self builders
The what and the how
The Design
In the beginning was the dormer. There seemed to be no escaping them in rural Scotland. At one point we got the strong impression that "Scottish vernacular" was being defined as "anything with dormers". Flicking through the standard designs of some of the timber frame house builders it looked like "traditional" meant lots of fiddly, heat-stealing, leaky roof detailing. Not for us, thank you!
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Keeping warm
We've been in the Scottish Borders at times in the winter when the temperature during the day never got over -5C for days on end. We don't like spending money on fuel so we wanted to take advantage of the various renewable energy heating systems out there which will insulate us not only from the cold but from rising energy costs into the bargain.
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