https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/property/uks-communist-housing-market-ripe-revolution
The UK is quite unusual in the very low percentage of new houses that are self-built. In many other developed countries, a third or more of all new single-family homes may be self-built, often by companies where buyers can purchase packages and choose from styles which they can then customize.
Should this be commoner in the UK? Is there anyone here who has done it or considered it?
It occurs to me that making houses properly insulated and rigged up with modern heating systems and solar power would be easier if self-build were commoner. The Nordic countries have shown that heat-pump alone is fine for cold winters as long as homes are really well insulated and triple glazed, but many people in the UK are stuck with a choice of "not very inspiring new-builds" vs "old houses that are full of character but very hard to retrofit and insulate properly."