THE SEMINAR THEATRE
Learn the golden rules of home improvement and find out how even the trickiest job can have a silver-lining.
Build experts and serial renovators will share tips, trends, and insider secrets to help you get the most from your extension, renovation, or conversion.
10:30
Beginner’ s Guide to Self-Build: Essential Insights and Tips for Aspiring Self-Builders
Explore the advantages of self-build and learn how to save an average of 30 % on a bespoke, individually designed home. This session guides you through the essential steps, from finding land and selecting an architectural designer to choosing the right build route. We’ ll examine the pros and cons to help you determine if self-build is your ideal path to a dream home. Mark Stevenson- Self-Build Expert
11:00
Mastering Build Costs: Smart Budgeting and Financing Options for Self-Builders and Renovators
Get an expert guide to budgeting and financing your self-build. This seminar covers everything from highlevel planning to the latest labour and materials prices. Learn to predict and manage costs, find scope for savings without compromising quality, and ensure your project is completed on budget. Tom McSherry- Finance Expert and Tim Phillips- Build Cost Expert
11:30
How to Get Planning Permission: The Key to Unlocking Development Potential
To ensure a successful self-build or renovation, it’ s vital to understand the planning permission process. Navigating the system can be difficult and frustrating, but this seminar will guide you. Presented by a leading self-build planning consultant, you’ ll learn how the process works and how to maximise your chances of success. Sally Tagg- Planning Expert
12:00 Wow Factor Design – And How to Get it!
Be inspired by this guide to making your home truly amazing through thoughtful, tried and tested design techniques. Our expert architectural designer reveals the must-have features to make your home special— both to look at and to live in— including the key principles for creating a‘ healthy’ and‘ sustainable’ home. Allan Corfield- Design Expert
12:30
Extension Design Ideas: The Fundamentals of Successful Home Extension and Renovation
Discover the best way to add space and value to your home cost-effectively and efficiently. With inspirational examples of successful projects, learn how to unlock your home’ s hidden potential by combining extension projects with remodelling work and conversions of your loft, cellar, and garage. Michael Holmes- Home Improvement Expert
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