THE ADVICE CENTRE
Julia Kendell
With over 30 years ’ experience as an interior design professional , property renovator and kitchen specialist , Julia specialises in interior transformations that uplift and energise to have a positive impact on wellbeing . Julia thoroughly enjoys sharing her wealth of knowledge and believes that everyone can , and should have a beautiful home , whatever their budget or situation . Julia has just launched a brand new ‘ Virtual Room Design Service ’ to provide her interior expertise online to those needing help to create well-functioning and fabulous rooms .
Jason Orme
Jason is Managing Director of Homebuiding & Renovating Magazine and has worked in the self-build sector for 20 years . He has built and renovated several homes , self-building for the first time at the age of 28 , and has recently completed a major renovation and extension project . He has advised 100s of self-builders and renovators on how to make their projects a success and helped to advise Government on selfbuild policy . He is a well-known broadcast expert on building and renovating homos and is the author of The Self Build Dream .
Mark Stevenson
Mark is one of the UK ’ s premier self-build experts . Vice Chair of the Structural Timber Association and Managing Director of Kingspan Potton , he has built several houses for himself and has many years experience working on housing developments .
Michael Holmes
Michael is one of the country ’ s leading property experts who has spent 12 years presenting multiple property shows for BBC , lTV , Channel 5 , Discovery RealTime and UK TV Style . As well as being Director of Homebuilding & Renovating and Chair of the National Custom and Self-Build Association ( NaCSBA ) Michael offers Development Consultancy on projects ranging from private homes to hotels . In addition to this he has undertaken over 30 building projects of his own - including renovations , remodels and two self-builds .
Sally Tagg
Sally is the Managing Director of Foxley Tagg Planning Ltd , an Executive Committee Member of NaCSBA and a Board Member of the Right to Build Taskforce . Sally ’ s advice will save your project time , money and stress , whilst adding value to your site . This is achieved through : interpreting both national and local plan policies , preparation of pre-application submissions , negotiating technical issues , preparation of appeals and navigating the process . See Sally at the Planning Clinic and to maximise the time spent with her please bring along plans , photographs and a site plan .
Tom McSherry
Tom has worked in the financial services industry for 27 years - 14 of these specialising in self-build mortgages and finance at BuildStore , providing exper t advice to hundreds of customers embarking on major homebuilding projects whether to live in , let or sell . Tom has completed two major homebuilding projects himself , and is widely regarded as a self-build finance expert . He presents the Homebuilding & Renovating Finance Masterclasses and is one of our Advice Centre Experts providing top finance advice .
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