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The Advice Centre offers FREE consultations with experts from Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine - as well as special guest advisors . Topics covered include everything from planning , plot finding , finance management , design , homebuilding , extensions , renovating , sustainable materials to energy efficient construction and self building .
Consultations last 15 minutes and must be booked at The Advice Centre on the day - please book as soon as you arrive to avoid disappointment .
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Allan Corfield Design Expert , Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine
Allan is an RIBA Chartered Architect and has overseen the design of over 450 low energy homes across the UK . Since 2009 Allan has grown his specialist Custom & Self Build Architecture practice - AC Architects to a team of 20 . Recently he created AC Structures , a leading engineering business , providing engineering support for all of ACA ’ s clients .
Bob Branscombe Building Expert , Homebuilding & Renovating Magazine
Bob Branscombe is one of the UK ’ s leading Chartered Surveyors and with over 30-years ’ experience in both self-build and construction , he still harnesses a long time obsession with hands-on self-building . A career spent with several main contractors and major UK surveying consultancies has helped reinforce his approach that cost-estimating and control are a fundamental tenet of self-building , and the benefits of cost certainty are a common theme in his approach to any project .
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