NaCSBA, the National Custom & Self Build Association, is the voice of the custom and self build sector. After new regulations came into effect in 2015, councils are obliged to…
NaCSBA – How to register for a plot in your area
The Whole Truth: Concrete and Carbon
Dr Martyn Kenny, sustainability director at Tarmac Construction has recently published an article discussing the whole-life carbon impacts of concrete and its neglected benefits. He shares some surprising statistics which,…
Props and Frames
Construction of a new energy-efficient home in Wiltshire began in February and continued all through the bad weather spell. Early progress on site shows an excellent example of our BecoWallform…
Grand Designs Revisits
In-case you haven’t seen Wallform on Grand Designs’ TV series yet, this week’s show on More 4 featured the Water Tower project in Amersham and next week will feature the…
Building in a Winter Wonderland
We recently sent a short newsletter to our trade followers highlighting the benefits of building with BecoWallform at this time of the year. VBS Construction in Lancashire then very kindly…
Do you know YOU have the Right to Build?
Over 33,000 people have already registered their interest in creating their own home Since 2016 all English Authorities have been legally obliged to hold a register of all those who…
It’s Not On – the Heating that is
We enjoyed reading this recent tweet from Gusto Homes’ Steff Wright, so we thought we’d share it here. Gusto recently completed a development of 18 Passivhaus homes near Lincoln using…
It’s our 25th Anniversary
This year BecoWallform celebrates 25 years of building low energy projects in the UK. An enthusiastic supporter of Sustainability in construction, Beco Products has always promoted high performance building fabric…
Modern Bungalows – Kingsteignton
Developer SFB Trading has recently completed building this small development of two modern detached bungalows in Kingsteignton. The bungalows are handed versions of each other and have been constructed using…
Planning Permission and Acquiring Land
Self-build projects in England account for 7-10 per cent of new houses built each year (approximately 12,000 new homes), a figure dwarfed by countries such as France (60 per cent)…