Building Ideas - With Mark Millar

Mark Millar is joined by two guests to discuss how day to day life changed as they took on a self build project. Lucy Hutchings, who runs shegrowsveg.com - talks about how her self build experience was an emotional rollercoaster with a successful outcome. Claire Faulkner - @thatcotswoldclaire on Instagram, who is 4 years into her ongoing self build experience, talks about the life upheaval and change of living circumstance as well as the continued stress throughout the different phases of the project.

Mark Millar is joined by two guests who have experience sourcing materials for self building projects in a sustainable fashion. Fix Radio & TV legend, Clive Holland talks about his discoveries of what you could reclaim, save and use from dumpsters after doing research for a TV show 'Your Extension is Rubbish' and Mark is also joined by Kenton Jones, who sources fantastic sustainable timber and has worked with Mark for TV previously

Mark Millar has invited Tim Phillips, a Senior Quantity Surveyor, with more than 30 years experience in the building trade to join him and give you a complete guide full of invaluable advice about how to make purchases and plan orders of materials for your domestic self build projects

Mark Millar is joined by the homeowner of a modernised and converted bungalow and an architect who has had experience renovating bungalows to discuss how we can take a modern approach to an anachronistic design

Mark Millar is joined by Harvey Fremlin from The National Self Build & Renovation Centre to give an overview on how to acquire land

Mark Millar is joined by Ben Martin from The Carlton Tavern to tell the incredible story behind returning the pub to it's glory after the listed building was illegally demolished a number of years ago

Mark Millar has invited Guy Abbott, Technical Director at Morguard Building Surveyors to give you some sound advice on what to consider, investigate, what to ask and research with regards to buying a domestic property to renovate or flip for profit

Mark Millar is joined by Helen George so that she can explain how she planned their build to finish on time, on budget and without any mishaps along the way

Mark Millar invites guests to join him and discuss the pros and cons of bringing in one building contractor to oversee the whole project versus project managing the build yourself and bringing in an array of subcontractors

Mark Millar is joined by Morwenna Slade, Head of Climate Adaptation at Historic England so that Mark can ask some questions about what kind of permission is required when retrofitting in listed domestic properties as well as renovations to those properties or non listed properties in conservation areas. Mark also asks Morwenna about her role at Historic England and the challenge she faces in trying to proetet the history of listed buildings while simultaniously protecting the environment