Design and Manage Your Home Build or Renovation is a self-paced online course built from the Wiley title of the same name.

What this course covers

Title
Contents
Introduction
Part I : Preparing to Create the Perfect Home
Chapter 1: The Basics of Self-Build
Chapter 2: Forking Out the Finances
Chapter 3: Finding and Assessing the Building Plot
Chapter 4: The Legal Stuff
Part II : Before the Build: Getting Everything into Place
Chapter 5: Designing Your Home
Chapter 6: The Green Light: Getting Permissions and Approvals
Chapter 7: Construction Management, Builders, and Subcontractors
Chapter 8: Buying Materials
Chapter 9: Getting Connected to Services
Part III : Structurally Speaking: Understanding Construction
Chapter 10: Preparing the Ground
Chapter 11: Holding up the House: Walls and Structures
Chapter 12: An Open and Shut Case: Windows, Doors, Insulation, and Partitions
Chapter 13: Floors and Stairs
Chapter 14: Raising the Roof
Part IV : The Inside Story
Chapter 15: Forming the Landscape
Chapter 16: Putting in the Pipes and Wrapping Up Warm
Chapter 17: Let There Be Light (And Power and Communications)
Chapter 18: Kitchens and Bathrooms
Part V : Renovating, Extending, and Converting
Chapter 19: Internal Finishes
Chapter 20: Upgrading Old Houses
Chapter 21: Adding Space
Chapter 22: Buying a Property for Conversion or Replacement – the Opportunities and Dangers
Part VI : The Part of Tens
Chapter 23: Ten Good Reasons for Building Your Own Home
Chapter 24: Ten Good Reasons to Renovate
Chapter 25: Ten Things You Must Do Before Starting to Build
Appendix: Directory of Directories
: Further Reading