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  1. Part 11 – Jewson’s Sustainable Building Guide – Written by Gary King

    12th October 2012

    There’s something really quite special about standing in the skeletal shell of a house that is over 100 years old. Its extreme nakedness only exaggerates the…

  2. Part 10 – Stripping To The Shell – Written by Gary King

    14th September 2012

    As I mentioned in my previous post we’re in and we’ve started work. What I didn’t mention before that as soon as we started ripping everything…

  3. Part 9 – How many people? – Written by Gary King

    24th August 2012

    Gary is surprised at how many Jewson people he has already spoken to without spending any money. We’re advancing at a rate of knots on…

  4. Part 8 – Measuring up the kitchen – Written by Laura Warren

    6th July 2012

    We’ve at last got a space where our kitchen is going to be. The builders have stripped all the plaster of the walls, taken out…

  5. Part 7 – Laura wants to get the important bits done – Written by Laura Warren

    29th June 2012

      So far all we’ve done is a spot of wallpaper stripping, knocking some cupboards out, clearing up all the mess and rubbish on the…

  6. Part 6 – Gary is paired with a branch – Written by Lee Broomhall

    15th June 2012

    Welcome to part 6 of Gary’s Self Build journey with Jewson. To start at the beginning read the first blog post. Once I had discussed…

  7. Part 5 – Setting up the Self Build account – Written by Gary King

    1st June 2012

    Welcome to Part 5 of my Self Build journey with Jewson. To start at the beginning read the first blog post. Without further ado I called…

  8. Part 4 – Gary meets his team – The Jewson Self Build Team – Written by Lee Broomhall

    25th May 2012

    Gary was first alerted to our self build service after visiting the Jewson website (www.jewson.co.uk/selfbuild) – wanting more information on the self build process he…

  9. Part 3 – One place for all your Self Build needs – Written by Gary King

    18th May 2012

    The internet has revolutionised the way that we communicate, work and do business. However it’s true power is in the fact that any wild claim,…