The desire to build the holiday home of one’s dreams is a strong motivating factor in self-build properties. How nice would it be to incorporate all the features that we have always desired into the house that we have imagined. To take those dreams further, research, plan and brings that fabulous house or log cabin into reality. It all has to start with a piece of land with building permission. Building plots are notoriously difficult to acquire in Great Britain and especially rare if one is looking for that country idyll surrounded by greenery. The prefect country holiday home would have a good view, be spacious, perhaps open-plan, well insulated and attractive both inside and out.