On Fri, 1 Aug 2003 23:12:45 +0100, "Liz" wrote:

This may be a bit of a pipe dream but not far from where I live there is a
run down old house in the middle of the field.

Lovely !

Basically it's a new build, but with simpler planning permission.
BTDT, worked out very well.

There are a couple of pretty good self-build mags around these days
(any big newsagent) and the whole process (especially mortgages) is
much easier now than it was 10 years ago.