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To Build or Not to Build

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Series following some of the people who self-build their own home each year.

Simon O'Brien follows some the 20,000 British people who self-build their own home each year.

To Build or Not to Build: Series 2

Simon O'Brien

Christian Hills

Jess Fowle

To Build or Not to Build: Series 2: Episode 9

Series 2

Episode 9

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A professional builder and his partner create an eco-cottage in Bedfordshire.

Series following some of the UK's 20,000 self-builders, including a couple building an eco-cottage in Bedfordshire and a Sheffield builder fulfilling a 30-year dream.

Professional builder Scott Nichols is taking a busman's holiday to build an eco-cottage for himself and his partner Emma Robinson in the picturesque Bedfordshire village of Felmersham. Plus the Sheffield self-build that is the realisation of a thirty year dream for its owner, while presenter Simon O'Brien feels the pressure while learning plumbing at building college.

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Simon O'Brien presents a series following some of the 20,000 British people who self-build their own home each year.

Simulcast of network BBC One in high definition. From 03/11/2010

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