<![CDATA[BuildEdinburgh: Resident-designed]]>https://www.buildedinburgh.com/s/resident-designedhttps://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!rZY_!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faef2d2f0-cd89-41f3-9c73-e5b80da605b3_1212x1212.pngBuildEdinburgh: Resident-designedhttps://www.buildedinburgh.com/s/resident-designedSubstackThu, 21 May 2026 20:09:43 GMT<![CDATA[The case for a collective self-build 'revolving loan fund']]>https://www.buildedinburgh.com/p/further-reasons-for-a-revolving-loanhttps://www.buildedinburgh.com/p/further-reasons-for-a-revolving-loanWed, 11 Feb 2026 12:17:59 GMT

A ‘REVOLVING loan fund’ - provided, say, by the Scottish Government, to support a group of people build their own housing - would save households having to cash in any property they might own and, in the meantime, move into temporary accommodation.

But there seems to be a reluctance to make it happen, with the government’s self-build loan fund - here - a…

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]]><![CDATA[My Home Handbook]]>https://www.buildedinburgh.com/p/my-home-handbookhttps://www.buildedinburgh.com/p/my-home-handbookMon, 19 Jan 2026 21:23:38 GMT

IT can be enormously reassuring, knowing exactly how one’s home has been put together, how it has been designed to function and how it might be repaired.

As public information adverts used to say on TV, when the weather was especially cold: it’s handy to know where the water stop cock is located.

When telling the story of one’s home, it is remarkable just…

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]]><![CDATA[What might encourage people to sign up for resident-designed housing?]]>https://www.buildedinburgh.com/p/what-might-encourage-people-to-signhttps://www.buildedinburgh.com/p/what-might-encourage-people-to-signSun, 18 Jan 2026 20:16:10 GMT

IF trying to make the case for resident-designed housing - as opposed to the take-it-or-leave-it housing that currently prevails - the key question has to be to what extent there is an appetite for it.

In comparison to take-it-or-leave-it housing, the possibilities of resident-designed housing are almost infinite.

But it is one thing to imagine, it is ano…

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