By Simon Lambert
Published: 01:22 EST, 28 August 2014 | Updated: 08:34 EST, 28 August 2014
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Buy land, theyre not making it anymore. That classic Mark Twain-attributed quote may often get wheeled out for property-related reasons, but if you are hoping to buy any to build your own home on youll find it heavy going.
A plot was hatched three years ago by the Government to encourage more self and custom build homes.
Empowering a small army of Britons to start building their own grand - or more modest - designs was touted as at least part of the answer to our twin problems of not building enough homes and too high house prices.
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Grand Designs: Kevin McCloud's Channel 4 property show has put building your own home on the minds of many more people, but finding somewhere to do so is a problem.
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