Welcome

The National Self Build Association (NaSBA) is a network of companies and individuals with the common aim of promoting self build (or custom build) as a form of housing delivery that can make a significant contribution to home building in the UK.

NaSBA brings together developers, architects, planners, financial and warranty providers, manufacturers, self builders, community groups and local authorities to develop, share and promote best practice in self build.

The organisation is run by its members and is independent, relevant and practical, and operated on a not for profit basis.

The National Self Build Association's objectives are:

• To promote the release of more land for self build projects across the UK
• To raise the profile of self building as one of the best methods of delivering new housing
• To encourage best practice in self build
• To provide a structured forum for people and organisations with an interest in self build
• To be a central representative body to put the views of the self build community to Government departments and agencies, Parliament, the European Commission and other relevant organisations
• To be a research and statistical centre, to aggregate and publish statistics, and to provide analysis on self build and other relevant market information

NaSBA was formally launched in October 2008. In January 2009 a detailed report was published that explained how an increase in self building could help to stimulate the housing and construction sectors, and the wider economy. Since then NaSBA representatives have met with officials from a variety of important Government agencies and we have been in communication with many Ministers, MPs and MEPs lobbying for their support.

In July 2011, working closely with the Government, we published a detailed Action Plan to promote the growth of the UK self build industry. And alongside this we also posted a report looking at how self build works in a number of overseas countries. As a result, the Government’s Housing Strategy, published in November 2011, has, for the first time, endorsed and promoted self building as a means of delivering volume housing.

All of these reports are now available in full online. Please visit the Information and Publications page to view.

Early in 2012 NaSBA set up the ‘Self Build Portal’ – the industry’s first authoritive and independent guide to self build. This is primarily aimed at would-be self builders.