Project manage
your home build.
The step-by-step playbook for UK homeowners project managing their own build. Every task in the right order, with dependencies mapped and tools explained. No assumed knowledge.
What every guide leaves out.
Step-by-step tasks
Every task in the right order, with dependencies mapped out. Your kitchen layout must be done before first fix electrics — we make sure you know that.
Tools & materials decoded
SDS drill vs combi drill. PZ2 vs Phillips. How many bags of cement for your foundations. The knowledge nobody explains — until now.
UK building regs covered
Building control inspections, planning permission, party wall agreements. Specific to England & Wales, updated for 2026.
We project managed
a real build.
This started as a spreadsheet during an actual kitchen extension — chasing builders, navigating building control, learning the hard way that your kitchen layout must be done before first fix electrics.
buildwiz.uk is that spreadsheet turned into a proper guide. Every task sequenced with dependencies. Every tool and material explained. No assumed knowledge.
8
Build phases
100+
Step-by-step tasks
UK
Regs & standards
Photos from our actual build.
Every task in buildwiz.uk comes from lived experience — not textbooks, not theory. This is the finished kitchen extension we project managed.
Dining area & bifolds
The finished extension
Open-plan & skylights
20 weeks, self-managed
Living space & garden
The finished result
Ian Packard — self-managed a kitchen extension in South East England
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