Revealed: The best new homes that have been built by you

By Jonathan Amos on the

The winner of the best self-built home under £150,000, made from shipping containers, by Patrick Bradley in Northern Ireland When Catherine and Adas Nicholson bought a bungalow in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex, they were bewitched by the view out to the English Channel. “It was so amazing, I felt we should do something to make the most of it,” she says. A decade later, their plan to “do up” their modest house has turned into the creation of a striking seafront family home, which has been named the overall winner of The Daily Telegraph Homebuilding and Renovating Awards this year. They celebrate the most tasteful, imaginative, forward-thinking and beautiful self-built designs in the UK....