The Self Build Homes Club has, as its main objective, empowering people to build their own homes, although in most cases  we mean commission tradesmen or craftsmen and managing the project, as opposed to actually constructing it yourself. We will achieve these objectives both by the provision of a lot of information, via many web sites, and by the provision of services, to people who choose to become a member.

This club, the Self Build Homes Club Llc, was set up at the suggestion of a number of other organizations and although a limited company registered in the USA (Delaware) is an international organization, where no part of our objectives are about creating profits. Our directors are unpaid and  we have no staff of our own, but use a system of commissioning through a support network set up by another non profit organization. This support network then commissions services as required anywhere in the world, using the best people we can. We started with a major advantage, the help and support of a range of organizations with international experience and other clubs and organizations keen to work with us.

The commissioning approach  has a wide range of advantages, including  a larger percentage of funds being used to provide member services, local support and contacts in many countries and expandability to meet unknown needs. From the members perspective the international flavor of the club is hardly noticeable, except when useful to them, as when looking at building a home for vacations. Members are supported locally, most administration is carried out for us under contract locally and  even websites are tailored and allowed to grow to represent the best information for the country or area concerned. Even joining costs and subscriptions are collected in their own currency be it Euros, British pounds or Canadian or American dollars.

The international office of the club is in New York City, New York, USA. This was selected as its location, as in both distance and time zones, it is approximately the center of the area, in which the club is currently operating and likely to for the next few years. It is service providers, rather than members, that need to be able to communicate regularly with the international office, as members and enquiries are better dealt with by local arrangements.

The exact range of services we are able to offer will vary from country to country, depending on the commissioned support we have available, and the needs locally. Over time more services and options will be added. To see what is going on now in various countries please select one of the country buttons on the top of this page. 

When changes are taking place on local websites or to local services, we will usually withdraw the page from this site until the change has taken place to limit the risk of conflicting information. In most cases local sites will still function during changes taking place and sites will be down for only a day at most. By February 2005 we should be able to coordinate page updates on this site with site updates so will no longer have to withdraw pages.