Building your own house is a primal urge, one of those universal genetic drives like the need to provide for your family.
I admire anyone that follows the road less travelled.
Building design isn't trendy.
If you said to me, 'Lie down on that concrete floor and fall asleep,' I could do it. I can sleep anywhere at any time of day on any surface.
My favourite authors include Trollope and Dickens.
The thing that I champion is sustainability. My terror is that suddenly we see it as a luxury, not an essential. That's a danger.