Description: We specialise in working with self builders who want to build beautiful, high-performance, contemporary, self build homes.
protaHOMES was founded by Architect and Self Build Coach, Oliver Murray, with the mission of making the process of building your own home easier and more accessible. To that end we provide Self Build Coaching alongside our Architectural Services to help our clients progress through their self build journeys with clarity and confidence. If you are considering embarking on a Self Build, we invite you to book a free Getting Started Consultation .
By ‘high performance’, we mean homes that are designed and specified to meet the rigorous performance criteria of the Passivhaus Building Standard, and which deliver high standards of comfort and health for their inhabitants, whilst also being good for the environment. If you are unfamiliar with Passivhaus, or unclear regarding the benefits, we invite you to download our Passivhaus Infosheet which on a single page describes the key principles, features, advantages, and benefits.
By ‘self build’, we mean that we work with people who want to commission the design and construction of their own home, and who are therefore inherently interested and invested in creating homes that are both beautiful and functional. We know that while many people would like to build their own home, they never take that first step, simply because they don’t know where to start. It is for this reason that we created the Self Build Starter Pack , with a selection of simple worksheets to help aspiring self bu