Hannah and Charlie alongside their house during construction (Image: Hannah Bird/SWNS)

A couple are saving more than £100,000 by building their own house - using polystyrene blocks instead of bricks. Hannah Bird and her husband, Charlie, a professional golfer, both 26, bought the 0.25-acre plot of land in Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, in June 2022 for £70,000.

They chose to build a home from scratch rather than buy a new-build property, with prices in their area starting at £375,000 for a two-bed on a new estate. To avoid having to pay for £30,000 in labour costs, the pair have done 80 per cent of the work themselves and opted for polystyrene blocks - called ICF (insulated concrete framework) - which slot together and are filled with concrete.

Their 140sqm home is around halfway through t

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