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We are a nation of DIY lovers and with programmes such as Grand Designs which has been running for over a decade, more people are becoming inspired to tackle one of the biggest DIY projects possible and build the bespoke home of their dreams.

You might not be aware that the Scottish Government offer a Challenge Fund (CF) designed to support the development of projects that demonstrate and promote the value of self and custom build housing as an alternative mainstream housing delivery model. Following a recent and very successful pilot in the Highlands, a new £4 million self-build loan fund will be made available from Autumn 2018 to support people throughout Scotland over the next three years.

The fund is open to everyone and applications are welcomed from projects which demonstrate an innovative approach to the delivery of homes, from small-scale and individual, to community projects and ideas to support the scaling-up of the custom build sector.<

Who are GPH?

GPH Builders Merchants are Aberdeenshire’s leading independent builders’ merchants with branches in Inverurie, Westhill and Stonehaven. Having recently celebrated their 35th anniversary, the company is well known to their customers throughout Aberdeen and the surrounding areas.

GPH (Garioch Plant Hire) as the name suggests, started out as a plant hire company and has expanded into a builders merchants, targeting the DIY market as well as offering a bigger variety of products. The Westhill depot, which opened 12 years ago, has been followed more recently by the acquisition of the Macdougall and Masson business in Stonehaven, where over £500,000 has been invested in renovation and expansion over the past two years.

Success is a team effort

The success of the company can be largely attributed to the leadership, dedication and vision of the board and management team. This comprises of the Chairman and one of the founding directors of the company, Mike Macaulay, as well as the appointment of a new Managing Director, Grant Shewan in May this year. Kenny Findlay, Graeme Hay (Non-executive Director), Steven Park (Operations Manager), Brian Wallace (Accountant) and Steve Greig (IT Manager) complete the team.

GPH are proud of their mottos that they are ‘open to everyone’ and ‘have everything you need under one roof’ and with over 24,000 product lines they’re in a very strong position to deliver.<!-