The advantages in self build, over going and buying a new estate house is cost, and knowing the quality of the build is high and you will not have problems in the future.

Any newer house should require less maintenance and be far easier to keep let all the time than older properties.

As the area becomes established, landscaped etc, rents will reflect this increased quality feel.

It can also allow people to get involved who have less capital and those with the same amount of capital to get a number of builds started at the same time.