cadaha,
Yeh, I hear you. I want to do it in the UK for the reasons you mention. It's just that the cost of the hours building is expensive.
I was trying to make you realise that you can actually hour build in the UK cheaper than in the States if you look hard enough.
There are aircraft around for £40 hour and you don't have to fly to the States. And I don't mean homebuilts or group aircraft. I mean flying club PA38s or C150s. Look in the back of Pilot and FLyer and tell them you want 100 hrs...