Reference Guides

sinnerboy

My desire for this thread - to collect links to authoritative cost guidance

"It’s unwise to pay too much, but it’s worse to pay too little.

When you pay too much, you lose a little money, that’s all.
When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do.

The common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a lot — it can’t be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that, you will have enough to pay for something better.”

John Ruskin (8 February 1819 – 20 January 1900)

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sinnerboy

RIAI

http://www.riai.ie/public/downloads/RIAI_cost_guidelines06.pdf

Some notes about the RIAI guide .

1. It is 3 years out of date . Deduct about 15% - see the next link for further details
2. Architects rates are based on turnkey - the house finished down to toilet roll holders + curtains hung - the building totally finished . This is an wholistic cost to be factored in if you need to borrow for more than simply paying the builder(s) . Often these rates are compared with "builders finish" rates which can exclude - kitchen , bathroom fittings . floor and wall finishes , decorations and landscaping .

THE SOCIETY OF CHARTERED SURVEYORS

http://www.scs.ie/digital_publications/get_lob?id=22&field=publication

Recent update note

http://www.scs.ie/press_submissions/press_releases/press_release_files_09/16-04-09-New-Surveyors-Guide.pdf

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muffler

Good start SB. Cheers.

sinnerboy

http://www.myhome.ie/residential/advice-centre/1021-1114-2379/self-build-estimating-your-building-costs.asp

sinnerboy

http://www.bruceshaw.ie/industry_info/irish_contruction_costs/

http://www.kmcs.ie/Keogh%20McConnell%20Spence%20Tender%20Price%20Bulletin.pdf

sinnerboy

http://www.bruceshaw.ie/cost_management/latest_publications/Bruce%20Shaw%20Handbook%2009.pdf

Published annually gives good generalised guidance

sinnerboy

here

Thanks Benk