3200 sq ft cube!

fathersdaughter

Hi there,

Looking to build a 3200 sq ft very simple design cube house! My question is: Is it cheaper to build this style house than one with perhaps a slightly more complicated design or is it all much of a muchness?

Info greatly appreciated
Thanks

mr_edge_to_you

much of a muchness i'd say!! it'll all depend on the materials you use for the project. eg if you are going to go for ornate/fancy stone work on the exterior its obviously going to cost you.

we're building a fairly bog standard shape house (1.5 storey), nothing architecturally amazing about it (very standard) with a contractor. built to a fairly high spec and we are looking at about €120 per sq ft.

it all depends on the finish you want from your house!!!

muffler

Sorry but Im going to disagree with mr etu. Your "cube" type house will be a good bit cheaper to build than a house that would have various wall projections, set backs, different floor levels etc, etc.

Take a simple and fairly common feature of a room that projects out by 1 metre approx from the main body of the house. There will be extra blocks used and extra labour/time together with more time and money being spent on the interior of the room in relation to jointing skirting boards etc. There is also the added complication then of the roof. More time and money being spent constructing the valleys with a lot of wastage on roof timbers.

Admittedly stepped walls and dropped roof lines etc can enhance the visual appearance of the house but with a little bit of effort put into the design including landscaping a simple square or cube style house can be every bit as easy on the eye.

Naux

fathersdaughter wrote: »

Hi there,

Looking to build a 3200 sq ft very simple design cube house! My question is: Is it cheaper to build this style house than one with perhaps a slightly more complicated design or is it all much of a muchness?

Info greatly appreciated
Thanks

I'd say it would be a good bit cheaper to build a simple design.

I'm building at the moment and things like corner windows, large internal vaulted areas etc add considerably to cost. Also windows can be a big cost depending on the spec you go for. Fairly "normal" window sizes & shapes as typically seen in the cube style house are cheaper.

Do-more

My own preferance would be for a Georgian two storey with no projections and a hipped roof. Very straight forward design which can be built economically yet with a bit of attention to detail will not look cheap at all.

Clarelassie

Have you planning already got for your cube? When we submitted our plans for a cube in Clare, the planners had a huge issue and would only allow us a gable width of 8m - we got planning with a large 2 storey sticky out bit out the back.