Quantity Surveyor for a one off build

wetdufflecoats

Hi...does anyone here have any experience of getting a Quantity Surveyor to prepare a Bill of Quantities for a one off house build in Co Galway?If so who did you get to do the bill and how much did it cost??

Thanks in advance!

ypvs

wetdufflecoats wrote: »

Hi...does anyone here have any experience of getting a Quantity Surveyor to prepare a Bill of Quantities for a one off house build in Co Galway?If so who did you get to do the bill and how much did it cost??

Thanks in advance!

4-500 euro

kkelliher

ypvs wrote: »

4-500 euro

Not from a professional practice with pi insurance and a respect for a quality and completed product!!!!

colorc

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kayos

kkelliher wrote: »

Not from a professional practice with pi insurance and a respect for a quality and completed product!!!!

Strange how everyone we have asked has given in around the same figure as ypvs gave (max being 600)...

theduffer

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I take it you have not affiliation with the company! The website looks tempting.. Has anyone any expierence using them. If its not allowed then PM if you have any exiperence good or bad....

colorc

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theduffer

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Im heading that direction shortly, i will give it a go and report on how it goes

bruschi

kkelliher wrote: »

Not from a professional practice with pi insurance and a respect for a quality and completed product!!!!

I'd say it is pretty rare for anyone building a standard one off house to go to a QS practise to do up a BOQ.

most that are done for these are nixers for QS's or else lads who are gone out on their own and specialise in one off houses. there is some company in Tipp that do up BOQs for about €500, remember seeing them send me a leaflet when I got planning permission.

but I would think thats about the going rate for doing up a BOQ on a standard one off house.

the website above are affiliated with a QS practise based in Carlow town.

dub50

For a one off house would not be getting a BoQ done, A good set of drawings and tight specification done by your architect given to builders to price from is better than any BoQ you will get done
Know what you want before you tender, window selection, joinery finish, M & E layout, landscaping, kitchen , wardrobes, sanitary ware etc. The more you can finalise before tender the less reason for adjustment to the tender sum at the end of the day

If you tender the job with a BoQ you are putting the risk on the quantities back on to yourself, any low quants builder will remeasure, if you tender with the boq and state the quantities do not form part of the contract, builder will ignore the boq so no poiint having one

In short one off house, tight set of tender drawings and specifications, the only way to proceed

ypvs

the BOQ does not put the risk of quants back on the home owner unless the contract says so and in the case of a house it will prob be a lump sum contract and the BOQ will be included as a pricing document. The BQ will state that the builder shall include for the cost of all works whether or not they may be shown on the drawing or in the BQ. it would be very useful to the homeowner during the build for stage payments and variations. the more detailed the bq and dwgs. are the better.

fclauson

I have chosen to use a QS because he can help with the specificaiton before you ever go to tender

we are looking at various wall build ups to meet the U-value spec my PHPP calcs have thrown up and he came back with helpful advice like

100/100 with 60mm of insulaiton /100 - €x
100/150 full fill/100 - €y
100/150 ful fill/215 quinlite - €z
etc

so we could match up U-value requirments with a wall build up with a price before ever going to tender

Also our spec says despite the QS BOQ they build must satisfy themselves that the quantities are right. (and make know to the client why they beleive them to be wrong)

Happy to recommend the person I am using - lives in Wexford - PM me if you wish

kkelliher

fclauson wrote: »

Also our spec says despite the QS BOQ they build must satisfy themselves that the quantities are right. (and make know to the client why they beleive them to be wrong)

Make sure your contract says this (RIAI blue form of contract where quantities do not form part of the contract or strike out the BOQ section fo the SF88 contract)

Just because your spec says it does not make it contractual as the contract is the preceeding document and if the quantities are part of the contract then this forms the basis of the contract.

Be careful in this regard and always get professional advice