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Building Contractors in Galway

  • 14-07-2015 08:18AM
    #1
    Obsolete01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 197 ✭✭


    Hi there...

    I am about to put in designs for planning and would like to get quotes from builders prior to this .... So I am just wondering if any people could recommend building contractors in Galway?

    PMs only please.

    Thanks in advance.


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  • #2
    hexosan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭hexosan


    Builders are hardly going to do quotes for you free of charge when your not even near ready to build. It's a QS you need to get now to price the design.


  • #3
    Fozzie Bear
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,178 ✭✭✭Fozzie Bear


    Obsolete01 wrote: »
    Hi there...

    I am about to put in designs for planning and would like to get quotes from builders prior to this .... So I am just wondering if any people could recommend building contractors in Galway?

    PMs only please.

    Thanks in advance.

    As mentioned you will probably be paying the builder to quote you. I am just starting a major 3 month renovation job on my own house just outside Galway city. I got 3 quotes and had to pay from 250-400 per quote for them. Some builders use a QS while others will be able to do it themselves. Its a fairly big undertaking to do up a quote. Calling to the house, taking measurements, phoning suppliers etc etc.

    Have to say I found a marked difference in price from those who used a QS to those who did not. In the end I went for a builder who used a QS. As well as having seen some of his previous jobs first hand he was also the cheapest by 15 grand!

    I'll PM you the number of another guy who came highly recommened. He is highly qualified in building air tight, high spec A rated homes.


  • #4
    Obsolete01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 197 ✭✭Obsolete01


    Fozzie Bear wrote: »
    As mentioned you will probably be paying the builder to quote you. I am just starting a major 3 month renovation job on my own house just outside Galway city. I got 3 quotes and had to pay from 250-400 per quote for them. Some builders use a QS while others will be able to do it themselves. Its a fairly big undertaking to do up a quote. Calling to the house, taking measurements, phoning suppliers etc etc.

    Have to say I found a marked difference in price from those who used a QS to those who did not. In the end I went for a builder who used a QS. As well as having seen some of his previous jobs first hand he was also the cheapest by 15 grand!

    I'll PM you the number of another guy who came highly recommened. He is highly qualified in building air tight, high spec A rated homes.

    Thank you very much .... I just want to avoid submitting planning, getting it approved and then relies it costs way to much to build this house.


  • #5
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    Obsolete01 wrote: »
    Thank you very much .... I just want to avoid submitting planning, getting it approved and then relies it costs way to much to build this house.

    Get a Qs to do a +\- 20% - your arch will help you select or get 3 quotes.


  • #6
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,754 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    A QS will only price what he's asked to. If the spec isn't accurate the exercise is moot.

    Tbh I'm at a loss as to how you have a house designed already, but no budget to achieve that design. How did you plan a house with no eye to costs ??

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  • #7
    galwaytt
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    BryanF wrote: »
    Get a Qs to do a +\- 20% - your arch will help you select or get 3 quotes.

    that's ok, but whose budget has a 40% deviation ??

    Came across similarly recently in the West - 4 tenders for the same house, difference of 200k.............on a 350k budget. The issued tender to the builders was fantasy tbh.

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    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



  • #8
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    galwaytt wrote: »
    that's ok, but whose budget has a 40% deviation ??

    Came across similarly recently in the West - 4 tenders for the same house, difference of 200k.............on a 350k budget. The issued tender to the builders was fantasy tbh.

    To be clear this is a pre-planning costing. How much detail do you expect to be provided to a QS at this stage? Would you stand over a less than a 20% variation where the measure is off planning info?


  • #9
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,754 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    BryanF wrote: »
    To be clear this is a pre-planning costing. How much detail do you expect to be provided to a QS at this stage? Would you stand over a less than a 20% variation where the measure is off planning info?

    You're right, which is why I think the SCSI pricing for the West of €1300/m2 is just as accurate. If OP wants better, bouncing it off a few builders may be the thing to do.

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