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Cost to finish house

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  • 07-05-2020 12:50pm
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    Dkel95
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭


    Hi all,

    I am considering purchasing an unfinished house, roughly 2400sqft, (I won't name where), the structure is pretty much complete as far as ext. walls, roof and partition walls (just stud work) is complete. I assume that that there are some services connected but this is yet to be confirmed

    I am wondering does anybody have an idea on the cost to finish this ie. Wiring, plumbing, heating, and if services have not been connected an average cost.

    Also, I have a carpentry background so all second fixing, internal joinery, kitchen fitting and even slabbing the walls i could do myself.

    I understand every build varys, but any help or anyone with previous experience on this would be hugely appreciated

    PS. I know it's quite a big house to take on, but I like the site and the design of the house lol
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    bfclancy
    Registered Users Posts: 181 ✭✭bfclancy


    Dkel95 wrote: »
    Hi all,

    I am considering purchasing an unfinished house, roughly 2400sqft, (I won't name where), the structure is pretty much complete as far as ext. walls, roof and partition walls (just stud work) is complete. I assume that that there are some services connected but this is yet to be confirmed

    I am wondering does anybody have an idea on the cost to finish this ie. Wiring, plumbing, heating, and if services have not been connected an average cost.

    Also, I have a carpentry background so all second fixing, internal joinery, kitchen fitting and even slabbing the walls i could do myself.

    I understand every build varys, but any help or anyone with previous experience on this would be hugely appreciated

    PS. I know it's quite a big house to take on, but I like the site and the design of the house lol

    i'd say about a third to two fifths of the expense of a house would be consumed to get to the stage you are at (excluding site purchase, fees, engineers fees etc)


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    Dkel95
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭Dkel95


    bfclancy wrote: »
    i'd say about a third to two fifths of the expense of a house would be consumed to get to the stage you are at (excluding site purchase, fees, engineers fees etc)

    Thanks for the reply, I was thinking roughly that myself! Any idea what it would take to finish it? Not to a perfect standard but a decent finish all the same. I know this is pretty vague and not a huge amount of information given but something to work with.

    Thanks again


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    Markcheese
    Registered Users Posts: 8,428 ✭✭✭Markcheese


    Is the work up to this point signed off on by an engineer ?
    Could be tricky otherwise ( especially if there's a mortgage involved )
    A lot could depend on how you finish things .size of the house ,number of bathrooms ect ,insulation and air tightness ( which will have a major bearing on your heating and ventilation costs)
    If your tight for cash start small ... Put in your less than ideal kitchen ,paint concrete floors if you need to , but don't skimp on pipe and wiring if you think you want an ensuite somewhere stick in pipe and wire for it ,( my parents have an non suite in one bedroom for the last 15 years ) , and don't skimp on airtightness either ...
    My dad always reckoned that when you were weather tight you were halfway there costwise ...

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    Dkel95
    Registered Users Posts: 16 ✭Dkel95


    Markcheese wrote: »
    Is the work up to this point signed off on by an engineer ?
    Could be tricky otherwise ( especially if there's a mortgage involved )
    A lot could depend on how you finish things .size of the house ,number of bathrooms ect ,insulation and air tightness ( which will have a major bearing on your heating and ventilation costs)
    If your tight for cash start small ... Put in your less than ideal kitchen ,paint concrete floors if you need to , but don't skimp on pipe and wiring if you think you want an ensuite somewhere stick in pipe and wire for it ,( my parents have an non suite in one bedroom for the last 15 years ) , and don't skimp on airtightness either ...
    My dad always reckoned that when you were weather tight you were halfway there costwise ...

    As far as I know the work wasn't signed off. Was built c. 2006-2008 and subsequently repossessed and sold again.

    The well is sunk but not the septic tank and has been first fix plumbed.

    As regards air tightness and insulation, it may have to be A3 rated to be signed off, I'm not 100% on the depending on planning

    Speaking of planning, will planning have to be renewed on it? As the roof is already in place I didn't think so, but as regards opinion planning I'm not too sure, any advice on this?

    Thanks


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