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Building an 80 sq m house on a budget

  • 10-07-2020 6:48pm
    #1
    Jimi H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 373 ✭✭


    Hi all, I have a site and am going to build a small house- 75 to 85 sq m. I have quotes from two timber frame passive companies and the prices are coming in at €145k for 74 sq m and €168k for 79 sq m. This is turnkey but excludes connections and planning. I spoke to a company that does pods too but not going with them. Would anyone have other pricings for small houses that I could use as a comparison or suggestions? I don’t want anything fancy but my budget would be closer to €100k. Thanks in advance


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  • #2
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    145k for 74m2 excluding planning and service connections.
    1. Does the site have mains foul, water and elec handy?
    2. What ground conditions are Allowed for with regards to the foundation costs?
    3. Will driveway, entrance, paths, site drainage, and landscaping Be extra?
    4. Will the house be certified to Meet part L?
    Are professional fees included?


  • #3
    Jimi H
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 373 ✭✭Jimi H


    BryanF wrote: »
    145k for 74m2 excluding planning and service connections.
    1. Does the site have mains foul, water and elec handy?
    2. What ground conditions are Allowed for with regards to the foundation costs?
    3. Will driveway, entrance, paths, site drainage, and landscaping Be extra?
    4. Will the house be certified to Meet part L?
    Are professional fees included?
    1 I will need to pay for connections. I have an old cottage nearby that has water and electric so don’t know if I can use that. New septic tank required.
    2 For the cheaper quote above, I just need to clear the site and don’t think this will be too expensive.
    3 Yes
    4 Yes
    5 I can see that timber frame passive is probably out of my budget and an open minded about other options. I don’t want a temporary structure (some of the pods/cabins I enquired about are described as temporary) but any suggestions on what I should be looking at ? Actually would love to build something like these but not sure if it’s a runner https://avrame.com/series/trio/?preselect=trio-120
    Cheers


  • #4
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    145 has just jumped up significantly.

    Best of luck with you project, start with local arch and planning permission.


  • #5
    jaffa20
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,565 ✭✭✭jaffa20


    How did you get on?

    The link to https://avrame.com/series/trio/?preselect=trio-120 looked really interesting.



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