The HorsesMouth wrote: » Finished a 2300sq ft 1.5 storey house just under a year ago. Came in roughly at €190000. That included doing a few bits and pieces ourselves painting etc but nothing major as neither of us had much experience in building. All in all we probably saved €5000 - €7000 in doing work ourselves. Spec is relatively good..A2 BER. Spent a good lot on insulation, air tightness etc. However a good many of the rooms are not finished..5 rooms in all are literally just concrete floors, skirting and whitewashed walls. No landscaping done either and the site was free aside from solicitor costs. When we went in we of course thought we could do it for cheaper but it never works out like that unless you have a trade yourself. Still think getting in at €82 per square ft is decent going for the spec we got at the end despite the unfinished rooms/outside. If anyone wants any other particular costs or any more info feel free to ask!
pump wrote: » What part of the country did you build in?
Kellzer wrote: » Just after finishing a 258sqm house (2 storey dormer) in North Kildare. House is A2 rated, has 4kW of solar panels, air to water heat pump. Garden is landscaped (granite patio, lawns sewed, kerbing in, pebble driveway etc) as part of the contractor's price. Worked out at €1240 per sq m for all this in the tender price given by contractor for all the above and for a good quality finish. This did not include for kitchen or appliaances. It also allowed 25Euro per sqm for flooring/tiles, which is not a huge budget but we managed to find very nice laminate floors for this price and also our tiles came in under budget. When we take in extras like architects fees, council fees, solicitor fees, irish water connection, ESB connection, kitchen and appliances etc it drove the price up to €1451 per sq m. This is for a fully finished house and garden. Nothing left to do except furnish it.
mrxireland wrote: » We have been getting quotes of one or two builders for a bathroom/wet room 3.2x3.5m and a back hall/room 3.2mx4.5m just on the border of sligo/mayo. Block built with tieing into the existing roof. Bathroom all tiled, bath/ wetroom floor, hall tiled. One builder has came in at 17.5k for labour and the other at a staggering 19k labor. To us, this seems like boom time prices. We know the rates have been going up and builders have more outlays than they did in the boom but for labor for this extention seems outrageous to us. We were thinking maybe 10-13kmax and the rest for materials. We would expect these prices in dubllin and not here in the west. Would you agree?
kceire wrote: » Get more quotes. If they all come back similar, then that's the market rate. Make sure they are quoting like for like. Labour rates are increasing week by week, trades are starting to select what job they want to carry out.
mrxireland wrote: » I got 2 thinking they will be very close to each other and in around what i was thinking. 17.5k and 19k for labor . Im afraid now though, if i do get someone in for 10k, it wont be as good as what we want. Is there any threads here where theres a break down or price of similar extensions to compare?
Jofspring wrote: » Ya from looking at your prices I wouldn't call that a huge difference to be honest. If it was 10k difference then I would be worried. I have gotten 3 quotes to build a house recently, two are very close and one is €20,000 dearer. Have the BOQ so was very easy to compare.
mrxireland wrote: » What is BOQ?
who what when wrote: » I would echo previous posters as someone who has recently been pricing up my own new build. If your going contractor route your looking at €1400 to €1600 per sm depending on size spec. etc. For direct labour €1000 to €1200. I'm afraid the days of building a house for half nothing (ie. €75 per sqft) are over.
Jofspring wrote: » Shop around for the Architect anyway. Prices can vary massively so if you can find one that you like their work and they are reasonable then I'd say go for that one. €24,000 ex Vat is a serious chunk of change when you consider that would more than likely pay for your whole heating system. When it came to he QS I also got massively varying prices. One wanted €2,500 just for BOQ, another wanted €1,000 and the third wanted €600.
merryberry wrote: » ?212,000 for a bungalow in Tipperary to builders finish. Footprint is 2030sq ft with 700sq ft in converted attic space. Includes a high insulation spec delivering a provisional BER of A3. Not sure how people would look at that cost on ? per sq foot basis i.e. is it ?212,000 / 2030 sq ft = ?105 sq ft or is divided by 2730 sq ft which would give ?77 sq ft
merryberry wrote: » €212,000 for a bungalow in Tipperary to builders finish. Footprint is 2030sq ft with 700sq ft in converted attic space. Includes a high insulation spec delivering a provisional BER of A3. Not sure how people would look at that cost on € per sq foot basis i.e. is it €212,000 / 2030 sq ft = €105 sq ft or is divided by 2730 sq ft which would give €77 sq ft
