autumnbelle wrote: » Would love a rough guideline on what a 125m squared bungalow should cost to build. Getting prices of up to 300k. Also is it possible to self build now or is this all gone with the regulations now? We had a budget of 200k max. Have site already.
Carrickbeg wrote: » Dont go direct labour
368100 wrote: » Any particular reason or is this just a general statement that nobody should do direct labour ...ever?
Carrickbeg wrote: » Yes 23%vat on things like timber, slates and insulation...a builder can claim that back and pay 13%. You have to deal with about 15 different trades not 5 as I thought...windows, scaffolding, insulation etc. And it's very hard work. Trades men will not tidy up after themselves as there is no repeat business. It will take a toll on your home life. For me it cost the same as the builders tender. You will make mistakes that a builder wont. These mistakes will cost you. It takes longer.
stretchaq wrote: » There is a massive difference between a self build and just employing trades, you have to know what your doing i.e do your own foundations, radon, filling, floors, insulation air tightness, painting, spend every spare minute working on your house and you can save a fortune, however if you just spend your days Organizing trades and/or laborers to do all this work just hire a builder, a self build for me is getting on your dirty old clothes and working hard €90/sq ft is well achievable if you do lots of work yourself
Carrickbeg wrote: » Yeah your right...im doing a hell of a lot of donkey work myself but im not a trades man and therefore cannot do any of the main parts myself...I'm hopefully going to come in at around 90euro a square foot but I had a builders tender for 100euro a square foot and for all the extra work I would say to anyone thinking of it, that is direct labour, don't do it...unless your a carpenter or something.
Carrickbeg wrote: » What are irish water charging for a waste water connection fee June 2018?
Carrickbeg wrote: » Does anyone know the difference between w/mK and w/m2K when it comes to insulation? My loft roll insulation is the first one but the solid insulation uses the metre squared unit?
Carrickbeg wrote: » Current building regs state that a new build must produce 10w/m2/year of renewable energy. Does anyone know the value of solar tubular panels for DEAP. One panel is ten tubes?
u2fanatic wrote: » Hi folks, Myself and my wife have acquired a nice plot of land and we are hoping to build a 4 house on it. We have no clue how much the whole thing will cost though, and when in say whole thing I mean from the beginning (e.g land surveyors,architects etc) to the very end (turnkey finish) Can anyone give me a rough guide to these prices..? The house will hopefully be built in the Midlands and would be 4 bedroom, around 1800 sq ft.. Also is there any websites/builders I could be pointed towards that might have all my answers in one place. thanks in advance
u2fanatic wrote: » 1. Can anyone give me a rough guide to these prices..? The house will hopefully be built in the Midlands and would be 4 bedroom, around 1800 sq ft.. 2. Also is there any websites/builders I could be pointed towards that might have all my answers in one place. thanks in advance
Carrickbeg wrote: » Builders finish between 110 and 120 euro per square foot. So many unknowns tho so its hard to know. With finishes then anythin up to 150euros e.g. kitchen 10k or 30k. Bathroom 1k or 10k.
NCounty wrote: » Hi new here first time posting - would anyone have a rough idea of cost of building a small/medium two storey detached house in North County Dublin - I have been told that it would be c. €250 per sq. ft?
kceire wrote: » Your BER Assessor should be doing this. You cannot get a BER cert without one.
homerjk wrote: » When people get their costs back from a QS and you are working out cost per sq m etc do you include the total price including VAT etc or just the build costs themselves? We just got a QS to do up a cost estimate report for us and it came in waaaaay over what we thought. €535,000 for a 240sqm bungalow in rural Kilkenny. Going in we did know that our architect asked for a "slightly higher spec" finish but jesus this was way over. And that excludes VAT. So excluding VAT its coming out at €2,230 per sq m. Adding VAT its comes out at €2530 per sqm!
Carrickbeg wrote: » I have my BER assessor's head wrecked from asking him questions.
maude6868 wrote: » Can anybody tell me if this is correct. I never drew down the final stage payment of 10000 on my self build. I was approved for 150000 and drew down 140000 yet my mortgage statements show decreasing amounts form 150000. Does that mean I'm paying interest on 150000 even though I only used 140000.
kceire wrote: » That's what you are paying him for to be fair, unless you are constantly changing items, and he constantly has to alter his DEAP data to ensure compliance.
Carrickbeg wrote: » Yes to both. But my problem was trying to find the best fit A-rated home for me. Heat recovery ventilation? Natural ventilation? Heat pump? Wood burning stove with back boiler? Pv panels? Evacuated tubes? Flat solar thermal panels? Air tigthness? Natural gas? Solar gain?...etc...
