kingspoofer
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I just got planning myself to build a bungalow of 2500sq ft so interested in the response myself. Are you going direct labour or contractor? The only quote I got so far was for blocklayer-70c a block,which is half what they got last year
E70 /ft2 would be a good price at the moment. Things won't get much cheaper than they are now. I'm in the trade and rates are at rock bottom at the moment. I know subbies who have offered to lay blocks for me for 70c and I won't touch them and my advice to you would be to not go near them either. I would still rather pay E1.10 To E1.20 a block for quality. Whether you go for a builder or direct labour make sure to pore through every quote with a fine-tooth comb to make sure its a comprehensive quote with as little room for extras as possible. And if you are getting quotes for a roof for example and 4 guys are alll within a few grand of each other and another is 5 grand less, throw that quuote in the bin!!!
A simple, straightforward build, using a contractor, would be in the region of Eur 100 m2
That's cheap, works out to be 9.55 psf
Joejoe
Wish I could get prices that cheap, I think he means 1000 per sq m or about 100 per sq ft.
I know, only joking. This now means that construction prices in Ireland are cheaper than in the south of Germany!!!
Joejoe
Joe, I got offered 70 euro for a builders finish in the last week. Costs are coming down, a friend in the industy tells me I will get 60 euro a sq ft next year.
As someone in the trade, I don't see any great scope for reductions from here. People cannot work for below cost. All that will happen is the numbers of builders will decrease, but those that remain will still need the same rates to keep the doors open for business.
For a start, raw materials are set to rise, particularly timber. Just as petrol/oil has a trading market, so too does timber. And the best timber on the market (imho) comes out of Russia. Russia has just decided to NOT introduce export tarriff's on timber until Jan 2010. So, outside of normal increases next year, I expect an extra jump in price from Jan 2010 again.
Insulation has just had a big jump in price, so that's not going to come down, either.
As someone says - if you pay peanuts, you most assuredly will get monkey's.
A simple, straightforward build, using a contractor, would be in the region of Eur 100 m2
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