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South Co. dublin more like €2,300 per sq m at the momentBad time to be looking to build an extension, the prices are crazy. And I am speaking from experience.
A QS told me recently that as a rule of thumb it's €1,500 per sq metre for a one storey extension and €2k if it's 2 storey.
You need to engage the architect for the design and an engineer for the structural part. A QS will price it. Some architects have their own QS, so maybe look at them so you can keep the prices in line with the design. An architect will just go on guidelines for prices but they are out of date. You can't engage a QS first as they need to know what they have to price.
Totally agree - we were looking to do a straightforward 50m single storey extension to a classic sd corporation house (house worth no more than 200k. At the same time I’m doing work on our house in London. First two quotes back were 190 k and 210 k respectively - breakdown showed significant disparities between the two. Complete over bidding - and the extras being included were ridiculous. And way over what I’ve ever had to pay in central london. For example Removing 6 kitchen units at a cost of 1000 (kitchen 3 times the size was removed in London for 150). Lifting existing living room floor to insulate 3x3 between 4-8k - I’ve just had to remove kitchen units in a 4x4 kitchen in London to replace all of kitchen floor as a result of water damage, insulate and reinstall kitchen for 7k (euro€) Preliminaries and ins” of either 8 or 15k including hoardings scaffolding travel costs (15 miles each way) and I suspect an uplift cause house is located in seaside village popular for weekend breaks. Happy for any developer to make a profit but the quotes were ridiculous. Have heard a rumour that due to the number of enquiries builders are quoting silly numbers and if you are either desperate or stupid and say yes they are happy to do it. Thankfully it’s a holiday home and we can wait until sense returns to the market. And we really should all be learning to say no to builders with quotes like this - this madness will just make the crash bigger when it comesBad time to be looking to build an extension, the prices are crazy. And I am speaking from experience.
A QS told me recently that as a rule of thumb it's €1,500 per sq metre for a one storey extension and €2k if it's 2 storey.
You need to engage the architect for the design and an engineer for the structural part. A QS will price it. Some architects have their own QS, so maybe look at them so you can keep the prices in line with the design. An architect will just go on guidelines for prices but they are out of date. You can't engage a QS first as they need to know what they have to price.
Happy for any developer to make a profit but the quotes were ridiculous. Have heard a rumour that due to the number of enquiries builders are quoting silly numbers and if you are either desperate or stupid and say yes they are happy to do it.
Like anyone in demand, they don't want the small jobs, too much hassle, especially when there's plenty of jobs that will keep them busy for months on end.Not an extension but I've been looking for a builder to supply and fit a shower tray in one of my bathrooms
To date I've only found one builder who would give me a quote
€3150 + vat@ 13.5%
Seems to be 2 things at play here....
1. Availability of builders - backlog due to close down, build up of demand due to working from home/increased savings, maybe an element of some workers not going back to work too so builders working out where they stand.
2. Prices - linked to the above, increased demand/reduced supply driving up prices; als raw materials up, Brexit infuenced.
Anyone's guess when things might start to look better, right?
Builders are going to be busy for the foreseeable I would imagine, 8+ months. Or longer.
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