Self Building your home

joehandyman

Hello

Our intention is to build a two story house in North Monaghan in 2010. We have heard that there can be significant savings by project managing the self build ourselves rather than engaging a builder to do this on our behalf. On this basis, we would appreciate some help in relation to the following matters.

• Our house will be roughly 3000 sq ft. We would appreciate it if you could recommond a reputable builder that we could depend on to do a good job at a reasonable price;
• What timeframe could a house of this size be build?
• Given the fact that we intend to project manage the project ourselves, how could we safeguard ourselves against shabby work. In particular, is it possible to bind a trades person by way of a written agreement, to ensure that they are fully accountable in the event that the work is not completed to a high standard;
• If anyone has went through this process, we would appreciate some help in relation to the development of a project plan to assist us in organising the project

On the basis that we will be operating from a tight budget (probably about Eur 240,000 assuming our mortgage is approved), we would appreciate some tips from anyone who has previously went through this process.

Many thanks.....

Smcgie

This should really be in the Construction and Planning Forum as you will get a better answer there

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BoozyBabe

Hi Joe, In the area & in the process.
Seeing this a bit late, but if you're interested I could defo recommend a few trades