Most cost effective house type?

bombadil

Great thread.. have been busy scribbling down notes for my proposed build. Im at the very early stages and trying to decide on what type of house to build! I am thinking of doing as much of the work as possible myself, From experience and regarding cost what would people suggest?

Bungalow
Dormer
Storey and Half
Two Storey

I know this is very general.. but as I said its the early stages.

cgarrad

€1000 to €1500 per sq meter of finished floor space depending on quality of materials used.

Rough guideline :rolleyes:

Stove Fan

Expect the work to take longer than you thought and that it will cost you more than you budgeted.

Spend plenty of time pricing materials for the interior fit out.

Stove Fan:)

muffler

Above posts moved from the "Things I wish had done" thread in the C & P forum where they were off topic.

BryanF

bombadil wrote: »

Great thread.. have been busy scribbling down notes for my proposed build. Im at the very early stages and trying to decide on what type of house to build! I am thinking of doing as much of the work as possible myself, From experience and regarding cost what would people suggest?

Bungalow
Dormer
Storey and Half
Two Storey

I know this is very general.. but as I said its the early stages.

Bungalow: no
Dormer/ Storey and Half: next best
Two Storey: best

but planners that's a different story!:)

you should be thinking orientation, light, compactness and flow of usable floor plan.

and to be honest if your asking the above, you should get some professional advice. IMHO what you spend on this will be saved ten fold in grief and extra costs over the duration of your build

dylanthomas

BryanF wrote: »

Bungalow: no
Dormer/ Storey and Half: next best
Two Storey: best

Based on costing for construction;

Bungalow; Best
Dormer/ 2 Storey; No

BryanF

and what's the per msq running costs V two-storey of the same standard of construction?

bombadil

Thanks for the response everyone! .. your thoughts are much appreciated! I have read some conflicting views though.. some would say that bungalows are the more expensive option given the extra footings and larger roof as the building will have a larger footprint to fit in say 3/4 bedrooms (than a two storey that is).

Style wise my own preference is probably traditional farmhouse two storey type building... and avoiding cost of dormers and outshots from the main building... its all about the cost though!

Cheapest design would be based on a cube shaped house, smaller foundation & roof as well as minimal external walls.

That's why most "developers" build square houses.

muffler

dylanthomas wrote: »

Based on costing for construction;

Bungalow; Best
Dormer/ 2 Storey; No

Your very first post on the C & P forum and you come out with something like that.

Im not sure if you're trolling or if you genuinely believe that but either way I dont agree.

DonegalMick

A Square dormer is generally the most cost effective construction as a well designed house will use 90% of the space available. Two-storey houses have a significant cost with scaffolding, extra block work, plastering etc plus the all the health and safety issues with working at height. Painting of two-storey houses and maintainence is also generally more, even small jobs like cleaning the gutters take more time.

1chippy

agree completly with donegal mick. built one for my sis who was on a seriously tight budget. if its well designed you can just find extra sq feet. plus you could heat her house with a candle.

galwaytt

DonegalMick wrote: »

A Square dormer is generally the most cost effective construction as a well designed house will use 90% of the space available. Two-storey houses have a significant cost with scaffolding, extra block work, plastering etc plus the all the health and safety issues with working at height. Painting of two-storey houses and maintainence is also generally more, even small jobs like cleaning the gutters take more time.

Sorry, dorrmer's have more, bigger roof's. Roofs, per m2, are more expensive than walls, so, my list

Best 1st
2-storey
1.5 storey/dormer
Bungalow (worst of both cases)

All you need to do now is sort Planning