Building costs. Jan 2023

4k per sqm is insane. got nowhere near those quotes in cork city.

In my opinion the price is still very high. Is access to the site a problem?

Out of curiosity is the existing house a detached house? Have you looked at a cost to demolish it completely and build a new house?

Just at planning stage here and thinking about doing the build as cheaply as possible and getting as much done as possible from savings before going for the mortgage, we have planning for a large garage and we might just build the house now and build the garage in let’s say 5 years from savings but would it be more cost effective to build the garage when we have builders on site etc

Do whatever suits yourself. If i were building a garage id be insulating it etc and heating it. Id be future proofing it for home office use. You never know what will happen in a five or ten years. Id also be putting in a wc.

simple square 2 storey will be cheapest. bunglaow will be most expensive, more roof, more foundation etc etc.

190-200e per sqft for me. Your site may well add costs though by the sounds of things.

Bungalow will be cheapest. No scaffolding except for roof maybe and even then trades can put it up themselves. Yes you have extra foundations but blocklayer will be working off ground floor all the time. Carpenter will not have to come put in joists on first floor before you can continue with blocks. Plumber will have to come fir underfloorheating to plumber again before it's plastered and slabbeb

The difference in foundations is minimal a couple loads of concrete there will be no difference in the labour to put in foundations very little extra in digging or site lay out costs. Ya maybe 5-600 blocks extra to ve laidbon foundations but fairly straightforward

If its a fairly straightforward build and you are going for simple finishes i wouks expect that for a 2K sq foot bunglow builders finish in the 350-380k mark definitely sub 400k.

My son is starting to build soon. He is going self build, its not a plain bungalow but not overly complicated either. His QA costings are 280k for a self build, his engineer is coming in at the same price for the bank.

Ya you would be going looking at prices at that stage. However you could be sussing out your engineer while planning is in progress if it not the lad doing the house plan's that is doing the certification for you.

Watch the extra they will probably quote you two rows 18'' to floor level watch the extra if it's going beyond that. Make sure you are not modifying after construction drawing are in place no matter what the better half wants. Same with specifications for Kitchen, bathroom, on suites etc. That is where costs can go completely out of control.

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any guesses on what the current costs would be in Dublin / North Kildare area for a new build? Site has no access issues or anything unusual about it?

The bank are unlikely to allow a 10k drawdown, minimum on mine is 20k. However they also had a stipulation that I could not make a drawdown until I had spent a certain amount of my own money. I had full approval etc and everything signed off but until I’d spent a (fairly significant sum) then no drawdown would be sanctioned.

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We are actively looking at getting quotes now.

I sent our architect plans to a company and they asked for €800 + VAT for a basic quote using our architect plans or €6,000 + VAT for an in depth quote.

Did you get anywhere with your quotes?