Brendan Burgess
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but it does take time and patience! But I can't complain when I'm getting a full estimate for my house for a fraction of the cost a QS would charge!
You are also making all the decisions and the budget provided is only going to be as reliable as the information you put into it.
given that it does take time and patience, have you calculated how much time and put a cost against that in order to compare against the cost a QS would charge.
A Quantity Surveyor will have to charge for his time after all.
You are also making all the decisions and the budget provided is only going to be as reliable as the information you put into it.
I agree with you 100%, I have chosen to go the direct Labour route and in doing so I basically have to take on the role of the Main Contractor in that I've to order materials and make sure they are on the site, tender and appoint for the tradesmen and try and programme everything in so that my house won't take me years to build!! etc, etc, etc....
In addition to all this organising I really have to keep on top of all the costs associated with building my house and keep my budget on track as it is tight enough. I'm not in the construction trade so I wouldn't have an iota what different trades would cost per m/m2/hr) so thats why I thought it was really important to get a full budget estimate on my build before I started, by doing this I have already saved nearly 1.5k on my blocklaying costs and just under 1k on my roofing costs as I knew exactly what the cost of the blocklaying and roofing should be and I was therefore able to negotiate the lads down to a fair price for the works. This is where appointing a Quantity Surveyor or using a build costing system like what is on the selfbuildrates.ie site saves you money!
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