Hi,
building house but just at the planning stage at the mo. Plans are a lot larger than originally anticipated (originally planned 2750 sq ft - currently 3300 sq ft but trying to reduce a bit) so starting to worry about costs etc.
In some ways would love to just hand over responsibility to a builder & not have to worry about anything but I believe the min for this is €100 sq ft & that is for all standard items (white pvc windows etc - which i definitely want to upgrade to aluwood or something) so starting to get expensive. + have heard lots of nightmare stories about builders etc.
On the other hand Direct Labour cheaper but a lot more hassle & I don't have a clue what Im doing (although Brother just built his that way so I would have some advice available) If I was going to do it this way would def employee someone to oversee to some extent. Arhcitect has said that direct lab approx €80 sq meter at most.
Very long winded way of asking for your experiences & prices!! sorry.
building house but just at the planning stage at the mo. Plans are a lot larger than originally anticipated (originally planned 2750 sq ft - currently 3300 sq ft but trying to reduce a bit) so starting to worry about costs etc.
In some ways would love to just hand over responsibility to a builder & not have to worry about anything but I believe the min for this is €100 sq ft & that is for all standard items (white pvc windows etc - which i definitely want to upgrade to aluwood or something) so starting to get expensive. + have heard lots of nightmare stories about builders etc.
On the other hand Direct Labour cheaper but a lot more hassle & I don't have a clue what Im doing (although Brother just built his that way so I would have some advice available) If I was going to do it this way would def employee someone to oversee to some extent. Arhcitect has said that direct lab approx €80 sq meter at most.
Very long winded way of asking for your experiences & prices!! sorry.