Building a house - quotes needed

Legacy_user

Hi all,

Thinking of building a house from scratch and need some ideas on how much it's all going to cost? Doesn't have to be an itemised list down to the last nut and bolt though.
It's going to be a 4 bedroomed detached house, 3 reception rooms, 1 kitchen, 2 ensuite bathrooms,
1 family bathroom and attached but sepearte garage (ie. not integral).
It's going to be very near existing gas/electric, water, sewerage mains and road access.
Any builders out there that can give me a rough estimate of total cost?
Things i will not be able to do myself:
Brick work, roofing, electrics, plumbing, internal and external rendering/plastering. Everything else i'll be ok with.
Will this bring the price down a lot?
Cheers,
Gav

Woby_Tide

Hi all,

Things i will not be able to do myself:
Brick work, roofing, electrics, plumbing, internal and external rendering/plastering. Everything else i'll be ok with.
Will this bring the price down a lot?

out of curiousity what other tasks on a new build are there apart from decorating and kitting out kitchen bathrooms etc. unless you are included those under plumbing? are you digging out foundations etc. yourself?

System

Hi,

Foundations, windows and doors, plasterboards, arcitrave, skirting boards, coving, flooring, kitchen and bathroom fitting, decorating.
Probably a few more things i can't think of as well.

libra10

Good luck, my two brothers built their own homes many years ago. Try the website http://www.findabuilder.co.uk/
Loads of ideas there, plus a competition to win £2,500 towards building costs - worth giving it a go.

System

Hi all,

Any plumbers, electricians, brickies, roofers, plasterers out there that can give me a quote on the above topic?

Cheers,
Gav

divadee

it would be hard for a builder to give a quote without plans, size etc..... have you got to demolish an old house etc.... have you even got building permission? also you will need building reg inspectors to come round at various intervals.

ps. if you are getting a mortgage for this dont forget that the provider normally releases the money in stages. not all at once so very careful planning is required, i think it is normally 3 stages. once the foundations are done is the first one.

hope that is of some help.

System

Understand that but all i need is a rough quote of an average 4 bed family house (assuming planning permission is given), possibly similar to this:

http://www.redrow.co.uk/ShowLargeStyleImage.aspx?StyleName=churchill

http://www.redrow.co.uk/ShowLargeFloorPlan.aspx?StyleName=churchill

Cheers

houseboy

As others have said, it would be hard for any builder to give an estimate based on the info provided.
However as a budget, based on the houses suggested, I would use the following.

Dwelling cost above DPC (complete) = £52,000
House drainage = £1,450
Single driveway = £700
Double driveway = £1,000
Standard service connections = £900
Slab footpaths = £320
Services excavations = 750
Turf to front and rear gardens = £950
Drainage channels to drive = £300
Fencing = £500
Foundations = £4500

The above are typical rates used for low volume developers based on timber kit construction and assuming standard foundations, and assuming you aint been reading too many interior design mags.

The numbers detailed above come close to one of my friends new build project completed last year.

Let me know if you need any further help, I could go on for too long.

:-/

System

If you were to do the dry lining I would anticipate you should budget around the £3000 mark for plastering

cathy_3

get yourself a quantity surveyor   worth evry penny as you dont then waste money on extra materials

have you thought of a kit home??


http://www.sol.co.uk/k/kithomes/

System

the rebuild insurance value for a 4 bed is around £150k to £185k