Cost to build a house

hendrebc · Sep 9, 2019

Just thinking out loud really haven't really decided on anything but thinking about building a house. Can't get much sense off anything online and don't really know anyone who has done one recently to ask either.
Not thinking of anything fancy just a standard 2/3 bed house in the corner of a field. Made so you can live in it with water and electricity ready to go and decorate. Anyone have a ballpark idea what would it cost roughly? Not looking for exact quotes or anything just a number to mull over.

Lincs Lass · Sep 9, 2019

The guy who Ive helped built a 3 bed (two ensuite),,including land purchase ,legal fees, stat services materials,and labour ,,it came in at 230k ,,its been valued at 280

hendrebc · Sep 9, 2019

Lincs Lass said:
The guy who Ive helped built a 3 bed (two ensuite),,including land purchase ,legal fees, stat services materials,and labour ,,it came in at 230k ,,its been valued at 280

Do you know what it would be without the land? I already have that bit

davidroberts30 · Sep 9, 2019

Lincs Lass said:
The guy who Ive helped built a 3 bed (two ensuite),,including land purchase ,legal fees, stat services materials,and labour ,,it came in at 230k ,,its been valued at 280

I'd say that is about it
120 to 140 for the build and a good 100 for plot etc

hendrebc · Sep 9, 2019

davidroberts30 said:
I'd say that is about it
120 to 140 for the build and a good 100 for plot etc

Thanks that's more useful than anything I could find looking on Google

spin cycle · Sep 9, 2019

IIRC i think barn conversion costs are circa £800-£100/m2.....new build is less.....location is key though....eg near to utilities as these cost a lot to connect i believe

davidroberts30 · Sep 9, 2019

hendrebc said:
Thanks that's more useful than anything I could find looking on Google

When I built 14 year ago we done it to about where you can move in for a shade over 100k
Obviously the more you can do yourself the cheaper it is but need balancing against your paid work

br jones · Sep 9, 2019

1200 to 1800 psqm ,depending on what type of build.and what type of finish.just built one for myself ,did everything apart from plumbing and electrics and sprinklers.around 140 sqm,4 bed ,good quality finnish.around 150 grand had the land already

ARW · Sep 9, 2019

200k will build you a good size house

hendrebc · Sep 9, 2019

spin cycle said:
IIRC i think barn conversion costs are circa £800-£100/m2.....new build is less.....location is key though....eg near to utilities as these cost a lot to connect i believe

Where I was thinking is an awkward field corner and is a brownfield site right next to the road and a pole with a transformer on it and a mains water pipe and phone cable running along it

spin cycle · Sep 9, 2019

what did you google?.....seems plenty of info out there :scratchhead:

'cost of buidling a house m2 uk'

tepapa · Sep 9, 2019

3/4 bed getting built now not far from you, tidy but nothing grand designs and I think that's costing circa £200k

hendrebc · Sep 9, 2019

spin cycle said:
what did you google?.....seems plenty of info out there

'cost of buidling a house m2 uk'

Basically that but it varies so much and it was quite hard to find something that didn't assume you had to buy a plot.

Lincs Lass · Sep 9, 2019

spin cycle said:
near to utilities as these cost a lot to connect i believe

They are ridiculous prices ,a road side gas connection can be 3 k +and thats if you dig all the trenches for them to the path edge ,water board have no concept of time ,,you get a date ,then its cancelled ,then they need traffic lights and highways closure and god forbid gas and water can turn up at the same time ,,thats far too easy

Werzle · Sep 9, 2019

hendrebc said:
Just thinking out loud really haven't really decided on anything but thinking about building a house. Can't get much sense off anything online and don't really know anyone who has done one recently to ask either.
Not thinking of anything fancy just a standard 2/3 bed house in the corner of a field. Made so you can live in it with water and electricity ready to go and decorate. Anyone have a ballpark idea what would it cost roughly? Not looking for exact quotes or anything just a number to mull over.

Mates having a 3 bedroom place built , very slightly above standard . 170k.

S J H · Sep 9, 2019

I reckon around £1000 per sq m I thought I could do it a fair bit cheaper, but I think it would end up around that. Manage trades yourself rather than getting a main contractor.

Still Farming · Sep 9, 2019

Buy lot of breeze blocks for 20k.

bitwrx · Sep 9, 2019

hendrebc said:
Do you know what it would be without the land? I already have that bit

A mate of mine who does this for a living says it roughly works in 'thirds'.
A third for the land
A third for the building (materials and labour)
A third for the developer (not all profit - cost of money, planning, cockups etc.)

Mind you, modern houses built by developers could probably do with having a bit more spent on the materials, IMHO.

spin cycle · Sep 9, 2019

there's a calculator,,,,,,self build cost calculator-build it............you have to register in end page though

hendrebc · Sep 9, 2019

spin cycle said:
there's a calculator,,,,,,self build cost calculator-build it............you have to register in end page though

Yes I saw one of those. It was going to be a bit too specific for someone who doesn't really know what he wants or how big it would be

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