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Selfbuild Costing

The information below is a breakdown of the costs for my House build. By clicking the link below you will get a Selfbuild Calculator which should give you some idea as to how much it will cost you to Selfbuild a house. The Selfbuild Calculator is an indepth excel sheet that covers areas of the country, standard of build, build route ie DIY to full build by a contractor and also types of building materials.

House Building Costs

These figures are actual costs for a 5 bedroom detached house of about 2000ft plus garage.

Materials

56151

Labour

Builder

12462

Joiner

1255

Slater

2252

Plumber

740

Plasterer

2000

Tiler

495

Painter

1615

Artexing

380

Drive wall

0

Conservatory

360

Labour

21559

Fees/Hire

Solicitor

514

Valuation

160

Insurance

517

N R A

50

House plans

417

NHBC

525

Security

415

Scaffold

1040

Van hire

111

Tool hire

80

Plant/tools

3147

Utilities

9906

Fees/Hire

16882

Total

94592

House Specification

a. Split random coursed natural stone outer wall

b. Reclaimed Welsh blue slate roof

c. Traditional blockwork construction

d. Concrete strip foundations

e. Block and beam floor

f. Copper piped wet radiator system

g. Plastered walls

h. High specification electrical installation

I. Hardwood double glased windows

j. Hardwood double glased conservatory

These are costs for the total house build including kitchen, decoration, gardens, fences, block paving, conservatory etc.

If anybody would like full costings please email me and I will send you an excel file with an itemised costing.

 

 

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