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Building Materials Purchase

The cost of building materials to the Self Builder is affected by three main factors:

The lack of knowledge of the Self Builder

There is no doubt that it costs the builders merchant more to service the needs of a Self Builder than a professional tradesman. The tradesman often knows exactly what materials he wants, how much he needs and when he needs it. The average Self Builder, however, is normally reliant on others to specify and quantify materials and, indeed, many merchants offer different types of "take off" services to attract this customer. The problem, of course, is that the Self Builder will not know if the materials and individual products chosen are providing best value.

Spending Volume

Most building material suppliers rely on a range of customers with different levels of spend, eg a National Housebuilder may build several thousand homes each year and spend millions of pounds with their chosen suppliers. A jobbing builder may spend some £50,000 per annum. What is certain is that they buy the materials at different prices. Both pay "trade price" but at different levels. The more you spend, the cheaper the materials.

Credit control

Every business has a credit control policy and the builders merchant is no exception. A suitable credit limit is absolutely vital to a smooth running building project. The last thing a professional builder or a Self Builder wants is to have work stop as a result of lack of materials!

Buildplan for Building Materials

BuildPlan has been designed to provide the Self Builder with the type of buying power previously available only to large house building corporations.

The graph below demonstrates the kind of buying power you can achieve with BuildPlan. To open a Buildplan account click here

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