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Ep75 - Budget busters

June 27, 2024 · 37 min

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Craig Jones of Land Options Ireland chats about how much it costs to build a house in Ireland today, including:

  • Budgeting for your build: why a cost per sqm is the best place to start - and what the next steps are
  • The typical budget busters on a build
  • How to check if the site won't cost a fortune to build on
  • How much reports cost
  • How much to set aside for architect, engineer and quantity surveyor
  • Preliminaries: what are they and how much will they set you back
  • Costs per sqm as of mid-2024
  • What's the cheapest building method and will we be building with blockwork in 20 years' time?
  • What is value engineering and how does it work
  • What's the most cost efficient way to build

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