Re: I want to build my own house
A contractor friend of mine said you can save as much as 40% if you build it yourself. This makes sense since 30% is not an unreasonable profit for contractors. The 10% can come from supervision costs.
Some designs are overdesigned. I had fence built and the workers I hired said the footings specified would support a 2 story house!
You can never and will never save 40% if an unexperienced fellow will build his own house. If you are lucky and adept in supervising I'll say 10-15%max. It takes experience to know if the foreman or the workers are doing the right thing. You should at least be aware of the accomplishment per man-day of each and every manpower you have. Also, never rely on a foreman alone......their skill is mainly due to experience only, sad to say if what he saw or did in his previous works are wrong or not prescribed in the building code or the national structural code of the Philippines then most likely he will apply that wrong principle in your house. Always have a civil engineer or an architect to at least supervise the project once in a while. Contractors nowadays only make 15-20% profit, and that includes overhead and contingencies due mainly to competition. 40% profit is almost non existent as it is "taga" na. The new vazbuilt system is good and cheap. 10-12k/sqm AFAIK. The only drawback is the limited design options. Just my 2 cents.
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Re: I want to build my own house
ABout vazbuilt okay yung do it your self, pero madaming charges (freight and inspection) plus installation (you will have to look for accredited contractor). Aabot din ng 500K yung tyler model nila na 30 sqm.
Sa mga magpapagawa, wag niyo akong tularan, naglakas ng loob to do it on my own and inspect on my own.
Get a contractor. A reputable one. Ask around. Visit his former clients. Ask for a breakdown. I canvas ng malaman ang mark up. Ikaw ang bumili ng materyales pero labor lang siya. Ask for a contract sa number of day na paggawa. Pag lumampas di ka magbabayad.
Halos masira ang ulo ko sa pagbabantay. Magtingin kayo sa buy and sell na labor lang ang contract.
Pero mas okay pa din ang magpagawa kaysa ang bumili ng gawa na.
Re: I want to build my own house
Usually max concrete strength is gain on the 21st-28th day after the pour.
Any update on this project?
Re: I want to build my own house
WOW!! 700k for a 140sqm house? thats roughly 5,000/sqm. That's the building cost of low cost housing units. Can I sub-con my projects to you? Dunno how you do it but with today's prices its a miracle.
hi. hehe. i just chanced by this post now. turned out that the 700k was for the shell only. still, i think the total house cost was around 1.1 only including the finishing. now, i am in the tailend of the fencing construction and hardscaping. prices of steel are unbelievably low. imagine, when i started (12/2007) 16mm bar was 330, then during the height of inflation (9/2008) it was around 700 and last month (5/2009) it came down to 240. i heard it's even lower last week. tsk tsk
well, my tip for those diy'ing their own house is get a trusted foreman and do a one day job at the site. that way, you will be aware on what a one day's work is like and you'll have the basis on evaluating their performance. it's what i did.
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Almost every human has the same dream to build his/her own house. Building costs depend on your requirements. A simple double cement double storey doesn't cost a lot but other interiors, wiring etc take much budget.
I’m planning as well to construct a house. At the beginning I’m thinking to build a prefab. It seems vazbilt is the same as wall Crete Philippines . Nagtanong ako sa kanila. (Take note, they never replied via email or FB messenger. Overseas
call pa ako). £5k per sqm.daw pag bumili ka ng prefab excl. transport and without installation. Pag sila ang nag install is £28k per sqm. So, siguro mas maganda na nga Lang yong magpa construct ako. Mag hire na Lang foreman instead na kumuha ng contructor hoping na makatipid.
I've had a similar dream to build my own house, it didn't work out so well. As it appeared it's very hard to do and expensive as well(
However, due to work I'm moving to Singapore, it's very modern city, but it's combined with flora, so I like it.
Here's the condominium where I'm planning to get an apartment - Piermont Grand
First of all congratulations on such a decision. Hope you will be able to build your dream house within the budget. There are a lot of cheap houses for sale in Germany https://tranio.com/germany/detached/ which have construction plan attached to them. Might be of great help for you.
If you want to build your own house, then I advise you to contact an architect who will draw the right plan for your house and help with the layout. I also advise you to look at some ready-made options on the Internet. I hired the people who built my house, but I invented the whole design myself. I was able to realize several ideas that I had dreamed about for a long time - panoramic windows, sliding doors. I hired professionals who did their job well. For example, I turned to one company that deals with repairs and installation of sliding doors, here https://24hr-sliding-door-repair.com/ is their website, if you are interested. It was really cool that they did their job efficiently and quickly.
