"John Williamson" wrote in message
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Sunny Bard wrote:
John Williamson wrote:

It seems that that about a grand a square metre is the norm,

Certainly that's a number I've heard bandied around before.

so thirty should cover
the build for a small bungalow replacement

Wouldn't e.g. 6mx5m be a tad on the small side? The 'Acacia' is the
smallest two bed bungalow on that ScotBuild site and it's 65m^2

http://www.scotframe.co.uk/web/site/SelfBuild/HomesPortfolio/Bungalows/Acacia.asp

That's the sort of thing. Maybe about 40 square metres though, for a one
bedroom place, which is all I need. Then again, one bedroom bungalows are
hard`to sell.

I was just about to add that. At some point you will need to sell. Self
building a one bed to save a few Ks at build time will come back to bite you
later

tim