On Sun, 9 Jan 2011 00:22:02 -0000, Dave Budd
wrote:

In article ,
says...

Just out of interest, like, does anyone know how much it costs to build
a house on a plot that you own in England, or anywhere I can find
something like a guesstimated cost per square whatever for building a
bungalow?

There are plenty of references to costs in Leftpondia, but nowt I can
find for this side of the herring pond.

I'm in the market for somewhere to live, and there are a couple of empty
plots nearby.

If it comes up almost as cheap as buying somwehere older and doing it
up, I'd maybe prefer it.

Well it depends...
How big the thing you build is
How much you do yourself (either managing the project or actually doing
the work)

I believe you can build for quite a bit less than you can buy the
equivalent. And you get to build in the features you want.

FWSE "self-build house" and select 'UK pages only', you ought to find
something of use

Generally builders quote by the m^2 so work out the total floor size
and multiply by £1000-£1500.

If 'Grand Designs' is owt to go by, fights with Planning are the big
problem

Planning is a big hassle even if your designs are not "grand" if my
experience is anything to go back. The planning officers "redesigned"
various parts of the extension I wanted build. I've no idea why.
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