The construction of a houseA detailed look on what is involved in the construction of a houseThe first thing that concerns us when it comes to building a house is the cost. What is the cost to build a shell house and the cost for a turnkey house? Then, how to work: on your own or with a company? And most importantly: what guarantees can I have that I can build a thorough house? In the lines below will detail each aspect separately.What is the cost to build a shell house and the cost for a turnkey house?We all know the realities of the construction market: it is full of frivolous teams and companies that build badly (crooked walls, badly cast foundations, roofing and insulations wrongly installed, installations that in less than one year must be changed and everything must be broken, finishes made mockingly) or use questionable source material (iron imported from who knows what exotic country, concrete brought by trucks with a little more water than it should, thermal insulation, waterproofing and finishing of very poor quality). Not to mention the execution prices given with no cost estimate or hastily made offers done in Excel. All these so-called execution deals always have hidden costs: quantities of materials grossly undervalued or overvalued, omitted stages of execution that were not included intentionally in the offer but must be made e.g.: sills, handrails, shower insulations and many more. All of the above are found in all deals with extremely low prices: for concrete and red brick frame system shell houses deals of 100-130 Euro/sq. m and turnkey houses deals of 200-300 Euro/sq. m. Wanting to build our much needed house we are attracted to low prices and we wonder how it came to such a cost? Were all the quantities and stages of execution absolutely taken into account?

The construction of a houseA detailed look on what is involved in the construction of a houseThe first thing that concerns us when it comes to building a house is the cost. What is the cost to build a shell house and the cost for a turnkey house? Then, how to work: on your own or with a company? And most importantly: what guarantees can I have that I can build a thorough house? In the lines below will detail each aspect separately.What is the cost to build a shell house and the cost for a turnkey house?We all know the realities of the construction market: it is full of frivolous teams and companies that build badly (crooked walls, badly cast foundations, roofing and insulations wrongly installed, installations that in less than one year must be changed and everything must be broken, finishes made mockingly) or use questionable source material (iron imported from who knows what exotic country, concrete brought by trucks with a little more water than it should, thermal insulation, waterproofing and finishing of very poor quality). Not to mention the execution prices given with no cost estimate or hastily made offers done in Excel. All these so-called execution deals always have hidden costs: quantities of materials grossly undervalued or overvalued, omitted stages of execution that were not included intentionally in the offer but must be made e.g.: sills, handrails, shower insulations and many more. All of the above are found in all deals with extremely low prices: for concrete and red brick frame system shell houses deals of 100-130 Euro/sq. m and turnkey houses deals of 200-300 Euro/sq. m. Wanting to build our much needed house we are attracted to low prices and we wonder how it came to such a cost? Were all the quantities and stages of execution absolutely taken into account?