Hello everyone, my name is Claire and I live with my husband and our 2 young children in South Devon. There is a custom build development locally of 18 plots which should be available to buy in the coming months. Our plan is to buy a plot and build our own home there. We have been researching for many months, got the homebuilder's bible, magazine subscriptions, been to the shows....all the standard stuff. We have had mixed responses to our budget and I was interested to get any thoughts/advice that you may be able to offer....
We have some rough figures for the plots (yet to be confirmed) but our total budget minus the plot price will be somewhere in the region of £190k-£240k, this figure will need to cover everything else (professional fees, landscaping, foundations, build, 10% contingency....basically everything else apart from the land). The plots are already serviced. We are hoping to build a 3 bed, open plan living/dining/kitchen, downstairs study, possible small 4th bedroom if possible.
My husband works full time, I work part time and look after the children so realistically the time we can dedicate to the project is limited, I am however willing and I am an organised person so I will do what I can. Neither of us have any experience in the building trade though. We have been looking down the kit/package firm route with firms that can provide a fixed price turnkey route as we need to stay within budget. We have however, been advised to use contractors/subcontractors so that we can drive prices down....
Anyway, as I said, any thoughts would be gratefully received.