Posting/discussing actual quotes - good idea? Allowed? (anon of course)

[puntloos]

I've gotten back the quotes for my build from full-service contractors.

Design was done by architects/SE/etc, a few minor changes but https://forum.buildhub.org.uk/topic/24283-critique-my-finalish-design/ is pretty close to reality, if interested I can post the final-final designs too. 

 

Everything in the quotes is in there, preliminaries, some professional costs, labour, demo, removal etc etc, itemised down to actual amounts of concrete. 

 

Is it advisable (and allowed?) for me to post the quotes I got, of course anonymised so I'm not putting the actual builders on the spot?

 

I can probably PM anyone directly interested separately, the benefit I'm looking for is understanding if any particular piece is unreasonably high, so a sentence like "GBP12345 for thisandthatgubbins is crazy, you can get it here: http://coolshop.co.uk for half that" would be very welcome

 

FWIW, this is a high quality, near-passivhaus build in hertfordshire, so yes, it comes out to about 3500/sqm. I didn't quite expect _that_ high but it already was 2500/sqm in 2020 as the rule of thumb. 

Edited July 23, 2022 by puntloos

[Bozza]

If you’re happy to disclose, don’t see why not.  I’ve previously shared similar info to members.

[puntloos]

1 minute ago, Bozza said:

If you’re happy to disclose, don’t see why not.  I’ve previously shared similar info to members.

 

Dunno, I suppose I'm okay with it, disclosing financials (amounts of GBP you're thinking of etc) is a bit private so it feels a bit 'eh' but I was primarily wondering if it's even allowed on the forum, I guess calling out contractors by name is another matter but I doubt people can identify them from the quotes after I anonymised ..

[Ferdinand]

2 hours ago, puntloos said:

I've gotten back the quotes for my build from full-service contractors.

Design was done by architects/SE/etc, a few minor changes but https://forum.buildhub.org.uk/topic/24283-critique-my-finalish-design/ is pretty close to reality, if interested I can post the final-final designs too. 

 

Everything in the quotes is in there, preliminaries, some professional costs, labour, demo, removal etc etc, itemised down to actual amounts of concrete. 

 

Is it advisable (and allowed?) for me to post the quotes I got, of course anonymised so I'm not putting the actual builders on the spot?

 

I can probably PM anyone directly interested separately, the benefit I'm looking for is understanding if any particular piece is unreasonably high, so a sentence like "GBP12345 for thisandthatgubbins is crazy, you can get it here: http://coolshop.co.uk for half that" would be very welcome

 

FWIW, this is a high quality, near-passivhaus build in hertfordshire, so yes, it comes out to about 3500/sqm. I didn't quite expect _that_ high but it already was 2500/sqm in 2020 as the rule of thumb. 

You could put it on Google Storage, and allow access whilst talking about it, and then remove the access at the end of the chat - just leaving some reflections to keep the thread useful.

[PeterW]

Your problem will be comparison pricing - some things are unique to each building due to quantity, complexity of site, access, distance to supplier etc. I know for example that concrete can vary by 20% around here due to location and distance to the plant. Post up what you want but some of the values may be subjective. 

[puntloos]

 

Let's see how this goes