Final roundup on costs

[nod]

11 minutes ago, ProDave said:

Well done @nod

 

You have shown if you are dilligent and do a lot yourself you can still self build for under £1000 per square metre.

Thanks Dave 

[nod]

5 minutes ago, Big Jimbo said:

Bloody love it @nod. Great job mate.

Thanks Jim

[BotusBuild]

Nice job sir.

[Alan Ambrose]

Congrats

[Gus Potter]

On 08/09/2025 at 12:49, nod said:

It’s taken a little while to get an exact figure

Well done NOD.

 

When I was younger I did a self build, I was a builder anyway at that time. We built roughly 180m sq of  1.5 story house. I built the garage first with a kitchen, shower room and we slept in a caravan so the planners did not boot us out. Wife went to work and I got up every day and built a bit of the house.

 

From memory I think I spent about 4000 man hours doing the house, garage excluded, septic tank, services went with the garage and so on. 

 

About 100 weeks on the tools went on the house if you base that on 40 hours a week ~ 2 years. But then I had to manage stuff / source material and at the end of the day it took about 2.5 - 3 years. 

 

Now all that labour was tax free. When we came to sell the house we made a tidy profit. 

 

In terms of your cost per sq metre have you an idea of a value for the time you spent and how many hours that has required.

 

If you take your figure of under 1.0k per sq metre then the idea of taking time off work to realise that, or doing extra hours outside the day job becomes very attractive. 

 

 

 

[Iceverge]

47 minutes ago, Gus Potter said:

In terms of your cost per sq metre have you an idea of a value for the time you spent and how many hours that has required.

 

The real question is how much Mrs Nod is worth. 

 

I seem to remember a pic of her slating the roof on Christmas morning.

[Gus Potter]

11 minutes ago, Iceverge said:

The real question is how much Mrs Nod is worth. 

 

I seem to remember a pic of her slating the roof on Christmas morning.

I'm sure Mrs Nod is more than capable. Seriously though, self building can make or break a relationship. It's not for the faint hearted. 

[nod]

Thanks Gus 

 

It was a standing joke on our build that if I had a side job stacking shelves at Aldi We would have more money in the pot than when we sell

Build cost including land 370k Sold 750k 820m2 from memory 

 

Most on here will know that I own and run a successful plastering and framing business Along with a render and tile company 

I made it a strict rule that no one from our company With the exception of our son would set foot on site till the house was built 

I’ve manage to stick to this on both builds Whenever our son has helped I’ve added £300 per day to the build cost Roughly what I pay him on site 

 

To get back to your question 

We both worked our day jobs Mon-Thursday I would arive at the build  each after work and do three hours 4-7 and 4-9 on a Thursdays Up and out to my day job Various building sites at 6am My wife and I would do 10 hours each on a Friday and Saturday and 8 on a Sunday No holidays Just Christmas Day and Boxing Day 

We would also have four weeks away from our day jobs and use these on site 

So you can see where the Aldi comment came from 😁

Our current build has been valued at 1.3 Who know to you actually sell 

Land and build just under 500k 

Still well worth doing Unless this government decides to tax us self builders Or starts with the vat reclaim

Who knows 

 

Apology's for the long winded reply Gus If you had asked me twelve months ago The answer would have been much shorter As I’d have been building a house Or thinking about building a house Or both 😁

 

Ill leave you to do the maths I’m guessing it will add up to far more hours than I think 

Each build took about 20 months Then a couple of months of leisurely finishing bits 

 

I’ve enjoyed every bit of the build 

Except the planning process 😁

[nod]

29 minutes ago, Iceverge said:

 

The real question is how much Mrs Nod is worth. 

 

I seem to remember a pic of her slating the roof on Christmas morning.

Her weight in gold Hospital administration by day But true self builder at heart 

When I broke my hand She slated the entire workshop with me only fit to carry the slates and cut