How I beat the cost estimator
Before starting my last self-build project, I sent my Building Regulations’ plans off to an estimating service and received back a detailed breakdown of each stage of the build, with costs divided into labour and materials. In this series, I have been looking at the key stages of the build, explaining the costs involved.
Happily, on this project I managed to bring the cost of my build in under estimate, so I’m also passing on my words of advice on areas where savings can be made without compromising quality.
This month I am looking at first fix for
