New house build cost?

[EVENKEEL]

I'm looking at either buying or building a house in Rayong area. In order to get a decent sized lot with house (250+ sq meter) I'm up in the 8 mil range so I'm thinking maybe buy land and build a grand house.

 

Just looking for an approximate per sq Meter cost of materials and labor for a solid build not to include all the inside extras as I know that price can vary.

[khunJam]

 Build your own and avoid potential problems like roof leaks, pipe leaks, foundation problems and many other potential problems.

[Peterw42]

Maybe contact a builder for up to date pricing. A little hard to give prices without knowing what materials, design etc.

 

https://pattayahousebuilder.com/

[KhunLA]

฿15k - ฿20k m² would be a good range.  Less if lucky, but I wouldn't pay more.  Ours have been ฿10k or less, but the wife is an experienced, tough negotiator, and semi rural location.   Last build was contracted 4+ years ago at ~฿10k m², excluding land.  

 

Land is a huge variable for home price, as has appreciated about 5 fold in past few year locally.  Again, that's semi rural, so the location location location thingy kicks in hard.

 

Priced for single story, as 2 story house, and can easily add 25% to build price price.    We used insulated block (K or Q block) what ever it's called.  No cinder or red block.   BlueScope rolled steel roof, being insulated, lighter, stronger and cheaper than alternative roofing material.  

 

Wouldn't recommend using any other materials for walls or roof.

[EVENKEEL]

4 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

฿15k - ฿20k m² would be a good range.  Less if lucky, but I wouldn't pay more.  Ours have been ฿10k or less, but the wife is an experienced, tough negotiator, and semi rural location.   Last build was contracted 4+ years ago at ~฿10k m², excluding land.  

 

Land is a huge variable for home price, as has appreciated about 5 fold in past few year locally.  Again, that's semi rural, so the location location location thingy kicks in hard.

Yep, land prices are silly. 3 mil for 1/2 rai is a good price here for a good location. Did yours include all inside fittings like kitchen and bathrooms?

[FlorC]

Mine was build for 6K/m2 but in rural North , not Rayong.

Incl double wall and ceiling insulation , tiles , all inside fittings, western bathroom, small kitchen, windows/doors.

Not perfect of course , but building standards are not high in Thailand.

[KhunLA]

2 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

Yep, land prices are silly. 3 mil for 1/2 rai is a good price here for a good location. Did yours include all inside fittings like kitchen and bathrooms?

Bathroom fittings yes, but kitchen, not full on western, just hob, and cabinets, (hung, not built in) as no desire for built in oven or other appliances.  Although that wouldn't have added that much to pricing.   Cost of appliance more than actually just fitting appliances would have been the only added pricing.

 

Our carport roofing & rain gutters were  add ons, after house build.  As was the perimeter wall, built by different contractor couple years earlier.   Also no landscaping or outdoor lighting features.

 

Contract price include breakdowns for all things, fittings, tiles, and we actually shopped for those, and usually came in at about some price as builders price.   And less expensive items, the balance moved over to things we picked that might have been more expensive.

 

We used a different glass doors & window contractor than the builders, so adjustment was made there.

 

Other than that, the builder's pricing was fairly spot on.   Her allowance for tiles & fittings.

 

Non negotiable were the foundation, once decided on, concrete, block, columns, steel work.  All fixed, and use as blueprints dictated.   Wife had the blueprints made up.

 

Use of Bluescope rolled steel roof, keeps the price down, vs heavier roof material, as not as much support steel required.    Although solar was added, so had to accommodate that extra weight.