Building Townhouse / Commercial Building Easier Than Building A House ?

[Fgis]

Hi,

When I see all the problems that people have to face when they want to build a house I wonder if you think that it would be less source of problem to build a small building or townhouse / commercial building with 3 storeys ?

I know nothing but feel like it must be easier to build than a house that is supposed to look good when a building is just a building anyway.

Do you have any experience about construction of a 3 storeys building / commercial building ?

Company building this are maybe more reliable ?

What about cost ?

Thank you.

[kannot]

Sorry can't help but building anything here is not easy.

Company building makes NO difference, be there yourself all day, do not trust a single word spoken to you, do not accept we'll fix it later.

Buy your own materials and concrete, use CPAC and ask for the slump test on EVERY delivery.

[bbradsby]

The more stories, the more/larger steel in your concrete, the larger your concrete beams, and the more your contractor must be a professional in order to construct a proper structure. These all add cost. The third-tier developers usually stop at eight stories for good reason. However, geometrically, a three story shophouse can be economically built since it is just a simple box, is often simpler shape than a free-standing house, so the cost per square meter should be similar to a bit less.

As to difficulty, both a shop house & a single family detached house are not a huge deal to get done.

[davejones]

Easy to build both if you hire competent builders. Same is true the world over.

[Fgis]

Easy to build both if you hire competent builders. Same is true the world over.

Yes, but easier in the rest of the world than here it seems.

I also wonder can be built with the metallic structures that we often see ? Do you have any website of company selling these structures ?

Thanks.

[bbradsby]

You cant just buy a structure for a townhouse, as they must be tailored to the lot size. and I wouldn't just plop one down on a detached home site as theyre really just metal barns.