Thursday 10 March 2011

10 TIPS FOR REDUCING CONSTRUCTION COSTS

Constructing the home is simple, but reducing the cost of construction is difficult. So you should aware about how to construct your building by reducing the cost. Unawareness may leads to loss of money and time. Some of the factors for reducing the cost is discussed below.

1. Contact any builders to get the details for the estimation of cost required. Also inquire the details for quality, size, shape and other features you want.

2. You can also contact any person who newly constructed a building and take advice from him.

3. Avoid using large number of windows in the home and also minimize the size of window.

4. High roofs may also increase the cost of house. So opt for a simple roof system.

5. Also consider the size, style, shape and quality of homes which suits your budget.

6. More angles and corners in the home may leads to increase in cost. This may also consume more time which results in high labor cost. So you can make dome shaped homes which is costless compared to other shapes.

7. Almost 10% of total cost of construction should gone for flooring work. But we can reduce this cost by selecting right kind of flooring material according to the budget of every person.

8. Also proper planning can reduce the cost of overruns up to 10% of total cost.

9. Try to construct your home early as possible with planning, because cost of building a home increases around 4% to 6% per year.

10.Don't opt for change in design at the last minute of construction.