Building cost per square metre sounds simple, but it often leads to budget blowouts for custom homes. Here’s why shape, design, and complexity matter far more than floor area alone.
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Imagine building your dream home – the one you've meticulously planned down to the smallest details. It fulfils all your desires for comfort and style and resonates with your ethos of sustainability.
When building a custom home, many people only budget for construction costs (based on a square-metre rate). But you also need to consider design, consultants and site and external costs.
A pre-build feasibility is the place to start when building a custom home. This calculates the cost to prepare your land, as well as the cost of design and construction.
Living in a home that matches your lifestyle, values and aspirations is a powerful way to build a more successful, creative, balanced, inspiring, healthy and happy life.