Controlling Your Home Construction Budget – Homeowners in Essex Get the Lowdown

Construction budgets when clients choose to build their own homes, extend them or add loft conversions don’t always add up. Perhaps we have a budget in mind but the high end finishes or large spaces required to meet our dreams just don’t fit in with our price estimations. It can also be due to the fact we aren’t always aware of the costs associated with design, planning and construction of brand new home builds or adding space to our existing home or property with an extension or loft conversion.

We take frequent calls and answer many questions from property owners who may have either had previously poor information and advice and we receive many enquiries from new potential clients who have been recommended to us. Whichever of our clients, past and present, choose to call us for advice, our expert team are always here to answer questions and visit your home and property. We focus on helping you start at the very beginning when it comes to planning and design, where we will quote per square foot to give you a basic idea of the costs involved. After which we will talk to you about your required level of finish – then our team will take your dreams to the next level. That is, constructing a new build property, general building, creating a new extension or carrying out a loft conversion to meet with the agreed budget and combining it with the finishing elements that you require.

• Planning and design
• Construction
• Windows and doors
• Finishing
• Decorating

Milbarn Construction always aim to help you design your space with budget in mind. Whilst simple, our square footage pricing is only there to give you a very basic idea on how low your project could be. We will talk to you about adding in other elements such as windows and doors, electrics and plumbing, the finish and presentation to your new build or extension (both inside and outside) and whether you wish us to plaster and decorate your interior to give you a complete room ready to paint, wallpaper and furnish.

House Design and Size

We’ll always help you to find the most realistic price when it comes to your ideas and can help to meet with your budget by tweaking your ideas if necessary, whether that’s because our quotation is lower or higher than expected. What this may mean for you is that you can benefit from a complete service where our experts can be honest about how much spend you aim for and will help you move forward in building your dream space.

In general terms the size of the proposed development will impact greatly on your budget, the complexity of its layout being the ultimate player when it comes to how much you will pay. Other areas that will increase or reduce expected costs are the levels of finish you expect to achieve – the more decorative, characterful or intricate your plans you can imagine that you will pay more; Also larger more functional areas such as kitchens, cinema or media rooms, master suites and those requiring lots of electrical points, gas points and plenty of storage will attract further fees.

So, costs vary from room to room and it’s important to consider this. Milbarn Construction will assist from the very first basic quote to the more detailed plans in order to help you to turn your dreams from plans on paper into real space that fits you and your family perfectly.