ᐅ Creating a garden of approximately 600 square meters—rough cost estimate?
Created on: 29 Dec 2017 21:37
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blaupuma
Hello, we have a 900 m² (9,688 sq ft) plot of land.
We are building a bungalow of about 200 m² (2,153 sq ft), so around 600 m² (6,458 sq ft) of the land will remain.
I want a simple, low-maintenance garden. Very clear and without any frills.
Some beech hedges, grass, paving stones in front of the house and for parking spaces, and all around the house. Two terraces and one large garden shed (tool shed).
Are there any guidelines for what this might cost?
I estimate that about one-third of the work will be done by myself.
We are building a bungalow of about 200 m² (2,153 sq ft), so around 600 m² (6,458 sq ft) of the land will remain.
I want a simple, low-maintenance garden. Very clear and without any frills.
Some beech hedges, grass, paving stones in front of the house and for parking spaces, and all around the house. Two terraces and one large garden shed (tool shed).
Are there any guidelines for what this might cost?
I estimate that about one-third of the work will be done by myself.
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SilentGalaxy10 May 2018 10:31dragonfreak schrieb:
I think that might be a bit high but still acceptable.
A few hundred euros for the bricks, foundation excavation, concrete.
Backfilled or not?Better get a second quote. I find that quite expensive for just a few meters. Maybe you can use the second or third quote as leverage. I’m paying nearly 10k for 46 meters of masonry blocks installed, including blocks and concrete, plus paving 43 m² (462 sq ft) of patio slabs including materials, and 15 meters (49 feet) of splash protection.
Arifas schrieb:
Karsten, that sounds really good!
For us, the earthworks contractor alone wants over 3000 euros for 4m (13 feet) of L-shaped stones (height 1.5m (5 feet)). Is that normal?!No idea. We don’t have something like that.
But looking at our earthworks contractors’ invoices, I’ve always noticed that the fixed cost for the equipment/fleet that was transported or driven to the construction site is listed separately. And it’s true that special vehicles are expensive to purchase and that is reflected in the costs.
I imagine it takes quite some effort to lift and position those L-shaped stones properly. It’s not something you can do in an hour.
If it wasn’t labor-intensive, it might be done as additional work (extra labor). But that doesn’t work here.
But 4 m (13 feet) for three thousand? That’s four bricks side by side. Two people, one excavator, let’s be generous, one day. 16 hours times 50 equals 800. Excavator on top 500, total 1300. Four bricks, no idea. Some soil, almost nothing. We are far from three thousand. Karsten
Arifas schrieb:
We are paying an additional 900 euros for the excavator transport [emoji850][emoji33]