Tender quotes came in on time last Friday afternoon. Within a short space of time our architect sent us a comparison work sheet for all of the costs. After I fell off my chair we then looked at them in detail!
Unfortunately, despite all of our cost cutting measures during the remainder of the design process, the prices have come back in the same as the preliminary costs. Not quite what we had in mind.
So the process begins to shave at least 20% off the prices to enable us to start. I guess at least with some real costs in front of us it has galvanised us into action around making some key decisions that will influence the price. We're trying very hard not to compromise the overall design but it's proving to be quite tough.
We now have quite a long list of items that is going to be presented back to the builders around cost savings. This will certainly work out who is keen for the work. Stay tuned.
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