Even though I have written about meaningless nature of the term square feet cost of construction several times,I still get queries asking me about square feet cost
Without any data, without studying site conditions, without at least a Basic Plan, how anyone can simply predict cost of the building?
Constructing a house is not like going and buying something from the market. Even in such a case you cannot tell what will be the cost of 1 Kg rice after an year. Even if you start construction immediately, it may take about an year or more for the building to get completed
If someone has told you that there is a fixed square feet cost of construction anywhere in Kerala, you have to understand that it is a lie.
Even flat sellers who have every parameters of building in their choice and discretion keep increasing price from beginning to completion stage gradually
Term square feet cost is coined by nonprofessional contractors simply to get unsuspecting client to start work with them .After the client starts with them they know how to get increases and revisions in cost and by the time project reaches finishing stage, client will be simply anxious to complete the work and at that time he might have become wiser to know that the so called square feet cost has no meaning. I have built more than 200 houses directly in Kerala and designed much more. Each of these houses when completed have different square feet cost. So I simply do not understand the meaning of this ridiculous prediction of cost.
After the plan is finalised a professional agency can prepare an engineering estimate for structural work and after the structure is completed an estimate for balance work can be prepared
These are more reliable cost indicators as costing is done using Engineering methods.
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