Hi everyone! Who has built a house – a timber-frame one or any other type? How much did it cost and…

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Hi everyone! Who has built a house – a timber-frame one or any other type? How much did it cost and how long did it take to build? Help me choose: I need a competent realtor to buy land and a construction company. What difficulties did you encounter? Has anyone bought a ready-made house? And what parameters were most important and critical for you when choosing a plot, house, or company?
Мы с сыном вдвоем живем и всегда везде отдыхаем вместе, но в этом году ему 12 лет будет и происходит…
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Elena
We built with foam blocks and chose builders based on word-of-mouth recommendations. We didn't encounter any problems. We started building in April and moved in by March.
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Kristina
My price is no longer relevant... but my brother just got into a similar venture. He's currently pouring the foundation himself.
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Nadezda
1.5 years ago, a 170 sq m unfinished house cost 8-10 million to build on our plot.
We decided to buy a ready-made one and never regretted it; it turned out to be cheaper, considering that the plot is in the city and the utilities are also municipal. So that the road to it is good
The main thing was that the children could get there themselves, and also that the plot was for individual housing, not a dacha cooperative.
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Kseniya
We started building our house in 2017, digging the foundation and pouring the formwork. We moved in in 2020. We built everything ourselves without any workers – the roof, the electrical, the heating, the gas, the tiling, the wallpaper, etc.
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Kseniya
I'm for a ready-made house with all utilities and gas. That's the most expensive option.
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Mahasimova Yuliya
I'm interested in this question too. I'd love to listen in.
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Tatyana
My husband's work is in construction, and he immediately said no to a frame house. First, it's really impossible to build a house without flaws, which will affect the quality. Second, it's not as cheap as it seems.
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Lyudmila
It can be built. They built one next to us in just half a year, they have gas and water, but haven't started finishing touches yet. We bought a ready-made, not new one, with almost no repairs needed.
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Yuliya Glazyrina
We started construction right when lumber prices were sky-high. For example, wood cost 10-12k per cubic meter, and by the time we began building, it was already 27k per cubic meter. It was tough; we spent probably 3 million, and that was just for the second floor, which is a frame house. The first floor was already bought as a secondary property and made of blocks. And on the second floor, out of 8 rooms, only 3 have been renovated, plus the toilet is plumbed. Now, from what I've heard, the price per cubic meter of wood has gone down.
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Ievleva kseniya
If you're building a house to live in permanently, not just a summer cottage, you need to do everything right and conscientiously from the start, so you don't have to suffer and fix mistakes later.
A good foundation is a must, otherwise, everything will crack later.
And if you don't have about 10 million [currency], it's not worth starting.
In 2021, the shell with a roof for 130 sq meters cost us 6 million [currency].
This was without windows, doors, or utilities.



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Lyudmila
Ievleva kseniya Single-story or two-story? And can you tell me the dimensions? My husband wants to start building with gas blocks next year and he, the naive one, is sure he can do the shell and roof for 1 million. The house is a single-story 10x8.
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Vedeneva Yuliya
Tatyana if it's with your hands, then it's possible
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Kosyuga Liliya
Ievleva kseniya It's possible, and they might even do it. You'll have 80 sq meters, and she'll have 130, which is like 50 sq meters difference – practically another home! And there are people who can find things cheaper, negotiate better delivery prices, you know, the resourceful ones.
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Kosyuga Liliya
I've been following the company on VK for many years, and I think they do a good job. We want to build a house in the future too, so if we don't build it ourselves, we'll turn to them.
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