Claire Irwin on What It Really Costs to Build a Home in Ireland
5 September - 25 mins
Podcast Series
Newstalk Daily
How much does it really cost to build or rebuild a home in Ireland? The answer might shock you. On today’s podcast, Ciara Doherty is joined by quantity surveyor Claire Irwin – a familiar face from RTÉ’s Room to Improve – to break down the numbers behind the country’s housing crisis.
Claire explains why building a standard 150-square-metre home can now set you back at least €500,000, and why that figure doesn’t even include the price of a site, landscaping or furnishing. She looks at the soaring cost of labour, the often-overlooked expenses of servicing a site, and the challenges posed by delays in state funding.
For families in the Defective Blocks Scheme, the problem is especially acute...
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