Originally Posted by omostra06

Hi Ady
well the design time can be as little as a month or as long as several months depending on time restraints you place on yourself and the complexities of the design.

the planning period in the local council, will take anything between 8 months and 14 months depending on which council your plot is in, some work faster than others,

you will then have one or two years to build depending on what time you applied for, normally to build a new one level house of 120sqm your looking at 6 to 8 months, average.

costs can be anything between 400 to 600 euros per square metre, again depending on the standard of materials and finish you want to achieve.

architects costs should be around 2500 to 3500 for that size of build.

the building license will vary from council to council but can be as little as a 1,000 euros to as much as 15,000 for a large new build.

these prices are correct in our area of central Portygal, expect to pay more nearer the cities and the Algarve.

we are near Tomar at the moment but the houses we are building are in Martinchel, near the lake of Castello do Bode.
did you see the link to some pics of our current project that i posted before?
regards
Derek