Chalet Arnica in Samoens
This chalet was built by one of the Alpine Property Team – Denis Barbier – he has his own chalet building business.
Another common question answered. This should go in the “FAQ’s”!
Costs can be fairly accurately worked out on a euros/m2 rule. Our rule of thumb over the last few years has been 2200 euros/m2 (excl VAT – in French this is “Hors Tax”), now the prices are coming down – I was quoted 1850 euros/m2 recently, we won’t know if this new price is accurate until some chalets have been built! The lead time is generally April til Dec, the building period! Note added 28/April/09, We are not convinced by this new lower “benchmark”, though we would like to be! Trying to get a straight story off a tradesman is not easy, time will tell.
These figures are assuming you use local tradesmen (expensive) and a traditional method of construction, they can be reduced by using “kits” brought in from elsewhere.
So for a “typical” 5 bedroom chalet. The build cost would be between 170 x 2200 =375,000 euros plus TVA = 448,000 and 170 x 1850 = 314,000 plus TVA = 375,000
And for a 4 bedroom chalet at 120 m2 the costs would be between 315,000 and 265,000 euros.
Don’t forget the cost of the land, the stamp duty and notaires fees. For a list of the plots of land we have for sale click here.
