FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

If you are considering building a new home in Cork, KMC Homes offer a full project management design and build service.

Our team can take you from where you are now to turning the key in your new front door.

Our architect will look after the design of your new home, our quantity surveyor will ensure it is aligned with your budget.

We will lodge for planning permission for you and then build your new home with the fixed price including all the finishes.

Please do not hesitate to give us a call on +353 (0)21 4882450 or drop us an email info@kmchomes.ie.

We focus only on new Builds only to a Turnkey Finish.

Yes, at present, our team operates within a 40km radius of Cork City.

Yes, we certainly project manage your project but beyond that we also carry out all aspects of the project from design through our architects, engineering though our (external) engineers and building through our tradespeople.

No, we will have a full team on board for you including architect, engineer, QS, project manager, BER Consultant, Site Assessment Engineer and an Airtightness Testing Specialist.

Though we generally prefer to work with our own trusted architects, we can certainly look at using your architect but they will need to come under the KMC management umbrella.

We make this very simple for you with our innovative user-friendly App. You will receive daily photo updates from your foreman and of course, your entire project schedule will be shared with you on our app to check in at any time. You can also message your foreman or project manager directly from the app if you have any questions about your design and build project.

Safety of all those who work on our sites is our uppermost concern. All our people have safe pass certs, are safety inducted on every site and we hold monthly safety management meetings to monitor and progress safety throughout the company.

We operate a zero tolerance attitude to breaches of company safety regulation with a ‘three strikes and you’re out’ policy.

No, in fact, there are generally savings when compared to the traditional model. Design risk is eliminated and there are reduced design team fees due to reduced overlaps with KMC Homes’s own in house consultancy and project management team.

All building works are certified by independent and chartered engineers under the management of KMC.

When compared to the traditional design team fee structure our process is considerably cheaper and better value. All aspects of the design are managed to ensure that the building of your new home remains on budget with our ‘No Extras Promise’. We have eliminated much of the overlaps inherent in the traditional model.

Yes, we can take your project from here, and have many such successful projects already completed. We would need to carry out a detailed estimate and value engineer it to align it with your budget. We can then proceed with the next steps of our post planning process.

When several builders price a tender drawing as a general rule there is one high price (the builder who doesn’t want the job) one low price (the builder who has either made a mistake or found the error on the drawings) and a pack of one or two more in the middle. Going with the cheapest price means working with a builder who is under pressure to recoup his loss and the project suffers. This process forces the tendering builders to price for minimum construction standards and to interpret the drawings in a way that benefits their lowest tender price.