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What you must always remember is  any material imported is expensive,  labor  and local materials are less expensive as a general rule.

@Tippj

Thanks, I have been asking those doing the quotes about making sure they have contingencies built into the budget and nobody has put those in as yet, so I have to hold back some money in my budget to account for that myself. So far, the quotes I am seeing are comparable to what I would see in the states. One guy, an engineer, quoted me $30,000 USD just to manage the 2-3 month process.

That is nuts!

and I had another one quote me $29,000 USD to manage the process, but they were Russian, not Dominican.

I would ask them if they were  bonded and who will pay for the cost over runs and fix the shoddy work if need be … will they be able to cover the cost being there in charge of the project …🤔

… if i we’re you i would get very far away from those people and the ones that introduced you to them  … i don’t  see to many people here making $10 K USD a month i think ( maybe ,  just Maybe ) pay a guy $1000 USD a month to basically watch the all the Forman’s watch their men work ….

Thank you,  good ideas and I don’t plan to use those who charge those exorbitant fees. another wanted 70% down payment. i have already been burned once by paying before work was completed or not completed properly before I could inspect the work. The tough part is not living there and you have to trust and depend on others.

@Expatlife4us

   your quotes shouldn’t be comparable to the states , if something  cost you $100k to build in the states you should be roughly in the ball park of 40 - 50 % cheaper easily on the building materials , I’m sure you’ll have hi end finishes which will drive up your cost , but it will still b cheaper then in the states …  good luck and don’t rush untill you secured favorable contracts

@Guest6873 I would like to know how much  bag cement cost if I need 150 bags cement and 200 block and u tell me what cost off these materials please thank you.

@shericarolle11

Bag of cement is now around 500, block (depending on size) each around 50. But you can google that.

    @shericarolle11
Bag of cement is now around 500, block (depending on size) each around 50. But you can google that.
   

    -@Papito NL

I agree with this. I just finished a wall project. The ferreteria I frequent gives a cash discount as well. Common practice.