Cost to Build a Villa in Turkey 2022

One of the main questions that I often get is what is the cost to build a villa in Turkey in 2022. Let me tell you a secret, buying a ready made villa can be 40%-60% more costly when you compare to getting it built, not to mention it will be custom built according to your own specifications.

How much does it cost to build a villa in Turkey in 2022?

The cost to build a villa in Turkey is about $120,000 USD for a starter villa. This is for a normal build and size of 200m2 (2100sqft).

Now let’s add on the cost of land, which can vary but for starting prices for a plot of land about 300-500m2 is $125,000 USD in Antalya. This brings your total cost to build a villa in Turkey including land to $245,000.

When you compare this to buying a ready built brand new villa of a similar size in Antalya, you are looking at easily $400,000 to $800,000. Thus the cost to build a villa in Turkey is much lower, approximately 40% to 60% lower than buying a readymade villa off the market.

Average Cost to build a villa in turkey in 2022

Comparing Internationally – Cost to Build

When we compare the costs of building a home in Turkey versus other countries like United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, you can see that in Turkey you can build at less than 1/3 of the cost, if not cheaper.

Pre-Construction Costs

Plot of Land Costs

Purchasing the plot of land that you’ll build on is the first expense you’ll encounter. Land value is not included in our build costs estimate of $150,000 average because land plot prices will vary widely based on a number of factors ranging from location from city center, proximity from the sea, view, and many other criteria. Here are some approximate price ranges for plots of 300-500m2 in some of the locations we service.

House Plans or Architectural Fees

For the initial conceptual design, you may browse on Pinterest or Instagram for designs and create your dream home mood board. This will be helpful in the next phase when creative design meets the requirements of planning conditions and restrictions. The technical drawings will be completed by a local licensed architect who is well versed in the lay of the land and building/planning conditions of the region. You can account 3 to 4% of the construction cost for the architect fees.

Contractor & Construction Management Fees

In other countries like Canada and US, if you have some general idea of construction and renovation experience, some time on your hands to research, then it is quite probable to actually manage your own house build if you are feeling up-to taking that risk.

In Turkey, this is not possible. Let’s leave even the language issue aside, even if Turkish is your native tongue, it is impossible to manage without having a good contractor/builder to manage the various construction crews in each phase of the build. Unless you are doing this on a regular basis, have years of experience in that specific region, it will be pretty much impossible to do without making many mistakes, and spending double the money fixing the mistakes.

The other issue is most contractors/builders in Turkey are not easily accessible to foreigners or even local Turks in general. That is where we at Think Turkey come in with a straightforward and clear process that we can rely on for your build project. We have vetted builders in the regions we specialize in and we source quotes from these builders for you. From this you may choose the best one, and throughout the negotiations, contract preparations, build process, we will monitor, supervise, and provide frequent reports to you to ensure your project is going on time and schedule. For more information on this service, please get in touch with us.

To hire a decent contractor in Turkey with references, generally the cost is anywhere between 20 to 30%. This amount is added on after calculating all the other costs, on top of the final cost, the contractor will add on this percent to the total cost.

Building Permits and Local Fees

Before any actual construction can take place, you will need to get the building permit from the local municipality. Also there are other local fees to get the electricity, water subscription, site engineer, map engineer, and other local fees. This will be approximately 1-2% of the construction cost.

Excavation

This can be a either a very small cost if you choose the location and land wisely, or it can become a huge burden of a cost if the land is at a steep angle, or has lots of rocks or trees that need to be cleared off in order to start laying the foundation of your home. This can be anywhere between $1000 to $3000, or 1 to 3% of the total cost.

Grey Structure

Once the excavation is complete, the foundations of your new home will be poured in with concrete and ofcourse reinforced with rebar. If it is a 2 floor project, the first the foundation, then first floor slab, and roof slap will be poured, along with supporting columns and load bearing walls. In between the columns. Due to the large amount of rebar and concrete involved in this, along with labor, this comprises roughly 30% of the construction cost.

Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing (MEP)

This includes the electrical work, plumbing, mechanical, sewage, rainwater, and also the pool mechanical and electrical works for approximately 8% of the total construction cost.

Finishing Works

This includes the exterior and interior walls, ceilings, plaster paint, marble and stone work, ceramic works, insulation costs, roof, windows, doors, railings, flooring (parquet, hardwood, laminate), and sanitary ware. As you might already know, this is the most cost impacting part of the total construction cost at 35 to 40%.

Fixed Furniture Costs

Any fixed furniture you find in the living room, bedrooms, kitchen, along with outdoor wood works like gazebos, or near the pool area, and lastly also lighting fixtures like chandeliers or additional spot lighting in the ceilings and so on. This may account for 5 to 10% of the cost depending on how much you want done.

Landscaping

To make the most of your outdoor space, especially where you can relax by the pool, or have some nice trees, plants to look at, and grass for your children to play on, you should consider this also in your cost. You can assign 1 to 2% of your build budget for this. Over time you can improve and work on this each summer.

Overheads

This is basically the electricity, water expenses during the construction phase. Also included here is the worker’s insurance, and construction insurance. This is about 1% of your construction costs.

Unintended Expenses

Every builder knows that regardless of how much you plan, there will always be some unintended expenses which couldn’t have been planned for. You can assign anywhere between 5 to 10% for this, but if your planning is done quite detailed way, then 5% should be pretty good for this.

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