To high therefore who is creaming the building cost?. The biggest reason is compliance costs, which have gone right over the top. We used to at one stage talk over an unforseen minor problem over with the building inspector, and come up with a practical solution. Now its engineers reports for trivialities. The plans for simple houses now cost three times as much to produce than they did in the past simply because of over the top detail with more engineers reports on everything. Councils dont make decisions, then make property developers donate land, pay for road upgrades, new roads plus every thing alse they can think up. The greenies have got their foot in the door making us having to double glaze and insulate out of all proportion to a temperate climate. All very nice if you can afford it of course, so why not have us all drive a nice safe rolls instead of that jap import. The people in the end who pay for all this stupidity are the young couple that want a simple three bedroom home at a reasonable price. Macdunk