<![CDATA[QSetc]]>https://www.qsetc.uk/blogRSS for NodeFri, 30 Oct 2026 10:10:49 GMT<![CDATA[Test]]>https://www.qsetc.uk/insights/test6ae45bd26cfe1a1475b54defFri, 30 Oct 2026 08:56:51 GMTSophie Hutchinson<![CDATA[Communal heating or triple glazing: which costs a developer less?]]>https://www.qsetc.uk/insights/communal-heating-or-triple-glazing6ae0d1c5a12bf3a1d3afd2dfMon, 26 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMTMark Stevens FRICS, Director<![CDATA[Three deadlines in one autumn, and each one turns on a different date]]>https://www.qsetc.uk/insights/three-deadlines-in-one-autumn6ab64478531214060b5672ecFri, 25 Sep 2026 10:09:19 GMTMark Stevens FRICS, Director<![CDATA[The Building Safety Levy starts on 1 October. An appraisal that does not carry it is overstating land value]]>https://www.qsetc.uk/insights/the-building-safety-levy-1-october6ab63e396518687b513833f7Wed, 16 Sep 2026 09:47:43 GMTMark Stevens FRICS, Director<![CDATA[Second staircases become mandatory on 30 September. The cost is not the staircase]]>https://www.qsetc.uk/insights/second-staircases-become-mandatory6abe1a6922528eafdae6ae36Mon, 07 Sep 2026 23:00:00 GMTMark Stevens FRICS, Director<![CDATA[What a 60-unit scheme now carries before a single brick is laid]]>https://www.qsetc.uk/insights/what-a-60-unit-scheme-now-carries6abe154a54416c6b3928f321Mon, 31 Aug 2026 23:00:00 GMTMark Stevens FRICS, Director<![CDATA[Gateway 2 is twice as fast as it was, and still 22 weeks. That is a cost, not a delay]]>https://www.qsetc.uk/insights/gateway-2-is-22-weeks6abcb4d78540df4e4556900fMon, 24 Aug 2026 23:00:00 GMTMark Stevens FRICS, Director<![CDATA[Cost Watch No.1]]>https://www.qsetc.uk/insights/cost-watch-016ab632960f6358bffa05c3dbMon, 17 Aug 2026 23:00:00 GMTMark Stevens FRICS, Director<![CDATA[A fifth of our bricks are now imported, and that is a specification risk before it is a cost one]]>https://www.qsetc.uk/insights/a-fifth-of-our-bricks-are-now-imported6abe11e8bec7056043525b7dMon, 27 Jul 2026 23:00:00 GMTMark Stevens FRICS, Director<![CDATA[What we need to give you a price, and why we keep asking for the accommodation schedule]]>https://www.qsetc.uk/insights/what-we-need-to-give-you-a-price6abe0b07d158844e87d9d0f2Mon, 20 Jul 2026 23:00:00 GMTMark Stevens FRICS, Director<![CDATA[The housebuilding target will be missed. From the cost side, that is not the good news it sounds like]]>https://www.qsetc.uk/insights/the-housebuilding-target-will-be-missed6abcc23bdaba984fa7f9e328Mon, 13 Jul 2026 23:00:00 GMTMark Stevens FRICS, Director<![CDATA[BCIS expects tender prices up 15.5% by 2031. That is not a contingency, and it should not be sitting in one]]>https://www.qsetc.uk/insights/bcis-expects-tender-prices-up6abcaf95ede85b55aeb9f235Mon, 06 Jul 2026 23:00:00 GMTMark Stevens FRICS, Director<![CDATA[A planning consent you cannot afford to build is the most expensive thing a developer can own]]>https://www.qsetc.uk/insights/a-planning-consent-you-cannot-afford-to-build6abcbb80524a816ac798ec2dMon, 22 Jun 2026 23:00:00 GMTMark Stevens FRICS, Director