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Originally Posted by drew
^ having a cheap supply of brick is fine - but it is heavy and costly to install. More money for foundation and labour.
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Yes, but given the margins that exist in both labour and materials, having access to both at cost would at least make it a more tenable project than if one had to contract it out in its entirety. The argument might then be made that the true cost would be the cost of foregone margin available at the hands of the labour doing the work, but I'd be surprised if they didn't go to the union, anyway. That means there's an almost unlimited supply as long as there aren't tons of these projects going at once.
Fact is, we have no idea who's building this. It could be the family, or it could be a group of investors who don't, in fact, have access to this discount. Either way, it's nice that it's not a combustible 4-storey walk up with acrylic stucco. We have that to be thankful for if it comes in looking anything like the rendering...