Costs
The overall costs to complete the whole monastery will come to approximately $4.5m.
This is worked out on the approximate costs of 1m2 = $2,000, therefore 2,236 m2 = $4.5m
So 2,236m2 = $4.5m
It is proposed that St Mary and St Anthony's Coptic Orthodox Monastery will be built in 2 stages:
Stage One:
The initial costs to prepare the land for building comes to approximately $68,000. This includes the following:
| Item | Cost |
|---|---|
| Private Certifier | $5,000 - $8,000 |
| Roads, Hydraulics and Sewerage drawings | $20,000 - $30,000 |
| Survey Work | $10,000 - $15,000 |
| BOR holes and Geotechnical Reports (soil test) | $ 5,000 - $7,000 |
| Bushfire Report and Managements | $ 5,000 - $7,000 |
| Architectural Drawings Donated by Coptic Engineer or | $10,000 |
Items to be built in stage one include the following:
| Item | m2 |
|---|---|
| Church for the People | 360 |
| People's retreat - 4 rooms - 1 Unit | 120 |
| 2 monk cells - one unit | 110 |
| Monks Laundry | 24 |
| Total | 614 m2 |
Total costs for stage one = $1 - $1.2m
This will also enable the Monastery to start generating its own income which will assist with further developments.
Stage Two:
Stage Two includes completion of the remainder of the buildings.
| Item | m2 |
|---|---|
| Reception and People's Library | 170 |
| Hostess Building | 380 |
| People's Retreat (4 rooms) | 120 |
| Monk's Library, Hostess and kitchen | 314 |
| Bishop's Room | 78 |
| Monks Cells (6 rooms) | 322 |
| Monks Dry Food store | 45 |
| Monks Food Freezing Store | 45 |
| Workshop | 148 |
| Total area: | 1,622 m2 |