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To Demolish or not to Demolish

  • 05-12-2008 4:43pm
    #1
    Cork_Rebel
    Closed Accounts Posts: 49 ✭


    Hi

    About to start doing a resto job on a standard 3 bed 1930's semi d house in Dublin. Have had 3 builders in with 3 different opinions on what to do.

    Main issue, One Builder wants to gut the inside ceilings and the other two suggest leaving as is. Has I imagine big implications on cost as to how much yet I don't know.

    Anyone had similiar experience or idea or an ultimate expert to decide - Architete??

    Thanks


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  • #2
    sinnerboy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,433 ✭✭✭sinnerboy


    Gut it . Expose all structural timber and treat with preservative .

    If rewiring and re plumbing your plastered surfaces will suffer ( walls + ceilings ) so you are kind of fooling yourself by not grasping the nettle now

    9 out 10 ten times clients of mine who reckoned that they would save on this - they didn't . The projects went through "specification creep" as the wisdom my advice ( in line 1 above ) gradually sunk in and clients changed their minds ( extra extra - read all about it :pac::pac::pac: )

    But here's the thing .... you will get a better price NOW for it before the builders have their feet under the table .......... Or behind your plasterboard


  • #3
    RKQ
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭RKQ


    I agree with Sinnerboy.
    If you are re-wiring and re-plumbing, moving esb metre box etc then gut existing (unless it has peroid features - fireplace, cornice, picture rails etc that you want to keep) Slabbing ceilings isn't that expensive over the whole cost of the project.


  • #4
    Heatherview
    Closed Accounts Posts: 152 ✭✭Heatherview


    Hi Cork rebel
    Old 1930 house, i would gut it and start fresh. You will know then exactly what it will cost to refurb from there. So many times i have seen refurb's done where initial cost was reasonable. Then the unexpected turned up eg bad timbers,wiring old, structural problems. This added considerable extra over costs. The client had started and should have just gutted house, his budget went out the window and put him under considerable pressure to finance.
    The costs will leave you with everything new timbers wiring slabbing plastering plumbing etc and leave house house built to todays regulations, and will also leave you with a good resale value if you ever decide in the future to sell

    Good luck
    Heatherview


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