sydthebeat wrote: » just get at least 3 quotes and compare
chabsey wrote: » Am thinking of doing that....one thing though, the extension is built now - are any of those certs particularly associated with having visited during the construction phase? Meaning, would a decent engineer sign off on those three certs without having seen the building process of the extension?
sydthebeat wrote: » YOU didnt engage an engineer during construction, therefore you will have to make do with the watered down 'visual inspection only' type cert which is accepted by the law society. its no reflection at all on the engineer to write a watered down cert. it basically will be worthless for you, but you require them. edit: the cert of identity is always done post completion anyway
Meaning, would a decent engineer sign off on those three certs without having seen the building process of the extension?
sydthebeat wrote: » if the engineer DID visit during the construction, why did you ask im sorry for my "forceful assumption", but you seem to be just drip feeding information and contradicting what youve previously said. so which is it... did he see the construction or not? because that determines what kind of cert he can supply and obviously if hes visited the site during construction that affects what he will quote
sydthebeat wrote: » ah look, im out... youve contradicted yourself and you cant even admit it / see it... theres LOADS of information you haven given which is relevent
BryanF wrote: » In order to ensure compliance with building regs an engineer or arch or both should be involved during construction. this becomes an issue if you ever wish to sell, borrow against property. At this point you will get a heavily cavaeted cert as outlined by Syd above Question: Does the quote sound reasonable ? Answer: get 3 quotes.
chabsey wrote: » Thank you kindly for the reply, you seem like a reasonable person. Allow me for the sake of clarity to re-phrase the question slightly: For a quote given to cover those listed certs and given by an engineer who (I claim) visited during development - does the price seem high to you? I am genuinely without a point of reference here so I guess the essence of what I'm asking is if people who know these things know that generally Cert A costs about 50 euro, B costs maybe 500 euro and C costs 243 euro. So then maybe my quote isn't too high.
chabsey wrote: » For a quote given to cover those listed certs and given by an engineer who (I claim) visited during development - does the price seem high to you?.
kceire wrote: » The problem here is similar to you buying a BMW from "Tony" on donedeal. Then bringing the BMW to a main dealer and asking them to stand over the car with a warranty. It cannot be done. Basically, you need to get 3 quotes and getting the 3 quotes from people who will actually stand over the work of they haven't seen it will be hard. My guess here is that the engineer did see the works progress (as you say) and he is now clawing back some money for those inspections and will certify it accordingly. If you arrived at my door tomorrow, would I certify it, yes. At a lower price, yes. BUT it will be a visual inspection ONLY and you will have no come back in me or my PI insurance if there is anything wrong behind the paintwork.
kceire wrote: » Planning exemption - €350 plus VAT. BUilding Reg compliance - cannot be done if you didn't see the works progress. Cert of identity - €?? - sorry never came across one of these.
chabsey wrote: » Thanks, really appreciate the info. Reading between the lines it sounds like the quote is on the higher side of normal but that I am essentially paying for the fact that he's putting his PI insurance on the line by certifying it. By this I mean that I do have come back using him, but if I go with someone cheaper I won't. Seems fair enough I suppose. Out of interest and I know this is just a guess, but if you were certifying the work and visited during the build (same as my guy did) would you think your quote would then be in or around a similar amount?
lovehathi wrote: » sorry to hi jack the thread we r in the same boat, our architect did came to inspect during the construction part got paid half and then no were to be seen , i don't know what happened to him ?? so now need to find some one to do this?? how find one.
kceire wrote: » I would go the opposite and say he is reasonable. Structural design, supervision and certification of a basic simple rear extension would be €1000 plus VAT give or take location and how complex the work was.
