Where do I even start finding someone

The girlfriend just bought a house and it needs some work. We aren’t too sure about where to go.

· Full rewire to incl: house alarm, light in attic, light at front of house, light at back of house. Central ceiling light in 6 rooms, 3 bedrooms with 3 sockets each. Sitting & dining room with 4 sockets. Kitchen to allow for sockets for all major appliances plus 4 others
· Knock internal wall to create kitchen diner
· Fit new kitchen
· Create opening &fit double internal doors, or, fit internal sliding pocket door
· Block up two existing internal doors & replace with one internal door
· Clock up pantry and move wall back
· Block up existing external back door & fit triple glaze window
· Remove dining room window and replace with triple glaze French door
· Internal insulation on external kitchen / diner walls
· Restore existing floorboards

Is it possible to get someone to do all of the above of will I need to go to a few different people? If one company can do it, has anyone any recommendations and what would be a rough estimate d’you think?
Apologies if this is in the wrong place and thanks in advance for any help.

pippip

What area of the country are you? People may be able to PM you some recommendations.

Sorry. It's the Drimnagh area in Dublin

Movie Maestro

Maybe try http://www.pickapro.ie/

Calahonda52

OP, clearly you have a pretty good idea of what you want doing so just a few observations which, at best are none of my business really .

No mention of other insulation other than internal, which is a simple, go-to solution but is becoming increasingly discredited.

No mention of driving down the overall heat demand as part of the refurb.

For example, the floorboards may be the biggest source of heat loss from uncontrolled ventilation

3G french doors are OTT in such a low spec refurb, apart from the weight.
Likewise a single 3 G window.

The demolition work will require an engineer sign off when the job is being done

https://www.nsai.ie/S-R-54-2014-Code-of-Practice.aspx

may help, its 280 pages so not for the phone!

Re pricing, given that there are no dimensions provided and no indication of the age of the house its tough to price it but depending on the finish required, you could drop 50k if you don't have a clear idea of the required finish and you control the spend

To be honest, I'm clueless. All the above is what the other half said she wants. We need a new kitchen dining room as the kitchen as is is like something from the 1930s. It's tiny. So knocking that into the medium sized diner is paramount and then having access to the sitting room obviously. Not sure of the exact dimensions but the rooms are pretty small.

With regards the back door and triple glazed stuff, is that not important? We aren't on a huge budget but not going to scrimp either.

What would be the most important things that I'm missing?

wowy

You know what want to do, but you're struggling with the details, which is probably the norm for 95% of homeowners (including myself). I'd be concerned about contractors trying to pull a fast one on you because of that. Get an architect and get them to project manage and liaise with all the various contractors. Yes, the architect fee could be 10% of the build cost, but a good architect will be on your side and make sure contractors don't abuse your lack of knowledge and that you don't end up with over or under specced job.

If you don't know anyone to recommend an architect, a simple thing I did was a planning search of extensions in my estate - I narrowed architects down based on plans/designs that I liked and then contacted the applicant who used the architect for their opinion. The Dublin City Council planning search is very useable.

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To be honest, I'm clueless. All the above is what the other half said she wants. We need a new kitchen dining room as the kitchen as is is like something from the 1930s. It's tiny. So knocking that into the medium sized diner is paramount and then having access to the sitting room obviously. Not sure of the exact dimensions but the rooms are pretty small.

With regards the back door and triple glazed stuff, is that not important? We aren't on a huge budget but not going to scrimp either.

What would be the most important things that I'm missing?

ted1

I'd recommend getting an architect, they'll maximise light and space. And the result will be much better.