Question on extension / renovation pricing

wersal gummage

Hi folks,

I know this is very short on detail and probably a regular sort of query here, but very grateful if anyone could give some very rough ballpark figures for this......

1) thinking of buying a typical 3 bed semi-detached house in Dublin with garage to side (I would regard 1200/1300 so ft as typical) ;
2) considering buying an example in need of considerable modernisation (I don't meant falling down and needing considerable structural work- more like an executor type sale that hasn't been updated in 30 years);
3) thinking of doing a renovation job consisting of :
a) extending to side, eg converting garage and going up over and back the length of the house;
b) doing a proper job with the roof (so it covers extension rather than leaving original roof and flat roofing extension) ;
c) an extension out the back for a kitchen;
d) renovating the existing part of the house, probably including knocking walls to create open plan spaces etc (and ideally doing the job in such a way that the extension feels part of the house, so if necessary moving staircase etc).


So I know this is an impossible question to give any sort or accurate answer to, but can anyone give even an indication of what something like this might cost?

bemak

80-100k

wersal gummage

^ really?

A friend of mine recently got some work done, a lot less than I've outlined. Renovation work, insulation and a very small extension and it cost about 70k. He didn't go building to the side of the house at all.

I found another post here (with no comment or answers) which seems to outline something similar to what I've outlined (although I've no idea if I'd be adding 1000 sq ft, I guess with a double level extension the length of the house and a kitchen added at the back it could be something close to that?) :



...... The house is currently 1400sq foot, and we are adding 1000 sq foot onto it. It is a two storey and we are extending out the back and to one side on two storeys. It will also need to be rewired, plumbed etc.... I'm getting a bit worried about costs. We had told our architect that our budget was in / around 250K, but I'm now not sure if this is realistic....

bemak

sorry, I misread your 'wants' and forgot to factor the extension. we had looked at something similar a while back and got rough estimates to renovate completely at 100k.

BoardsMember

We are looking at something similar now with knocking garage, side extension over 2 stories and had it costed by QS, looking like 160k.....includes rewireand few other bits and pices. Extension is not massive, footprint of it is about 12sq metres, same first floor.

wersal gummage

Thanks very much for that!