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Cost of fixing an old house

  • 07-08-2023 1:11pm
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58 ✭✭


    Apologies if i posted this twice

    So we recently went sale agreed on a house it needs some work, and after the survey was complete i was informed of what i would need to do, a good bit of work but nothing crazy mainly the roof. then i got a builder in and he gave me his quote, lets just say i got a bit of a fright, have a look, what do you reckon he seemed like he knew what he was on about and more or less said the surveyor didn't know what he was talking about which may be correct. see list below.

    Any suggestions on how to cut costs cheers.

    works

    "prelims(skips, insurance, scaffold " 15000

    new roof to top of main house 6500

    new roof to back of extension area 7000

    new concrete floors

    "Break up existing to booth room, wk. and hall " 2,100.00 "

    Reduced level excavation 2,500.00 "

    Disposal - off site 3,250.00 "

    Make up level in base, compacted in 150mm layers " 1,100.00 "

    150 concrete ground floor slab 2,275.00 "

    Isolation joint/perimeter insulation 112.00

    A142 Mesh to slab 720.00

    150mm insulation 2,604.00 "

    Power floating 300.00

    Radon Barrier 960.00

    Radon sump and caps

    underfloor screed 1,995.00

    new bathroom downstairs 7000

    "take off all plasterboard on ceilings, strip all paper and reskim all downstsirs " 6500

    install wooden floor to downstairs 3000

    new skirting architrive doors downstair 3800

    full house rewire 16000

    new plumbing heat pump 22000

    grant deduction for heat pump -6500

    exteral insualtion 14000

    grant deduction for insulation -6000

    kitchen cost 6000

    painting and decoration 3500

    budget allowance total 115716

    vat 15621.66

    131337.66

    thanks for reading

    Tagged: buildingconstructionretrofit



Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,576 ✭✭✭Rows Grower


    I got as far as "skips, insurance and scaffold" 15,000 and stopped. I'd be ringing as many builders as I could find for quotes.

    "Very soon we are going to Mars. You wouldn't have been going to Mars if my opponent won, that I can tell you. You wouldn't even be thinking about it."

    Donald Trump, March 13th 2018.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58 ✭✭ETRY


    thanks for responding Rows, yea i thought that was taking the piss some of the other works looks reasonable then he has budget allowance 115716 ,

    heat pump 22000 etc.



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 fionni


    Hi. Seeing your initial comment now. I don’t believe some of those costs listed are unreasonable, given current trends. I would get alternative quotes to measure against.

    im in a similar situation to yourself with an old house and looking at option to renovate and retrofit. It can be messy. Any chance you are willing to share the details of that particular builder? I’m assuming you’re Dublin based?



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,906 ✭✭✭Alkers


    Have you a design or a schedule of works or are you just talking the builder through what you want?

    Your thread starts like you're looking to address a few survey items but then evolves into an extension and retrofit. We can't really assess the quote without any details...



  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84,655 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    How big is the house before we can judge any quote. Is it a bungalow or multi storey?



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,004 ✭✭✭Pinoy adventure


    Heat pump -€22k

    is that a brand new heating system??



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