Extension quote

Thanks signore….have something similar in mind + new central heating and wrap around ext insulation but I’m obviously dreaming when I see what you’ve been quoted….someone I know in the construction business thinks there will be a recession with building work….I’ve noticed that the builders/skips have disappeared when previously every second house was getting work done. Perhaps demand will lessen and prices drop but could be wishful thinking …..

Do you have any Constructional Professional certifying these Construction Works???. If yes what Profession???

What an unbelievable filthy dirty unsafe Building Site.

There are many breaches of the Safety, Health and Welfare at Work (Construction) Regulations 2013.

You and your family should not enter this very dangerous Construction Site under any circumstances.

If I was the Construction Professional on this Contract, I would stop all works on the site until it is cleaned up and all of the debris removed, and the site made safe for construction workers to walk and work.

Make sure that the Builder has sufficient Employers Liability and Public Liability Insurance.

Many Building Workers are aware that double and triple handling of any materials is one of the greatest waste of resources, especially Plant, Time and Money.

All of the rubble and debris and excavated materials should have been handled only once and immediately placed in to a skip/ lorry and removed off site.

After the concrete foundations are poured I wonder how the Builder is going to remove all the debris and rubble out of the proposed Extension floor area, before installing the hardcore for the proposed floor. Excavators should not be driving over the new foundations. All of the debris should have been removed off site when excavated.

Ensure that the Builder removes all of the rubble and the excavated soil material on top of the debris, all of it, no matter what porkies the Builder makes up, — before the hardcore is brought on site.

None of this debris or rubble or excavated soil should be use as hardcore.

Get your Construction Professional on site immediately.

mickdw

i totally agree with you- free rubbish fill.

Construction Professional Instructions require immediately.

Just on the above.

Found out today that the €208k was excluding VAT, while the 196k included VAT.

Getting another quote in, then will get full tender breakdown etc after.

Looking forward to seeing more pics Helimachopter. Hope it all goes well!!

That's what we call direct labour which is also done legit with mortgage in most cases.

At some of the prices appearing now in Dublin, you would have to consider direct labour -even if hiring a project manager would likely still make sense.

So that’s 1.5k/ square meter. That’s the minimum we’re being quoted for refurbishment of the existing house. In my case, part of the issue is that refurbishing the existing house costs a similar amount per square meter to the new build areas. Extension areas are 2-2.5k per square meter.

The price we have is an estimate from the architect based on the current plans. There is some detail on pc sums, for example, but not broken down by foundations etc. They have advised getting QS but it’s so far out of our budget we’re reluctant to spend more money on a plan that seems impossible to achieve. We want them to simplify the design first.

1600 incl VAT is 1400 without. I really don’t understand how you can get that price when we’re getting estimates from architects (based on recent tenders) of 2k ex VAT or more. Even if we managed ourselves (which we won’t - it would probably end in divorce 😂), it wouldn’t cover the difference. We’re in Galway, so maybe prices just a lot higher here? God knows house prices here are very high.

If we could get 1600 incl VAT, we could do everything we wanted and more so I’m very jealous! I’d even be delighted with 1600 ex VAT.

Update:

Got a quote from another guy, his prices are €2,650 per sqm, for the 30sqm extension part. We are getting him to call out to estimate the refurb part.

We have had work done by this guy before, so know he is reliable.

Really seeing the drop off in construction now in mayo.

Multiple houses stopped at wall plate level and numerous one offs not now starting at all.

Hardware stores are completely dead also.

The sh1t is going to hit the fan. I know Dublin is a different scenario but these prices are not sustainable at all.

Madness!

You see this where people who have little or no experience in the building trade get caught out. I had an extension built last year and the builder managed it. Yes we had an Engineer certify and pay a few sites visits but it was the minimum just to ensure things were being done to standard. We had an Architect draw it out for us and the builder worked off those drawings. I have no shame in admitting that while some of the payments were made by bank transfer some were also made via cash payments.

I fully agree with you that some lads are just looking for trouble but I also think at this stage that the sector is over regulated when it comes to the young couple trying to put a bedroom on the back of the house or the likes. It's just not the same as a developer building 200 houses at the lowest cost to him.