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I've been getting a few quotes for a basic, no frills internal refurb of a small 2 up 2 down mid terrace (worth around £110k once 'done up')... which quite frankly leave me not knowing whether I want to laugh or cry.
Basically looking at no change out of £60k inc VAT.
When I say basic and no frills I'm talking about a £2k kitchen, £1k bathroom suite, new internal doors at £30 each.
I thought I'd post a few individual prices up here to see if anyone has had any comparable work done if they paid similar, or if we've actually got any tradies on here:-
-Erect a (non load bearing) 10 ft long stud partition wall with doorway - £1,300
-New skirtings, door frames, and 4 internal doors - £3,800
-Replace floorboards in 2 bedrooms (small doubles) - £1,200
-Insulation to living room ceiling - £950
-Insulation to bedroom ceilings £1,200 (Perhaps they're using Cashmere wool for insulation?!)
The one other cost I'm struggling to understand is ''Preliminaries and Site Set up - At £2,950!
I have read up on prelims and it's a very grey area, but pretty much nothing seems to apply to my project in terms of requiring specific expenditure prior to work commencing, so I can only assume my builder is wanting to charge me up front for all his regular fixed costs of being a builder i.e. running a van, office, phoneline, insurance, teabags, daily copy of the Sun etc etc
I know this is Dosbods and we're all living in the 1950's and nothing should cost more than tuppence ha'penny but it would be interesting to get some real life, impartial views on these costs, I'm quite happy to be told I'm out of touch and they're perfectly reasonable.
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