Diary - Getting depressed
July 20, 2007 by kotoman
Well, the first quote came in for our renovation after waiting 5 weeks for them to come back to us. We sent out 5 specs for 5 companies to quote on. 2 Have come back and 2 are screening our calls. The quote that came back was hugely over budget. The whole renovation project will cost us £110,000. £35,000 to work the structure out, £40,000 to build the upstairs zones and the rest to finish the downstairs. We know this company would be expensive but we hoping for the other to get back to us to give us a realistic average to work from.
But the must depressing part of it is the constant questioning regarding the plans we have supplied or the renovation. One builder has questioned how our engineer can plan the build if he hasn’t seen the property…which is a fair point. I’ve now asked the builder and planner to start talking so I can gain some confidence back. It seems when you under take this sort of renovation, you have to get a thick skin and chase everyone, every minute of every day. The engineers report should come any day now so I’ll put that online for you all to see, when it arrives.
builders Diary planning
It would be interesting to see a summary of your spec. We are about to buy a house that needs quite a bit of work (no where near as bigger project as yours). So it would be useful what to and what not to include following your experiences so far.
Simon, there is a link at the bottom of this article. Feel free to download the full spec. Hope it helps.
http://www.renovationcentral.co.uk/2007/05/15/diary-our-building-specification/