Wow guys,
My post appears to have come back to life after almost a year. I ended up building the extensions.
In short, demolished the old extension and dug out about 3 slabs myself.
Half dug the trenches and paid some cheap labour for one extra day.
Didn't use a skip, but rather a man and a van. He must have done 15 loads or more.
Poured the concrete myself.
Brought in a brickie and his team to build the walls in 3 days.
Laid the timber for the roof myself.
We then left for a month while builders did the dirty knock through. Carm back to it largely done, but did all the decorating myself.
Most of the materials I purchased myself which saved loads.
Taking on what I could, did undoubtedly save money, but as always, the total cost is more than expected.
Mac
how big was the extension and how much did you spend all in all and can you breakdown where that went