Hi - Looking for some advice on whether a price I have been quoted for some drawings is reasonable.
My contractor was about to start work on our new detached 8.5m x 4.5m garage on Monday when building control rocked up and put a halt on proceedings.
They were concerned about a cropped conifer hedge in the next door neighbours garden which is approx 1m away from one of the new walls. This being the case a traditional footing would need to be extremely deep and the idea was proposed by the contractor to look at using a concrete raft.
So I have been ringing around and emailing trying to get designs done for a raft and subsequently received a request from building control for the following drawings:
(a) Foundation design;
(b) Floor slab;
(c) Walls, including lintels over openings;
(d) Roof construction;
(e) Rainwater drainage
I have been quoted £1,000 +vat for the above drawings with the additional cost of £300+ vat for a soakage test to be done to facilitate drawing e.
Having no idea how much these things cost i'm trying to ascertain whether this is reasonable or not as i'm still waiting for other quotes to come in to allow me to benchmark the price.
Would really appreciate any feedback.
My contractor was about to start work on our new detached 8.5m x 4.5m garage on Monday when building control rocked up and put a halt on proceedings.
They were concerned about a cropped conifer hedge in the next door neighbours garden which is approx 1m away from one of the new walls. This being the case a traditional footing would need to be extremely deep and the idea was proposed by the contractor to look at using a concrete raft.
So I have been ringing around and emailing trying to get designs done for a raft and subsequently received a request from building control for the following drawings:
(a) Foundation design;
(b) Floor slab;
(c) Walls, including lintels over openings;
(d) Roof construction;
(e) Rainwater drainage
I have been quoted £1,000 +vat for the above drawings with the additional cost of £300+ vat for a soakage test to be done to facilitate drawing e.
Having no idea how much these things cost i'm trying to ascertain whether this is reasonable or not as i'm still waiting for other quotes to come in to allow me to benchmark the price.
Would really appreciate any feedback.