Hello,
We are looking to undertake and extension/garage conversion on our detached bungalow.
We've got the drawing got consent from planning and even had the drawings passed by Building regs, however...
We've only got one quote for all the work so far and it is about 10k more than we were expecting.
It is a small bungalow, (1 bed) but we are doing quite a lot, converting the garage, removing external skins of walls to give more space, creating a new room, knocking down walls, you get the idea.
I am not an idiot an I work from home so I feel I would be up to the task of project managing it all, as I am under the impression that I should be able to save a whole heap of money.
The trouble is I know very little about the building trade and building works in general.
I don't even know how many different type of tradespeople I would need to employ!
What I need if I'm to have any chance of pulling this off is a starting point.
Some kind of structure and checklist to work to, a dummies guide to managing building work if you like.
It is not as if I am building a new house, we are simply knocking through one wall in the front room into a new side extension/garage conversion, and another in the kitchen to make that room bigger. Then moving the kitchen to the new extension.
I should add that the £29k I've been quoted doesn't include the kitchen at all and that is going to be another £5k!
I know I'll need a Groundwork done first then the garage roof dismantled, and a bricklayer to do the new walls, from there on I am lost.
Any advice appreciated. I dont have the desire to do much DIY on this myself, but at todays prices I might just have to.
We are looking to undertake and extension/garage conversion on our detached bungalow.
We've got the drawing got consent from planning and even had the drawings passed by Building regs, however...
We've only got one quote for all the work so far and it is about 10k more than we were expecting.
It is a small bungalow, (1 bed) but we are doing quite a lot, converting the garage, removing external skins of walls to give more space, creating a new room, knocking down walls, you get the idea.
I am not an idiot an I work from home so I feel I would be up to the task of project managing it all, as I am under the impression that I should be able to save a whole heap of money.
The trouble is I know very little about the building trade and building works in general.
I don't even know how many different type of tradespeople I would need to employ!
What I need if I'm to have any chance of pulling this off is a starting point.
Some kind of structure and checklist to work to, a dummies guide to managing building work if you like.
It is not as if I am building a new house, we are simply knocking through one wall in the front room into a new side extension/garage conversion, and another in the kitchen to make that room bigger. Then moving the kitchen to the new extension.
I should add that the £29k I've been quoted doesn't include the kitchen at all and that is going to be another £5k!
I know I'll need a Groundwork done first then the garage roof dismantled, and a bricklayer to do the new walls, from there on I am lost.
Any advice appreciated. I dont have the desire to do much DIY on this myself, but at todays prices I might just have to.