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On my earlier posting, £1200 -1500 m2 should get you shell, roof, windows, doors etc. which is all you are looking for. Materials would be typical contractors supply. Anything fancy or out of the ordinary would cost more. For example the electrical fittings would be white plastic, if you wanted...

Jonny I've worked around your area and I think you should look at £1200-£1500 per m2. A good builder will probably look for more. There's plenty of work in the London area at the moment, that keeps the prices up. You can get get cheaper prices but you may not get the best quality with...

If it's a small extension I always dig by hand. A bit of grafting can be quite enjoyable, but if you haven't done it for a while it can be hard getting back into it. Using a digger might mean less hard work but rip out one of the services (seen it done a few times) or a drain ( seen that as...

Like woody suggested, split some bricks. Also it will help get over any humps and dips in your founds.

Go for it Andy. If it doesn't work, so what , at least give it your best shot. Don't be one of these people who looks back and says "I wish I'd done that", get out and do it. You might not make much money but it can be enjoyable being your own boss. You may even turn out to be good at it, you...

I dug some bricks out of my garden and used them as a path. I laid them upside down on mortar, on top of scalpings, and recessed the joints. It's been down for about 5 yrs. now and with moss growing in the joints it looks like it's been there for ever.

Have you got a light Mac? - no, but I've got a dark brown overcoat. Frank Zappa

A mate of mine found a mobile and phoned the number under dad to try and return the phone. He was accused of stealing the phone by dad so he told dad to pi55 off and slung the phone in a river. Sometimes it's hard to be honest.

ESA I didn't use insulation, but I built it so it wouldn't be a difficult job to put it in. One day I hope to convert it to habitable, might take some time but I've seen it done. I didn't want to make it to much like a dwelling just needed to get it built first. I teach martial arts, so I...

Depending on the ground, trees may not make any difference. I've built a 10m x 6m garage with 100ft sycamores within 3ft of the foundations. My property sits on ballast, I had to dig down 1200mm into the ballast and the BCO accepted this as apparently tree roots don't go down into the ballast...

When I bought my house it came with planning for a detached garage, single block walls, just under 10m x 7m. BC had no problem with it being just a single skin. Personally I don't like the thought of a single skin on a building this size, so I built the inner skin of concrete blocks and built an...

The trouble with most chimneys is they are not maintained . How many people have their pointing and flahings checked. How many are properly built with double trays. If an unused chimney is letting in a lot of damp, then take it down, most old chimneys have mortar rot from the effects of acid and...

Lots of people say blocked up chimneys have to be vented otherwise you will have damp. Where does this damp come from, all you have is a void with no air flow, same as a cavity. You do not get damp on your walls because there is no airflow in the cavity. I have seen many blocked up fireplaces...

Try advertising the jobs, but with 'able to budget wages' and 'keep overheads down' don't expect a crack team.

Cut packing peices out of sheet of ply. You can use different thickness ply to help leveling, but usually find existing ceiling joists are quite level. Large lumps of plaster can be cut out of the way.

And an amateur captain who was guided by 'a voice from above'

Eddie Remember the Ark was built by amateurs and the Titanic by proffesionals

MST Here's mine 1 ok 2 2-3 hrs 3 no 4 elecsa 5 12 6 fist re-wire on my own about 20yrs ago 7 so-so , don't do enough testing to ever be fluent 8 no 9 yes, but worried about leaving my guys on their own 10 do my own work if sparkie doesn't...

Eddie In your opinion what would have been a fair cost. I know I had 41% off for tax but think £600 would be about right for what you get.