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thanks - really helpful. If I hadn't given enough detail I'm sure you'd have pointed that out. People like you do.

sorry, crack in door frame is diagonal

We have a 50 year old house which we extended last year. The builder is a reputable local firm and we used a structural engineer which led to masses of very expensive steelwork. We have building regs all signed off. The extension was finished in December. The builder says he will come back...

thanks Will

We finished renovating our house last December and as spring is here we are starting to look at the gardens front and back. The house is built on a slight incline so the ground slopes from right down to left as you look at the front of the house. The effect of this is uneven ground at the...

okay, I'll ask the structural engineer to begin with. And get the builder to at least look upstairs at the problem. Thanks for your advice.

We had a total renovation of our house last year and built an extension at the same time. The project began in August and ended in December - the build itself was structurally finished (roof on) by October. Part of the extension was a new garage with bedroom and two bathrooms on top. The...

thanks for takign the time to reply - good advice - I'll do that!

thanks for your replies Our builder reckons he can undercut the price of John Lewis - so far all of his tradespeople have been spot on - he subcontracts the joinery, roofer, plumber etc. I am assuming he subcontracts the flooring also. He says they are Amtico registered. How can I find...

We have just extended our kitchen. The 'old' part of the floor now amounts to about a quarter of the total floor space in the room and is slightly higher than the rest of the new concrete floor. The stud walls/first fix electrics are just being done at the moment. The kitchen is due to fitted...

thanks for your replies. I have no idea what the previous storage capacity was. The house belonged to an old lady and had 3 beds/1 bath. It will now belong to a family of four - the kids are small now but will obviously be teenagers wanting showers one day. We have had our mains supply...

We are renovaitng and extending a house. The finished house will have 5 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, plus downstairs loo, study, playroom etc. I think there are 16 radiators, 3 towel rails. The towel rails serve rooms with additional underfloor heating. We would like a recommendation for a...

We are renovating and extending a house at the moment. It is a sixties house which had some cedar cladding on the front elevation which has just been removed. It has always been our intention to render this section of the house where the wood was removed. We were pleased to find brickwork...

We are living in a 1961 house which is about to be extended and rewired/replumbed. The builder starts in 3 weeks and we are due to move into a rented house at the beginning of September while the messy stuff is done. Last night I heard a loud crackling sound when I switched off the light in...

I've tried to cut and paste a link but it won't work - will try again!

We are looking for a new front door and want something reasonably contemporary. Lots of the engineered oak doors on the market have a pane of frosted glass - we want one of these doors with clear glass but they don't exist unless you pay £££ or go for one called the 'Oslo' which has a really...

Thanks for all your replies. I haven't seen his work for myself but my friend was pleased. I have the impression that her job was a small extension whereas mine is a massive renovation project and perhaps he's not used to such big jobs. Two of the builders we invited round took the plans but...

Well you'd think so for that price! It's a 1961 house that hasn't been touched. It's on a good plot but needs bringing up to date with absolutely everything. We have a budget of about £150k but thats got to include everything, right down to a new kitchen and appliances, 129m squared of...

No, he didn't mention paying for a quote. From what he said, he was exasperated at waiting for brickies and roofers to get back to him with a price, so he turned to this professional quoting service. If the brickies etc had got back to him, he wouldn't have paid the £150k. His price was £111k...

well that's one of the reasons we're confused. The estimate he's paid for includes everything you can ever imagine (quantities and price for labour). He didn't seem to be pricing anything himself. On the other hand, we really like him on a personal level (important). He asked where the quote...