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    How many hours needed......roughly?!

    Cheers mate! I guess it wasn't too bad, but living in the mess and nearly getting divorced over the whole thing (yes, seriously!) and all the stress it caused made it feel like a REALLY long time! I learnt that planning is key.....oh, and perhaps not living in a building site with a young child!!!:D
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    Can anyone recommend a good loft/extension guide for DIYers?

    Cheers guys. That Chudley and Greeno book comes up pretty well reviewed. Looks like there is a new one coming out in October too with revised regs etc.
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    How many hours needed......roughly?!

    Yeah, I had the same experience with my house.....took 4 months for a complete gut and renovation job. But part of the reason it took so long was how inefficient I was. I hate to think how many stupid trips I had to make down to the builders merchants, all because of poor planning - that was...
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    Can anyone recommend a good loft/extension guide for DIYers?

    Can anyone recommend a good "DIYers guide to loft conversions" and "DIYers guide to extensions"?! Not the kind that are geared toward project management (i.e. "get drawings, buy materials, call the builders"), but rather ones that are more technical and detail processes......ones geared toward...
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    How many hours needed......roughly?!

    Thanks for the stack of answers on this guys. I know it may seem silly my asking but I just wanted to see if there was a ballpark figure to run by........in reality I do know that the variable nature of the work makes this really hard to answer so thanks for attempting! I think I just need to...
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    How many hours needed......roughly?!

    Thanks for the reply. Time is very important for me to estimate as this is needed to work out our holding costs (council tax, interest payments on any financing etc.) and I need to estimate holding costs so that I can understand potential profit, if any. Of course, if the figures don't stack...
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    How many hours needed......roughly?!

    Hi all, First post on the forum, although I've used the site many times previously (even taught myself to plaster using information on here!). I'm a pretty competent DIYer; I used to work as a plumber many years ago and have over the years put my hands to many different tasks, most recently...
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