Cost of building Garage... 27K?
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I've just doubled the size of my garage for circa £5k and I could easily have rebuilt it for £12k. The trick is to break it down and shop around for materials.
Simply got a labourer to clear the land and dig the trench down to clay for the foundations. £600 including concrete and skip.
Sourced 5 pallets of 73mm reject bricks, £335 believe it or not. Bricklayer cost another £750 to take the walls up to 3.4mtrs.
Complete new dual pitched roof cost £2k
UPC door and window off eBay for £80. Fitted myself.
Concrete floor dug out and poured £500.
Electric lighting and sockets £500
Oh, and £600 for a second hand single post car lift but I don't count the cost of that. It's the reason my roof height is so high.
I employed labourers for all the digging out and general labouring, builders charge a lot of money for this portion of unskilled work.
Simply got a labourer to clear the land and dig the trench down to clay for the foundations. £600 including concrete and skip.
Sourced 5 pallets of 73mm reject bricks, £335 believe it or not. Bricklayer cost another £750 to take the walls up to 3.4mtrs.
Complete new dual pitched roof cost £2k
UPC door and window off eBay for £80. Fitted myself.
Concrete floor dug out and poured £500.
Electric lighting and sockets £500
Oh, and £600 for a second hand single post car lift but I don't count the cost of that. It's the reason my roof height is so high.
I employed labourers for all the digging out and general labouring, builders charge a lot of money for this portion of unskilled work.
Great post. One thing I wondered, wheres a good place to find labourers?
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Found mine off Gumtree but you have to be tough. The first sign of problems and I get rid. One guy worked well when I was around and did next to nothing when I wasn't. He was warned once about this and sacked off the job on day two after a continuation of the problem. One of the best I found was a 17 year trying to get an apprenticeship and just trying to learn as much as he could and keeping busy. When asked how much he charged or the day he said £30! I paid him £75, couldn't bring myself to even pay a 17 year old £30 a day. The labourer I got rid of was an older guy and even he only wanted £75 a day, I paid him £100. Oh, and then there are the dicks on there who pretend they want a job but actually only post an ad to satisfy the job centre that they are looking for work. One such dick completely wasted my time before I wised up to the ways of those on benefits. Also got rid of my first brickies when they started moaning on day two that they had underpriced the job, there is only one way those sort of relationships end up and I sever the ties early before things get out of hand. Took me two hours to find another brickie and didn't cost me any more than originally envisaged to get the brickwork finished. Most decent brickies will lay 300-350 bricks per day an expect to pay circa £120 per day labour. Control the supply of materials and know what labour costs and you've got it cracked.
Excellent post - The first post on this website that is actually sensible
well done
Can I ask you to break down the dual pitch roof please?
Complete new dual pitched roof cost £2k - WHere did the 2k go?
Yep - this is the way to maximise the value for money if you are prepared to be the builder, effectively.
Of course this also shows what you're paying for when you get a proper main contractor builder in. They handle all of this sort of hassle, as well as contributing their significant experience/knowledge, and they take the financial risk if something goes wrong and has to be redone.
Of course this also shows what you're paying for when you get a proper main contractor builder in. They handle all of this sort of hassle, as well as contributing their significant experience/knowledge, and they take the financial risk if something goes wrong and has to be redone.
A brickie for £90.00 a day in London ????
I'm in Norfolk and i wouldn't get out of bed for anything less than £150.00 a day.
You'll get out off bed for what ever the market is paying.
Brother used to earn €1200 per week as a site manager back in 03 and said he wouldn't get out of bed for £400 quid a week.
Well he still gets out off bed and for £400 quid and less now per week.
Never over estimate your self. Greed gets the better of most people.
Brother used to earn €1200 per week as a site manager back in 03 and said he wouldn't get out of bed for £400 quid a week.
Well he still gets out off bed and for £400 quid and less now per week.
Never over estimate your self. Greed gets the better of most people.
A very late response to the question regarding the cost of the dual pitch roof but this was the one area where I got a bargain. I reclaimed enough tiles from the original roof to cover one pitch of the new roof and bought new tiles for the other pitch. I paid around £600 for roof timbers and tiles. I know an excellent roofer and had in the past helped him out with some tender documents he was submitting. When it came to doing my roof he had the cut timbers installed in a day and all tiled on the second day. To contextualise the cost, I paid him £1400 for labour and materials on top of the £600 I'd already paid for materials. I reckon he made circa £1200 labour between two men for two days.
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where can you find a bricky for 90 a day ill have ten and roofers for 100 a joke
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18 k is a reasonable quote in my book not ott depends on the brick you use and the garage doors are hugely different in cost
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Bricks on average are 600 a thousand you would need about 3200 to build a double garage then about 500 for trusses 1600 for roof tiles garage doo and frame 500 footings and oversite would depend on the ground conditions so its difficult then theres all the other costs soakaway drainage fascia gutter 18k is reasonable also scaffolding to fit roof lintols anyone who prices for ten to twelve k are botching or cutting corners at the end of the day the value of your house is reflected on what you build
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