Hi,
All going well i will be the owner of a 3 bed terraced Victorian house, in desperate need of a refurb.
The works that need doing are:
- loft conversion (with a full width rear dormer) bedroom + ensuite
- rear extension (4m wide x 3m deep)
- knocking down at least one load-bearing wall (up to 3 potentially)
- knocking down other walls
- complete new wiring (the consumer unit looks ancient)
- complete new heating system (inc replacing and relocating various rads)
- new bathroom
- new kitchen
- new timber sashes to the front and double glazing to the rear
- putting in a "under stairs" toilet
- decorating the lot
So a fair bit! We believe that all the works come within Permitted Development.
Abous Me + Other Half
We both work demanding jobs, cannot always be on the end of the phone and occasionally are required to work extremely long hours (i.e. till the early hours of the morning). We also don't have a guranteed go-home-time, we work as required. We therefore will need either a decent builder to run the build or an architect.
In relation to getting this done we have three proposed ideas as to how we want to run it.
1. Pre-Fab Extension, Specialist Loft Company, General Builder
- Get a pre-fab extension, installed by the pre-fab company and left at as a bare shell
- Get a specialist loft company to do the loft extension including the staircase
- Unsure about how would do electrics and heating in these areas?
- Get a general builder to then do the rest
2. Pre-Fab Extension, General Builder
- Get a pre-fab extension, installed by the pre-fab company and left at as a bare shell
- Get a general builder to do the loft extension
- Unsure if general builder would do electrics and heating in extension?
- General builder to then do the rest
3. Pre-Fab Extension, Architect/QS and Architect's Builder
- Get a pre-fab extension, installed by the pre-fab company and left at as a bare shell
- Get an Architect to plan out the whole build, QS to state what is required, Architect to tender for builders and act as project manager and run the whole build - they would deal with the builder directly
Would appreciate suggestions as to how you would run this.
Thanks,
R
All going well i will be the owner of a 3 bed terraced Victorian house, in desperate need of a refurb.
The works that need doing are:
- loft conversion (with a full width rear dormer) bedroom + ensuite
- rear extension (4m wide x 3m deep)
- knocking down at least one load-bearing wall (up to 3 potentially)
- knocking down other walls
- complete new wiring (the consumer unit looks ancient)
- complete new heating system (inc replacing and relocating various rads)
- new bathroom
- new kitchen
- new timber sashes to the front and double glazing to the rear
- putting in a "under stairs" toilet
- decorating the lot
So a fair bit! We believe that all the works come within Permitted Development.
Abous Me + Other Half
We both work demanding jobs, cannot always be on the end of the phone and occasionally are required to work extremely long hours (i.e. till the early hours of the morning). We also don't have a guranteed go-home-time, we work as required. We therefore will need either a decent builder to run the build or an architect.
In relation to getting this done we have three proposed ideas as to how we want to run it.
1. Pre-Fab Extension, Specialist Loft Company, General Builder
- Get a pre-fab extension, installed by the pre-fab company and left at as a bare shell
- Get a specialist loft company to do the loft extension including the staircase
- Unsure about how would do electrics and heating in these areas?
- Get a general builder to then do the rest
2. Pre-Fab Extension, General Builder
- Get a pre-fab extension, installed by the pre-fab company and left at as a bare shell
- Get a general builder to do the loft extension
- Unsure if general builder would do electrics and heating in extension?
- General builder to then do the rest
3. Pre-Fab Extension, Architect/QS and Architect's Builder
- Get a pre-fab extension, installed by the pre-fab company and left at as a bare shell
- Get an Architect to plan out the whole build, QS to state what is required, Architect to tender for builders and act as project manager and run the whole build - they would deal with the builder directly
Would appreciate suggestions as to how you would run this.
Thanks,
R