Hi everyone!
I moved into a 1960s town house a few years ago that needs a general overhaul which I have been putting off all this time. However it's time for the pink bathroom and grab rails to go and update the place. I don't think there's anything majorly structural to do but there are so many jobs and I'm fairly time-poor that I'm leaning towards getting a contractor in.
I've done the major stuff already - heating / electrics / roof. The stuff that is outstanding are things like:
- New bathroom
- New soil pipe
- Plastering / decorating
- Flooring stuff
- Opening out the space under the stairs
- Patio / bifold doors
- Some penetrating damp around one window
- Sorting out the weather board
- Garden renovation
My main stumbling block is that I don't know how to communicate this to potential contractors e.g. when getting quotes. Do I need to put a spec together in writing? If so, how much detail, how do you know what to write? Do I just walk around pointing at stuff? Becasue there's nothing majorly structural I don't really need an architect.
Any ideas on where to get starred?