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Cost help please

7 replies

chainreactions · 16/01/2022 09:49

Looking for approx costs please to rewire, put in boiler/central heating, new bathroom and standard kitchen for a 80 square metre bungalow. Thanks

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CorrBlimeyGG · 16/01/2022 09:52

Where are you? Costs can vary massively according to what you want and where you are.

Maximum71 · 16/01/2022 09:59

New central heating- new kitchen - new bathroom. I'd say you were looking at 40-50k min if you were doing it all as cheap as possible with tradespeople.

AwkwardPaws27 · 16/01/2022 10:00

Bare in mind everything has gone up other the last couple of years. Obviously price will be more depending on finishing, what fixtures etc.
I'd guess around £30k based on:

Rewire - £3-6k depending on number of rooms
Check a trade website reckons around £4-7k for new central heating system
Bathroom - I've had estimates of £5-7k labour for a small (8x5) bathroom on the outskirts of London so around £10k once I've paid for suite, tiles, new extractor & lights etc.
Kitchen - exact same layout, Howdens or similar - maybe £15k? More if having Amtico flooring, better appliances etc.

Bare in mind that rewiring is messy work so, if wires need chasing in etc, you may find you need to redecorate all rooms.
If you are getting floors up to run new pipework for rads etc, have a contingency fund incase of any surprises! (If its laminate and previous owners have glued it together, for example, you may be replacing instead of relaying).

AwkwardPaws27 · 16/01/2022 10:02

And to clarify my guesstimate is based on a basic kitchen and bathroom - with personal taste, room sizes etc could be a lot more.

onedayoranother · 16/01/2022 10:41

I agree - £50k if you were being very mindful and shop around. Just done two bathrooms and they were about £7k (not moving anything and just replacing stuff) and £10k (moving it all and expensive tiles). Kitchen was closer to £20k, as even though kept the layout there was making good and some plastering. I didn't have to touch the floor but that's another expense if doing that. Then are you going to decorate everything? That will be several thousand for the whole house - they need to take a good amount of time to prep it.
Someone might say £X amount for kitchen plus labour but there's tons of other bits and pieces you might not think of: new lighting, plastering, moving electrics and plumbing, flooring as I said, worktop, quality of appliances, features like boiling water tap...

caringcarer · 16/01/2022 11:02

I am the West Midlands and recently had rewire £3500, new boiler condensing £2500. I had a new bathroom in a different house and all new tiling throughout bathroom and new shower over bath and cost £3900. I have several btl properties and use the same tradesmen for years, but if you are in the West Midlands I could give you their names for quotes. In yet a different house I bought a large second hand good quality kit hen on eBay for £2800 and had it fitted costing £1200 and DH and D's hired a van a collected it. New tiles and fitting in kitchen, new solid wood work tops, cooker hood cost another £3800. If you can shop around you can get things a bit cheaper. Always get at least 2 but preferable 3 quotes per job and make sure they are all going to do exactly the same work.

AwkwardPaws27 · 16/01/2022 18:15

I've just realised I clearly left my brain in bed earlier. £40k not £30k according to the breakdown I gave Blush

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