Current cost of knocking through a wall

[Etherealhedgehog]

I don't know any specifics because we don't own the house - but I hate the dead space of a separate dining room so if we were to put in an offer we'd need to factor in the cost of knocking through the living and dining room at least in the next couple of years. I know prices for getting work done are crazy right now so no idea how accurate the estimates online are. Has anyone done this recently? How much is it costing you?

How long is a piece of string?

How can anyone comment, we don't know what area of the country you're in, if it's a load bearing wall, if plumbing and electrics will need to be moved into the bargain. The area of wall you want removing and making good.

Expect a quote of a few thousand for an easy job, thousands more if you need steel work putting in and more if old problems that need rectifying are found.

I would get a survey done and ask the surveyor for an opinion - they aren't builders obviously but will be able to give you a sense of feasibility and whether the wall is load bearing etc

You also need to factor in the cost of making good the floor, plastering and skirting boards around the newly revealed edge of the wall.

Depends if the wall is a supporting one too. You could need a steel RSJ to support the wall if it is

Thanks all, aware it's a tricky question - we're in London, so will presumably be at the higher end of the price range. For the rest, I don't know for now. Really just trying to get a sense at least of order of magnitude. We don't want to get to the stage of surveying and then find out it's unaffordable as we already had to pull out of a purchase last year after having spent a fair bit, not keen to repeat that experience!

With a load bearing wall, I'd probably budget £5k plus the cost of flooring/redecorating. It's not a big job really (assuming you're talking about a standard period terrace front/back room?). I'm in the NW and it cost about £2k 3 years ago.