How much for a loft conversion in a 3 bed victorian semi?

[allgonebellyup]

just wondering really, my guess is about 10k or more? we would need a new staircase too..

No, probably much more. Ours was 21k with no plumbing. That's in a very cheap part of the country but a good firm and we think we got a bargain.

I think it's going to cost more than that - 30k would be more realistic I reckon.

Oh fuck.

That's that out the window then

Sil had one done recently. Just standard conversion, nothing fancy, no en suite and only half the attic and it cost them £25k and that was a mates rate!

yes, I would say 30k.

I'm a building control officer and I'd say £30k

hmm maybe i will look to moving then instead.

thanks for the help though!

40K round here

blimey o'riley

Most do free quotes..

yep £30-40k depending where you are

Depends on whether you can do any of the work yourself. Ours cost £10,000 but we did all the plumbing and electrics and decoration ourselves, and there is no en-suite up there. Ours was several years ago now, but I know people who have had them done recently for £15-20,000 depending on what they had done. It really is a 'how long's a piece of string' scenario.

We have just been quoted 15k for an attic conversion in 3 bed Victorian terrace house, so either our builder is crazy or you should try and get a few quotes!

We had a loft conversion on our two bedroom terrace (cost upwards of 40K) and a lot depends on what needs to be done and if you are going to have plumbing. The other consideration is the finish - some companies only take the loft conversion up to the decorating stage and there is the additional cost of finishing the job..

The only thing I do recommend is to make sure that you have planning permission - retrospective planning permission is a nightmare & impacts the resale value when/if you sell the house later...

We did ours 4 years ago, we are in Surrey where everything is expensive.

Ours was done by a 1-man builder/carpenter. So not an expensive 'loft specialist' company.

We paid £15,000 for a full conversion, including 3 velux windows. We did not have a dormer put in. If we had that would have been an extra £8,000 which we did not have at the time.
We did however NOT pay for electrics as dh is an electrician and did it himself.

Oh, we had a staircase put in, the builder/carpenter made the staircase himself (it is his speciality/hobby) in his garage.

All in all it was worth the money.

Oh yes, meant to add, we do NOT have an ensuite up there. It is not a huge room, but ds is very happy with his loft bedroom

Depends where you are. Friend of mine is having hers done and all her quotes have been around the £40k mark.

Oh, Hippipotami, can I ask how long it took and how disruptive it was? We aren't planning on having a dormer either, I do think that makes a big difference pricewise. But are wondering if we should bite the bullet and do the ensuite ...

Ours was around £20-22k about 3 years ago. We had an ensuite and reasonable sized bedroom. We lost part of our boxroom to accommodate the new stairs.

We were advised to use a good general builder as some loft conversion specialists tend to charge more. Our builder was absolutely brilliant - sadly now retired. It took 6 weeks and the disruption was fairly major. We were very lucky (I make a point of saying this as some builders have a reputation for not always being reliable and this was not our experience AT ALL)

We had to have a lot of electrical updating done to meet the building regs. (electric smoke detector system etc). All doors except bathroom had to have special fire closure gadgets on them etc.

We are in the Midlands btw.

Our builder used to turn up around 7.45am and leave around 6pm. It was a long day but it got the job done quicker. Be prepared for a LOT of building dust - everywhere. I had a house I could go to in the day while friends were at work when it all got too much. The builders even made their own drinks (and for me too sometimes!) I bought loads of coffee, milk etc for them partly in appreciation of how good they were.

Sorry to go on...but we had a good experience and love our new space.

That's interesting onepieceoflollipop. 6 weeks is what we've been quoted and freinds have recommended a general builder, so that might be the way ahead, rather than loft specialist. When you say 'all' doors, do you mean all the doors in the house? I don't think our doors even shut properly!!

Sorry, I seem to be hi-jacking this very useful thread! Allgonebellyup, do you think you will still look into the conversion?? I still think it is much cheaper than moving into a 4 bed house ...

ours cost just under 30k (at the old house)

stinkybear it is only a slight hi-jack so hopefully the op won't mind me answering your questions.

Yes I did mean all doors, except for bathrooms and toilets, - that was to meet the building regulations - I have no idea if these are consistent requirements across the UK or set by individual planning departments? Imagine a small spring between the 2 door hinges (vicious looking gadget) - these were attached to the new doors and slam them shut - a pita with dcs though.

We had a great architect who knew all this stuff (builder had one absolutely dreadful tale of a lady who had used a rubbish less experienced architect. The plans dictated that a supporting wall be knocked down...this was done and to cut a long story short the work was abandoned for safety reasons leaving the lady with no loo at all for many weeks!!)

Stinkybear yes it's all doors. Mate who is having hers done is having to have a door fitted on her kitchen as at the moment it's open to the hall.

Most people then remove the closures as soon as the building regs people have been and given it the OK.

Ours took about 7 weeks, but they weren't here full-tiem during those weeks.

ecoworrier

we did that too.