We’re in the middle of planning a 24 m ground floor extension and refurb of existing space, to include downstairs shower room and new kitchen. We’re also having the whole house rewired at the same time.
We’ve only had estimates so far, as we’re still jiggling the architect’s plans to make sure we’re 100% happy, but we’re getting between £2,150 and £2,250 per square metre as estimates, not including kitchen (which is being fitted by the manufacturer) shower room fittings, tiling, lights or flooring.
This is for a mid-range build, no high-end glass, fancy roof-lanterns, bifolds or anything, but a decent quality finish to mist coat that we can then decorate ourselves. Bearing in mind, actual quotes could come out significantly higher.
We’re getting multiple quotes, but if the price is right, our build route is likely to be a main contractor who manages a team of independent, specialist tradesmen. He comes highly recommended and he and his team did a fantastic job on the house next door last year. That was a particularly useful experience for us as we could see that they were professional, reliable, kept everywhere tidy, turned up on time, worked hard and did a good job and at the end our neighbour gave us the tour, so we could see the quality of their work.
We’re also in the West Midlands.