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How much would you budget for this work?

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chipsandcheeseee · 28/06/2024 17:50

I viewed a house last week and it's become clear (after having 2 offers declined) that the vendor isn't willing to negotiate and wants the asking price.

I love the house so I'm prepared to offer full asking but I'd just like an idea as to how much the below work will cost first or how much I'd need to roughly budget for if anyone can help? Google is giving different answers and as a FTB I haven't got a clue how much these things cost!

• New boiler (current boiler is years old with immersion heater in the spare room cupboard)

• Moving a partition wall to make the 2nd bedroom bigger and removing the cupboard where the heater is. Radiator is currently on this wall.

• Blocking up the kitchen door (from the living room) and moving it into the hallway by the front door - there is currently a radiator on that wall so will need to be moved to create access.

• Moving the kitchen sink in the correct to by the window.

• Bathroom window needs changing to double glazing.

Carpets I can live with for now (not the best but will do) and family will help with painting etc

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chipsandcheeseee · 28/06/2024 17:52

Damn autocorrect! The kitchen sink is in the corner of the kitchen and I'd want to move it by the window.

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chipsandcheeseee · 28/06/2024 19:38

Bump x

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Nw22 · 28/06/2024 19:41

10-15k

OneForTheToad · 28/06/2024 20:05

Gut feeling, circa £15k.

FormerlySpeckledyHen · 28/06/2024 20:09

I would budget for £15k and hope to be pleasantly surprised.

ajanifear · 28/06/2024 20:12

It depends where you are vaguely in the country too I think. We’re north west and comparing our costs with ILs in the south east, we pay a good amount less.

We recently paid 2.5k for a new combi boiler, including some movement of location and a new flue through the wall as it turned out the old one wasn’t actually legal.

About a year ago we paid £600 for two radiators to be moved, and c.£1600 for a partition wall to be knocked down.

Itsallsoboring · 28/06/2024 21:04

chipsandcheeseee · 28/06/2024 17:50

I viewed a house last week and it's become clear (after having 2 offers declined) that the vendor isn't willing to negotiate and wants the asking price.

I love the house so I'm prepared to offer full asking but I'd just like an idea as to how much the below work will cost first or how much I'd need to roughly budget for if anyone can help? Google is giving different answers and as a FTB I haven't got a clue how much these things cost!

• New boiler (current boiler is years old with immersion heater in the spare room cupboard)

• Moving a partition wall to make the 2nd bedroom bigger and removing the cupboard where the heater is. Radiator is currently on this wall.

• Blocking up the kitchen door (from the living room) and moving it into the hallway by the front door - there is currently a radiator on that wall so will need to be moved to create access.

• Moving the kitchen sink in the correct to by the window.

• Bathroom window needs changing to double glazing.

Carpets I can live with for now (not the best but will do) and family will help with painting etc

I've looked at some pricing as some of these things are things I need to do for my FTB house too:

• New boiler (current boiler is years old with immersion heater in the spare room cupboard) - about £3,500 (more if you to move the boiler to another location)

• Moving a partition wall to make the 2nd bedroom bigger and removing the cupboard where the heater is. Radiator is currently on this wall. - About £3-4k for the structural engineer work and putting a steel beam (this is if it's a load bearing wall). If it's not a load bearing wall, it'll be considerably lower. Still, get a structural engineer to take a look

• Blocking up the kitchen door (from the living room) and moving it into the hallway by the front door - there is currently a radiator on that wall so will need to be moved to create access. - the blocking up will be cheaper, but creating access to another area might require structural support - think in the region £2-3k (again, have a structural engineer take a look)

• Moving the kitchen sink in the correct to by the window - this requires new plumping and might be a bit costly if you are moving it very far from the original location - £2-5k depending on how much new plumbing

• Bathroom window needs changing to double glazing - £1-2k max

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