We are looking to get our loft converted. We have a 2 bed Victorian terrace and would like an extra room as we our having baby 2 next year.
We would like to have one large room with an ensuite bathroom. The ensuite would need to be a dormer but the main room with just be veluxes in the roof. We also need to change our downstairs stairs around to fit the upper stairs.
We've had 2 quotes:
-one for £68500 Inc vat which doesn't include plumbing, tiles and tiling, bathroom suite, flooring, electrics or the stair construction but does include fitting the stairs. This is a general builder who we've used before and he has done a good job previously.
- one for £65000 + vat which covers everything except bathroom suite and flooring throughout. This builder only does lofts.
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Asked about not having the ensuite and the first builder said it would only make about a £4000 difference. Waiting to hear back from the 2nd.
It seems like so much money. Does this sound right or should we get more quotes? It's about 30% of the price of our house and probably wouldn't add the same onto the house price but we need the space and intend to stay here. We have about £30000 savings and would need to borrow the rest.