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what happens to price of building materials?
jo70mo
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I am not sure if this is the right place to ask but just wondering how the recession has affected building materials.
We are just awaiting planning permission on a single storey granny flat extension which includes extension of our dining kitchen.
When we had a builder price up the plans in october just to see if they were feasible it was going to be slightly too costly to get our part of the work done but we put in plans for the full lot so we had the option of doing it in future.
We are just wondering if the price of building materials has changed either up or down since then and how they might be affected over the next 4-6 months.
We will be getting full quotes from more than one builder when the planning permission comes back.
However we may have to amend the plans and encroach on some of "our" space to build the granny flat - so extending our kitchen space would be a bit more important then.
It would be handy to have a feel of the direction things are going and have gone since last October.
Thanks for your help
Jo x
We are just awaiting planning permission on a single storey granny flat extension which includes extension of our dining kitchen.
When we had a builder price up the plans in october just to see if they were feasible it was going to be slightly too costly to get our part of the work done but we put in plans for the full lot so we had the option of doing it in future.
We are just wondering if the price of building materials has changed either up or down since then and how they might be affected over the next 4-6 months.
We will be getting full quotes from more than one builder when the planning permission comes back.
However we may have to amend the plans and encroach on some of "our" space to build the granny flat - so extending our kitchen space would be a bit more important then.
It would be handy to have a feel of the direction things are going and have gone since last October.
Thanks for your help
Jo x
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materials havent come down in price most have gone up slightly .labour rates might of altered thoughif you think peoples advice is helpfull please take the time to clicking the thank you button it gives great satisfaction0
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Mainly going up due to decline in the value of Sterling.0
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