What should I expect to pay?

Moldy

Hi all,

Am in process of buying first house. 3 bed semi. Have had quotes for knocking down wall between kitchen and diner and making bath/sink and separate wc into one bigger bathroom.

I do not know how much to budget for plastering (just the areas affected by the internal walls) tiling, kitchen fitting, electrics (not rewire-just new RCD box and a few more plugs) and flooring (laminate in lounge and kitchen-diner, carpet upstairs, not sure about bathroom yet). Does anyone have any idea how much this would cost?

I am new to this game and would appreciate any help offered!

Thanks,

Rob

helping_hubby

Prices seem to vary so much when getting quotes (depending how popular the trades person is and your location). I can only tell you what we paid to give you some approximation....

We paid about £55 per plug socket and about £300 maybe £350 for the RCD box.

Flooring can be as much as you like...why don't you just pop into a carpet shop to get an idea. Laminate can cost as little as £5 a square meter, but you get what you pay for. You can also pay £50 a square meter for real wood floors.

Tiling depends of the type of tiles, how big they are I think. Expect to pay about £20 - £30 a square meter I think.