Garage conversion

Doozergirl

shane42 wrote: »

iam doing well enough to not have to be on the tools anymore, thanks for asking

Presumably that's why you'd say it would cost more than £5k then. You need people to pay you for sitting on here all day, as well as paying someone to do the real work.

shane42

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skintchick

shane42 wrote: »

£5k ha ha ok do my conversion please, all using skilled qualified trades with a completion certificate from eacj trade and the council for compliance to building regs, pm me your details you have the job.
£5k ha ha i am laughing all the way to the bank

I can certainly PM you my builder's details. It was him who told us how much it would cost, and as he has actually seen the property, I'd imagine he knows better than you.

What is it with people on this board? Many of you are extremely rude.

joeo2000

Doozergirl wrote: »

I know exactly what needs doing. On a self-managed route, it could very easily come in at 5k. Much less, DIY. £2500 on digging a hole and filling it with polystyrene,sand, cement and a layer of polythene?

Two skips or perhaps lose much of it in the garden if possible. Less than £100 per cubic metre of concrete - shipped in, can't be more than £500; less if self-mixed. Fully compliant window could be purchased for £200 and a day or two labour for the builder to complete the front can't cost £1500 even with the bricks it's less than £1000.

£1000 for an electrician to alter the exisitings and one new radiator? Seriously? A monkey could organise a new radiator.

Building Control fee would be less than £200. I'm not putting together a full budget but we priced ours up at £3000 and I can break down your estimates so far and not come up with that much. Would not have to cost much more than £5000 at all including a good degree of labour unless you're paying someone to manage absolutely everything for you.

I would reckon 400 for building control,250 for planning permission(based on % of build cost),70 to advertise proposed plan in local paper,300 for drawings.add 2 months of waiting for a decision and thats just for the go head.another 8-10k to finish job to high standard.

Contessa

This is an interesting thread. I'm still at the stage of just looking on Rightmove, but I've noticed some houses (mainly bungalows) have converted the garage into an extra room. One house I really like has a converted garage. I would like a garage, not just for the car, but for storage. If no garage then a large garden shed, with good access, will be essential for me.

Owain_Moneysaver

shane42 wrote: »

so a good diy er could do
the electrics with a part p and EIC?
the brick work ?
the window that needs to be signed of by a fensa registered co?
the plastering to a quality finnish?

If the work is the subject of a Building Control application, which it will be, then there is no requirement for electrical work or windows to be signed off by a contractor registered with one of the self-certification schemes, as Building Control will do that.

In the case of wiring BC are supposed to do this themselves rather than charge the DIYer extra, but some will unless there is a EIC.

And it's quite possible for a DIYer to supply an EIC as you don't have to be a member of a self-cert scheme to do one, and the relevant test equipment can be hired for the weekend.

Plastering, well, with dry lining that's not so hard, and wobbly (sorry, 'rustic finish') plaster isn't a Building Control matter anyway.

Doozergirl

joeo2000 wrote: »

I would reckon 400 for building control,250 for planning permission(based on % of build cost),70 to advertise proposed plan in local paper,300 for drawings.add 2 months of waiting for a decision and thats just for the go head.another 8-10k to finish job to high standard.

I just spat my drink out! Facts? PP for a garage conversion? The cost based on a % of build cost?! Paying to advertise it in the paper?! Drawings for what exactly?

Did you forget to take one of your tablets?

housesitter

WestonDave wrote: »

Its also worth considering the size of the garage - a lot of 1960's garages were built to accomodate the cars of that time. If you bear in mind that as a guide, everytime a new model is launched - i.e. different versions of the Astra etc, the width increases by around an inch, you'll soon see that often older garages are no longer practical to store a car in.

I'm surprised you say that as my experience in looking for houses specifically with garages the opposite is true.
Newer houses (those which you can squeeze sideways between it and your neighbour) tend to have tiny garages. You can get a car in no problem, but you cannot get out of the car !
It's almost like they've been built to say "it's got a garage" but they expect the buyer wont actually check to see if it's of any use size wise.

shane42

Owain_Moneysaver wrote: »

If the work is the subject of a Building Control application, which it will be, then there is no requirement for electrical work or windows to be signed off by a contractor registered with one of the self-certification schemes, as Building Control will do that.

In the case of wiring BC are supposed to do this themselves rather than charge the DIYer extra, but some will unless there is a EIC.

And it's quite possible for a DIYer to supply an EIC as you don't have to be a member of a self-cert scheme to do one, and the relevant test equipment can be hired for the weekend.

Plastering, well, with dry lining that's not so hard, and wobbly (sorry, 'rustic finish') plaster isn't a Building Control matter anyway.

do you honestly think that a diy er knows how to use the tester? and how to fill in the form? would they know what tests to do ? lest be realistic please

JQ.

Going back to the OP for a brief moment - I would not consider a house without a garage, although I'd never leave my car in it. I'm not too old, I don't think (35) - but we do have an awful lot of stuff - mountain bikes, camping equipment, DIY gear, gardening gear, sports equipment, beer fridge, hardtop for my car - literally £000's of stuff which there's no way I'd leave in a shed and takes up the whole garage.

I do think people accumulate alot more "stuff" these days.

They're just my thought anyway. I'm hoping our next house is going to have a nice big double garage to accommodate the car and the "stuff".