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Cost of general maintenance?

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has a rough idea how much the following things would cost - due to the severe weather last year and general wear and tear, my house needs a few jobs doing!

1. Re-rendering outside wall roughly 6ft x 7ft

2. Re-plastering stair wall roughly 8ft x 12ft

3. Guttering roughly 5m

4. Re-tiling bathroom roughly 4ft x 6ft

As an idea am I best off finding a handyman who can do all these jobs for the best price? To be perfectly honest I am new and slightly ignorant to the cost of building work etc so any help is greatly appreciated!

I am in the Manchester area.

Comments

  • greenface
    greenface Posts: 4,871 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Dont do anything roughly ! Know a builder in Stockport if you want his number.
    Depending on the finishing of the tiling a genral recommended handyman/builder could sort these out
    :cool: hard as nails on the internet . wimp in the real world :cool:
  • macman
    macman Posts: 53,129 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    They are different jobs, plastering and tiling are specialist trades, so you won't necessarily find someone to do the lot, Similarly roofing.
    A jobbing builder might well 'have a go' at all of them, but you won't get such a good result-especially with the tiling.
    No free lunch, and no free laptop ;)
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