Approx price for replacement porch?

Frith

Hello, hope someone can help me out with this.

I live in a tiny Victorian cottage (old pit cottage) with a fairly horrid 1970's porch stuck on the back (literally stuck on, not attached to the house properly!)

The existing porch measures 1.5 (depth from the house) x just over 2m. It has a concrete floor, light and electrical socket. It is made of a single layer of bricks - different sort of bricks lower down to those higher up, obv really built on the cheap! All I've done to it in 14 years is paint it so the bricks appear at least the same colour and mop up the rainwater that leaks in where it joins the house.

I would like to replace it with something a bit more in keeping with the house. Same sort of size. I have a steady supply of Victorian bricks that are identical to those my house is built from (old falling down outhouse) but I presume the inside layer would be modern brick? I could also keep the tiles off the roof of the existing porch and there seem to be plenty about to make up the right quantity.

I am happy to dismantle the old porch myself.

Please could someone give me a rough guide to how much having a new porch built would cost? As I say, I could supply the outer Victorian bricks and the tiles. I would look out for some reclaimed windows (one each side in my sketch) and would want a decent looking door in the front.

I wouldn't want it plastered inside, happy to have painted brickwork.

N.B This is on the back of the house so nowhere near a road and a few metres away from anyone else's property. Size wise, I would be replacing like with like.

Thank you!

Frith

Here is a link to an example. This shows the sort of shape - door in the front, windows to each side but less salubrious and in brick.

http://www.shutterstock.com/pic-115782949/stock-photo-front-door-of-a-victorian-era-english-cottage.html

Frith

Outside measurements are 230cm x 115.

somethingcorporate

Our (old) neighbours had a similar sized extension put up in around a week with reclaimed victorian bricks. I'd suggest if you need foundations dug etc you'd need to set aside in the region of £3-5k as a very rough ball park (but could easily be twice the upper estimate). You could easily £1,200 on a door alone!

keystone

somethingcorporate wrote: »

Our (old) neighbours had a similar sized extension put up in around a week with reclaimed victorian bricks. I'd suggest if you need foundations dug etc you'd need to set aside in the region of £3-5k as a very rough ball park (but could easily be twice the upper estimate). You could easily £1,200 on a door alone!

A much more sensible post.

Cheers

Frith

A more sensible post than mine? Erm....

keystone

Frith wrote: »

A more sensible post than mine? Erm....

Errm - no. A more sensible post than the poster's previous post on another thread.

Cheers

Frith

If you're qualified to judge other people's posts, why not suggest what a sensible quote would be for the building work I would like done?

keystone

Frith wrote: »

If you're qualified to judge other people's posts, why not suggest what a sensible quote would be for the building work I would like done?

Well first of all my post was lauding said posters return to sanity from a fairly major abberation on another thread and thus directed at them and nobody else. Secondly I already thanked them for their post in this thread so that might give a clue that I might just be in general agreement with their contribution. Thirdly seeing as you apparently want to get arsey about it then I'm sorry but, frankly, I can't be bothered.

Cheers

Frith

Another poster of a certain age who is all mouth and no trousers.

somethingcorporate

Don't take it personally, he got a bit annoyed with one of my posts on another thread - it was not fair to continue that little conflict on your thread though so apologies for that.

Good luck in your project.