Quote for kitchen extension

RedKen1

Woodyrocks wrote: »

My builder who also acts as project manager is SE London based and the standard of work is fantastic. I found him through local recommendation and he took me round the local houses to show me the extensions and various other work of his before putting in his bid for the job. Work is just finishing on my new house and I think he could be just the man you need. Quite a bit of work has been undertaken in my house including kitchen extension, new kitchen fitted (he saved me a fair amount using his contacts), new addition of ensuite to master, cloakroom rejig, structural wall removal, new bathroom, lots of plastering, insulation, UFH, full rewiring, heating system upgrade including new boiler and rads, roof needed seeing to, tiling and of course good ol' decoration exterior and interior. Windows are SMART systems being fitted by FENSA certified company recommended by him at a competitive price which I think also was down to his favoured trade contractor discount. This was also apparent in the keen quotes for skip and scaffolding.

I supplied lots of materials and got great deals on top brand tiles, quartz worktop, taps, bathroom furnishing etc in true MSE style as procurement is kinda my thing :j

Currently deciding what to get him as a thank you gift for the brilliant job on my home and for just being a thoroughly lovely bloke with exacting standards and a great manager of his team and myself the client! And I say this as a demanding young(ish) single female doing it all on my own.

BTW I had more than one company bid for the job and one company quoted more than double what my builder quoted :eek:

I am moving to a new place in East London in a couple of weeks and need a rear kitchen/diner extension built. Please can you send me your builders' details?

PeterKruk

Hi there ,

There are many factors that decide about kitchen extension cost:)

Single storey side return kitchen extension in circa 30sqm;

Phase 1 – Design and Statutory Applications
Architect (approximately £2000)
Planning Application fee – determined by design intent and local council rates (approximately £95)
Structural Engineer (£750 - £1400)
Thames Water Sewer approval (approximately £340)

Phase 2 – Construction
Construction (approximately £28,000 - £40,000)
Electrics (£1000 - £2000)
Plumbing & Heating (£800 - £2000)
Kitchen (guideline sum of £5,000 - £10,000 for base line appliances and cabinets)
Wall tiles & Flooring (approximately £1500 - £3000)
General decorating (£1000 - £1500)
Building Control Application and Certified Approval (£850 - £1250)

As a baseline estimate a typical side return kitchen extension in London are, based on the above breakdown, would cost in the region of £30,000 to £50,000 plus VAT

Everyone is talking about kitchen extension, but actually not many people have seen what's really involve in building one ?

Please go to YOUTUBE and type " KITCHEN EXTENSION " you can watch there builders and architects in action and see all the effort that goes into building dream kitchen extension:j

Regards

Peter

J-Mac

I've been keeping an eye on threads like this on this board as I'm currently in the process of getting quotes for my own kitchen/diner extension (5.8m x 5m).

I've had quotes from 4 builders so far ranging from around 23k to 44k. I'm in West London and have been trying to work around a budget of 1.5k per sq metre. I think this is around average for a decent builder in London??

Paulrm71

I am currently out to tender on a 6m by 5m extension and full refurbishment of existing house. I am based SW London / Surrey and am expecting around 1500 per sqm. Had to rush around to find extra builders to quote as four out of five recently pulled out.....busy time of year.

amatino

Can anyone recommend a good reputable builder in and around Croydon?

Esinem

Sorry if this is a stupidly naive question but is a £1.5k m2 guide building cost just at ground level? I mean, does the next floor work out the same? Any idea how I'd approximate if the extension uses two existing walls to complete the rectangle? Also, what level of finish do such guide figures assume?