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Structural Engineer quote

lin473
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We are drawing up plans for a small kitchen extension 3mx3m.
I am a bit shocked how much all the red tape is costing before we evan start on the building cost!
The guy doing the drawings is charging £600 which we have agreed to
He has recommended a structural engineer who will charge £85 for a visit and £85 for the calculations so £170 plus VAT
Does that sound like the going rate or should we shop around?
All that plus the planning and building regs fees is already well over £1000!:eek:
I am a bit shocked how much all the red tape is costing before we evan start on the building cost!
The guy doing the drawings is charging £600 which we have agreed to
He has recommended a structural engineer who will charge £85 for a visit and £85 for the calculations so £170 plus VAT
Does that sound like the going rate or should we shop around?
All that plus the planning and building regs fees is already well over £1000!:eek:
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That sounds cheap0
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Really?
Just for the calculations on one steel?
Amazing!0 -
that is very cheap
i'd snap his hand off
it must be a basic job
i'd have estimated it at 250 at least0 -
I suppose it all depends on the complexity of what's involved...
We were removing a supporting wall and fitting a steel beam and our structural engineer:
- visited the house
- inspected the wall to be removed
- made a few notes
- went away and did us a calculation to send to Building Control
- told the builder which steel beam to buy (as per the calculation)
and it cost us £100. To boot, he said he felt guilty charging us £100 because there wasn't much work involved - but he had a rule that he never charged less than £100.
On that basis lin473 I think your quote looks a wee bit expensive - but if it's really complicated then maybe it's not too bad.0 -
Mmm - I don't think there is anything complicated about it.
It's currently the outside wall and is less than 3m wide 1.5m of which is window.
No complications that I can think of.
I think we may well go with the quote as there has been a mixed response - but it would be interesting to know what the hourly rate works out at.
My OH would have to work nearly 3 days to earn that much!
Thanks to everyone who took the time to reply!0 -
We're having a chimney breast removed and supported. The building inspector came out to have a look, he then went away and worked out the calculations for the steel for us. Looks like he has saved us some money then:beer:0
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Loobysaver wrote: »We're having a chimney breast removed and supported. The building inspector came out to have a look, he then went away and worked out the calculations for the steel for us. Looks like he has saved us some money then:beer:
Beggars belief! Also I pressed "thanks" instead of "quote" so you've got an extra thanks Loobysaver!0
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