Rough cost to put up an internal wall

Hi All, :hello:

I'm looking at houses to buy and having trouble finding one with a separate dinning room, so am considering how much effort it would be to get someone in to stick up a wall where there is enough space for a lounge / dinner to be split.
Does anyone know a rought guestimate for how much it would cost to get a builder to put up a wall to split a lounge/dinner into a lounge and a dinner?
Assumptions:
House is modern with a combination of concrete block and stud walls.
New wall needs to be 10-15ft wide to normal ceiling height
Both rooms already have separate doorways into other rooms
Both rooms already have separate lighting circuits
Flooring is carpet

Thinking about two options. One is a standard stud wall with a normal single door way between the two rooms.
The second is a large doorway with double folding doors. Essentially the new stud wall would only be a few feet from the left and righ walls plus a few feet from the ceiling and the rest would be an open doorway with the flexible double doors to be opened and closed as required.

Do you think this sort of thing could be done for £1k?

Any opinions welcome, except "ask a builder" :p I haven't found a house yet and wouldn't want to waste anyone's time
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  • andrewf75
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    We had a stud wall put in recently and it was about a grand including the door (normal size) and frame. Its a pretty simple job.
  • Doozergirl
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    Like Andrew said, yes, it's very easy and always possible. Doors make it more expensive as it increases material and labour costs. Doors can also very wildly in price.
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  • stator
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    Thanks :)
    I have been looking at second hand folding doors on eBay, so it's just the wall part that is unknown to me. Just need to know how much to budget for the work. 1k should be affordable :)
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  • System
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    the biggest potential problem is that a lot of the time there isn't a decent enough space for a proper dining room as the layouts become awkward - also be careful of creating inner rooms
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  • stator
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    the_r_sole wrote: »
    the biggest potential problem is that a lot of the time there isn't a decent enough space for a proper dining room as the layouts become awkward - also be careful of creating inner rooms
    Yes I'm only looking at houses with enough room, but I know it will probably seem smaller once it's done, so that's why I was thinking of the folding doors so you can open it out again when needed.
    I suspect a lot of these houses I see used to have separate dinning rooms but someone has knocked the wall down to make an open plan living room :D
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  • System
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    if it's something that you think will be open most of the time, you could look at pocket doors - might increase your costs a wee bit but would give you a nicer clear opening
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  • Owain_Moneysaver
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    This work will require Building Control approval with particular reference to natural light, ventilation and means of escape in a fire.
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  • Doozergirl
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    This work will require Building Control approval with particular reference to natural light, ventilation and means of escape in a fire.

    If it wasn't a room before, definitely.
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