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How much would you roughly be expecting to pay for the following work?

My dining room needs splitting in two by a stud wall being built, a door adding to it and a toilet, basin and radiator installed in the new 2m by 2m room.
The soil stack and pipes are accessable in the same room as the bathrom is above.
The suspened wooden ceiling needs removing back to the normal ceiling, Wallpaper in it needs stripping too.
Maybe a new lino floor.
Skirting and new pipework boxing in.
The new stud wall will need plastering.
I added up all materials and it comes to 600 to 700 pounds.
How much do you think I should expect to pay to have all this done all in? I'm in the NW.
Probably 6 to 8 days work for one man.

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  • gardner1
    gardner1 Posts: 3,154 Forumite
    Will3000 wrote: »
    My dining room needs splitting in two by a stud wall being built, a door adding to it and a toilet, basin and radiator installed in the new 2m by 2m room.
    The soil stack and pipes are accessable in the same room as the bathrom is above.
    The suspened wooden ceiling needs removing back to the normal ceiling, Wallpaper in it needs stripping too.
    Maybe a new lino floor.
    Skirting and new pipework boxing in.
    The new stud wall will need plastering.
    I added up all materials and it comes to 600 to 700 pounds.
    How much do you think I should expect to pay to have all this done all in? I'm in the NW.
    Probably 6 to 8 days work for one man.

    get 2 or 3 quotes and then come back on with prices
  • eleven3000
    eleven3000 Posts: 16 Forumite
    Already have a few but they vary wildly. Im just wanting to know what people would expect to pay for this type of work as a general ballpark figure, or if anyone had something done similar and what price they paid.
  • LandyAndy
    LandyAndy Posts: 26,377 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    Probably about £180 a day for someone who's going to do a decent job.
  • eleven3000
    eleven3000 Posts: 16 Forumite
    Yeah i was thinking 180 is reasonable
  • Silvertabby
    Silvertabby Posts: 10,714 Forumite
    Ninth Anniversary 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Are you really going to have a toilet immediately off your dining room? It may be legal, and it may be what you want now - but you'll have problems if/when you come to sell.
  • Aylesbury_Duck
    Aylesbury_Duck Posts: 16,511 Forumite
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    Are you really going to have a toilet immediately off your dining room? It may be legal, and it may be what you want now - but you'll have problems if/when you come to sell.
    I don't know...it would suit those with particularly fast metabolism.
  • eleven3000
    eleven3000 Posts: 16 Forumite
    edited 30 June 2017 at 3:23PM
    Broken pelvis, struggle with stairs atm and itll no longer be a dining room.
  • redmalc
    redmalc Posts: 1,436 Forumite
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    what part of the Country are you because you will do very well to get someone for £180 per day.
    I am in Nottingham and the majority of guys we know are a minimum of £220 a day
  • LandyAndy
    LandyAndy Posts: 26,377 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts
    redmalc wrote: »
    what part of the Country are you because you will do very well to get someone for £180 per day.
    I am in Nottingham and the majority of guys we know are a minimum of £220 a day

    I'm in Hampshire and was paying £180 to £200 this time last year depending on trade. The OP is in the NW and I assumed it wouldn't be more expensive.
  • eleven3000
    eleven3000 Posts: 16 Forumite
    edited 4 July 2017 at 10:12PM
    So I have a quote of £890.51 materials and 6 days labour or 59 hours at £1121. Total of £2011.51.

    Whole new room skimming too, excluding ceiling. Decent Armatage Shanks basin and toilet included too.

    Any good?
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