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fatbeetle
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Pretty basic advice needed.
I need to have some restructuring of my house done, (SWMBO insists.)
I need two bedrooms knocked into one, a kitchen and living area knocked into open plan, and a shower room moved.
The house is a single story, a long rectangle in shape, with none of the internal walls supporting / structural.
So, do I just ask a builder or two for a quote, and explain to them what I need done? Or do I get someone to draw plans? Or what?
Never done this sort of thing before, and totally clueless!
I need to have some restructuring of my house done, (SWMBO insists.)
I need two bedrooms knocked into one, a kitchen and living area knocked into open plan, and a shower room moved.
The house is a single story, a long rectangle in shape, with none of the internal walls supporting / structural.
So, do I just ask a builder or two for a quote, and explain to them what I need done? Or do I get someone to draw plans? Or what?
Never done this sort of thing before, and totally clueless!
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and who weren't so lazy.”
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Just phone a (preferably recommended) builder to come and have a look. Or more than one if you want to compare quotes0
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Thanks mate, will do.
Are these builder recommendation sites worth trusting?“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and who weren't so lazy.”0 -
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And if you tell us where you are in the country someone here may have a recommendation for you.0
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Thanks again. The house is in West Penwith, deepest Cornwall, nearest town Penzance or St Ives.
Recommendations of builders most welcomed.“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and who weren't so lazy.”0 -
I've contracted a local lad, who I actually knew before emigrating. Since I left Blighty he's gone solo and has built a good reputation for himself, recommended independently by a couple of friends in the village.
Fingers crossed, he starts in a fortnight.“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and who weren't so lazy.”0 -
Keep us updated please.Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
"No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
Hope is not a strategy
...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!0 -
I've contracted a local lad, who I actually knew before emigrating. Since I left Blighty he's gone solo and has built a good reputation for himself, recommended independently by a couple of friends in the village.
Fingers crossed, he starts in a fortnight.
he starts in fortnight means he's not busy, could be the time of year or could be that he's rubbish. Good builders are normally booked up weeks/months in advance.0 -
It could be that the OP booked him weeks ago, but has only just returned to the thread now.he starts in fortnight means he's not busy, could be the time of year or could be that he's rubbish. Good builders are normally booked up weeks/months in advance.
I for one would not want to be working in freezing conditions.Value-for-money-for-me-puhleeze!
"No man is worth, crawling on the earth"- adapted from Bob Crewe and Bob Gaudio
Hope is not a strategy...A child is for life, not just 18 years....Don't get me started on the NHS, because you won't win...I love chaz-ing!0 -
VfM4meplse wrote: »I for one would not want to be working in freezing conditions.
But it does sound like indoor work.0
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