How difficult / expensive to "move" walls

Mineral1 · 15 January 2021 at 5:17PM

Even if they're just stud walls as mentioned you'll more than likely have to deal with cables so will need a qualified electrician, there could be pipework in there too for radiators etc so would need a plumber for a couple of days. The studwork certainly wouldn't be "a hundred quids worth of CLS" ! To put stud walls up along the lengths you have identified, once plastered and skimmed, acoustic insulation inserted, ceilings adapted, will be a couple of £1,000 then you need to add decoration, which would end up being full rooms in all likelihood. To follow off from that the floor coverings would need replaced as they wouldn't reach the wall on one side of each wall moved. Finally the bathroom layout would obviously end up getting changed so there's some plumbing work there, decoration, potentially new fittings and fixtures, possibly changes to the lighting layout.

Someone mentioned about 20k. I don't think that's too far off the mark but clearly none of us have seen the actual property.

FWIW i'm a building surveyor (non-chartered) and refurbs are my bread and butter.