Is a sunroom extension £2,500 per sqm pricey?

aoleks

Even then, the last quote I had for a proper extension in Surrey was around £1700/sqm and I didn’t go for the cheapest.

Doozergirl

aoleks said:

Even then, the last quote I had for a proper extension in Surrey was around £1700/sqm and I didn’t go for the cheapest.

The last quote for the modest, nothing fancy, flat roof extension to the recently purchased, attached house that is your first home?  

Even at £1700 a metre, £60k buys 35 square metres of modest, nothing fancy, flat roofed extension vs the OP's 25 square metres of gable fronted, fully vaulted, fully glazed sunroom...  

 

A very different build.  

[Deleted User]

In my neck of the woods that sounds about right , if not on the cheaper side 

Windofchange

Deleted_User said:

In my neck of the woods that sounds about right , if not on the cheaper side 

And that is probably the key to the whole discussion hey? There is going to be a vast difference in quotes between say somewhere on the outskirts of Leeds or Inverness to Chelsea or Knightsbridge. If you live in a premium area (or near a premium area) then you are going to pay a premium price as the cost of living etc is much higher and therefore so are the wages for the labourers, builders, architects and so on. 

Doozergirl

Windofchange said:

Deleted_User said:

In my neck of the woods that sounds about right , if not on the cheaper side 

And that is probably the key to the whole discussion hey? There is going to be a vast difference in quotes between say somewhere on the outskirts of Leeds or Inverness to Chelsea or Knightsbridge. If you live in a premium area (or near a premium area) then you are going to pay a premium price as the cost of living etc is much higher and therefore so are the wages for the labourers, builders, architects and so on. 

There's an additional complexity of build in London because of the lack of space for anything.  Storing materials, parking, disposing of waste is more complicated - for the suppliers too. 

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Section62

Doozergirl said:

There's an additional complexity of build in London because of the lack of space for anything.  Storing materials, parking, disposing of waste is more complicated - for the suppliers too. 

Agree with all you've said including this^.  Storage and access are key factors - there's a great deal of difference between a site where everything can be moved around by plant, and one where everything has to be carried through the hallway/lounge of the property being worked on.  Groundworks/foundations also vary so much between sites, making average £/sqm figures pretty meaningless unless the build happens to be a completely 'average' one. Not many are.

The information the OP has given so far is nowhere near enough for anyone to give a definitive answer, let alone argue the figure they have in mind is the 'right' one.  For all we know the OP could need 6' foundations with all the spoil and concrete shifted by hand through the house.....  I'd speculate the person who did the quote knows more about the OP's job than any of the helpful folks here.

aoleks

Doozergirl said:

aoleks said:

Even then, the last quote I had for a proper extension in Surrey was around £1700/sqm and I didn’t go for the cheapest.

The last quote for the modest, nothing fancy, flat roof extension to the recently purchased, attached house that is your first home?  

Even at £1700 a metre, £60k buys 35 square metres of modest, nothing fancy, flat roofed extension vs the OP's 25 square metres of gable fronted, fully vaulted, fully glazed sunroom...  

 

A very different build.  

Other than triple glazing overall, 3 900x1200 skylights, 3 meters of foldable doors (triple glazed), underfloor hearing, nothing special, no.

either way, £2500/sqm is too expensive, end of.

Section62

aoleks said:

either way, £2500/sqm is too expensive, end of.

Not sure why you keep on arguing with people who work in the industry and have first-hand professional knowledge of this stuff... but you need to be aware it doesn't really help forum members who are coming here for advice.

You can't get anywhere close to "end of" in this discussion without having a lot more information about the OP's project.

Scotbot

ProDave said:

Yes very expensive.  I built our entire well insulated house for under £1000 per square metre.

How much were your labour costs? That's the biggest part of the bill usuallu

propertyhunter

Well architects are estimating around £2,500 to £3,500 per sq/m. I'm planning a 7m x 8m extension in London suburbs (will include a utility to the side, and rear kitchen living space), and am being told it will cost circa £150k. 

The problem we have now is people want an Instagram house on a ridiculous Ikea budget.