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Extension Building Quotes - What Stops Builders Racking Up the bill during construction

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  • Slinky
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    gzoom said:
    samal said:
    Main is no changes to the project, the moment you change something after you have agreement in place it will cost you.
    stuart45 said:
    Until the foundations are dug out and passed you don't know for sure how deep you need to dig. Getting the work up to DPC can vary in price quite a lot, and you can only estimate a rough price.
     The additional costs the builder added were related to things like finding a well under where a pad foundation was going to sit,
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