he didn't specify although I can make some uneducated guesses. Here's the high-level breakdown, ex-VAT:
Description | Sub Total |
PRELIMINARY | 17,720 |
DEMOLITION AND ALTERATIONS | 19,677 |
EXCAVATION AND EARTHWORKS | 4,555 |
FOUNDATIONS | 20,914 |
EXTERNAL WALL STRUCTURE | 6,664 |
INTERNAL WALL STRUCTURE | 6,256 |
STAIR STRUCTURE | 515 |
ROOF STRUCTURE | 12,325 |
STRUCTURAL FRAME | 3,351 |
EXTERNAL WALL COMPLETIONS | 30,074 |
INTERNAL WALL COMPLETIONS | 9,029 |
ROOF COMPLETIONS | 9,400 |
EXTERNAL WALL FINISHES | 8,233 |
INTERNAL WALL FINISHES | 24,314 |
FLOOR FINISHES | 10,122 |
CEILING FINISHES | 11,352 |
ROOF FINISHES | 12,787 |
DECORATIONS | 8,535 |
MECHANICAL | 29,130 |
ELECTRICAL | 22,423 |
FITTINGS, FURNITURE & EQUIPMENT | 26,480 |
EXTERIOR WORKS | 13,948 |
You still run into the same problems though - cost, availability of professionals etc. And you can quite easily mess up the sequence that the work should logically be done in, as we don't tend to think logically about our own homes.
I am actually trying to use the info we've got (and I expect these prices to be confirmed by a second builder) to frame a list of possible options e.g.
- do nothing (and hope the market auto-corrects over time, this probably means a crash )
- sell and move to a house that is 'finished' (hard to find, very expensive)
- do a few things bit by bit