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Looking at potentially buying a house (3 bed mid-terrace) that needs a bit of work doing, including the following:
- new gas central heating (it has no gas, all electric)
- double glazing
- new kitchen (including knocking down a wall to make it larger)
- new bathroom
- general painting and redecorating
So in order to back up a lower offer on the asking price, I was wondering whether there is a website/trade forum which could provide a general idea of what all those works might cost.
I have tried Googling it, but have had not much luck!
Cheers!
Oxymoron in the title.
However, best bet is to book another appointment to view then take a builder and/or surveyor round with you and have them provide an official estimate with breakdown, then attempt to use this to offset your offer price. Worked for us a month ago.
Good luck!
ball park figure without seeing it if paying tradesmen to do it all
45grand
depends on quality and extravagance of kitchen and bathroom you choose - im basing it on 15k for your kitchen and 5k for your bathroom.
10 for windows - again dependant on access ... i had a friend payed 5k to fit 2 windows and a velux in his flat in town and that was the best price from about 20 quotes due to access issues.
also good luck getting them to knock alot of money for you redecorating. the house will be priced to sell at a value representing lack of DG and electric heating - the rest is your preferance.
caspian - Member
Oxymoron in the title.
...Right you are! 😳
Thanks for the tips. We wouldn't be looking for anything too flashy at all, and I think we would try and do a lot of the basic stuff ourselves, so hopefully that will keep price down to a minimum.
I think we would try and do a lot of the basic stuff ourselves, so hopefully that will keep price down to a minimum.
which is not the sort of approach you take to the seller.
Get some quotes from tradesmen and present them as yor figures, then negotiate.
You could try [url= http://www.checkyourprice.co.uk/ ]here[/url], it's ok for working out ball park costs
We are currently in the process of selling our house and buying a new one and are in the haggling phase. How much do people really expect to be knocked off? We have marketed our house at a good price taking into account the little things that might need doing and have come down on the original offer - why should I take any more off? Same for the one we are buying, asking price reflects condition. In the op case surely the cost of new kitchen etc would have been factored into the asking price therefore negating the need to haggle massively on the price unless of course it is widely overpriced and therefore I apologise for making a negative slur 🙂
rij - yep, good points, but in this instance it has been overvalued, with a view to someone haggling...as confirmed by the agent when we viewed it. Its on at £159,000, but they are expecting offers in the region of £150,000.
Cheers JohnJohn, that's a useful website.
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wordnumb - Member
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ha, very good 😆
JohnJohn's link says I could get a shower fitted for under £200.. is that right? I'm on the phone right now, if it is!
Dezb
Its probably based on a first fix of the shower - no making good or fishing pipes a wires behind tiles
More complex =more money
Hmm, good to get a round-a-bout figure for it though. 🙂