Has anyone had additions done to their property. Whats the process? Its driving me batty.
We want to build two rooms in the garage, add internal access stairs and under the rest of the house we want to dig it out and make a garage. So we go to the builder who says, yes doable but is unable to give us a rough estimate. We are told they'll need drawings. Tried a couple of other builders but were told the same. So off to an architect. In fact several architects. Keep getting sent a quote and an account.
Im not prepared to start throwing money at anything until I got a fair idea its going to be viable. So I go back to the builder Im probably going to use and gave her some very basic drawings one of the architects drew up, (with out me asking them too but Im not complaining) and asked the builder to give me a quote off the drawings. Builder says its too hard and they dont want to take a quess, so send me off to see a quantity surveyor.
So i chat to the quantity surveyor who says, they'll cost up what they can off the drawings and that may be as little as $1800 or up to and possibly over 5k..
So now Im scratching my head where to from here.
What is the correct procedure to go about finding out if the build is going to be viable or not? I dont want to start throwing lots of money at the build if it means we'll be over capitalising. Any thoughts guys?
We want to build two rooms in the garage, add internal access stairs and under the rest of the house we want to dig it out and make a garage. So we go to the builder who says, yes doable but is unable to give us a rough estimate. We are told they'll need drawings. Tried a couple of other builders but were told the same. So off to an architect. In fact several architects. Keep getting sent a quote and an account.
Im not prepared to start throwing money at anything until I got a fair idea its going to be viable. So I go back to the builder Im probably going to use and gave her some very basic drawings one of the architects drew up, (with out me asking them too but Im not complaining) and asked the builder to give me a quote off the drawings. Builder says its too hard and they dont want to take a quess, so send me off to see a quantity surveyor.
So i chat to the quantity surveyor who says, they'll cost up what they can off the drawings and that may be as little as $1800 or up to and possibly over 5k..
So now Im scratching my head where to from here.
What is the correct procedure to go about finding out if the build is going to be viable or not? I dont want to start throwing lots of money at the build if it means we'll be over capitalising. Any thoughts guys?
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