Estimates for work done on house

mpledge52 said:
So in my opinion, it looks to be priced fairly highly. But you're quite right, there may be several other reasons as to why it's listed at that price. I'm no estate agent and have no idea how to value a house, I'm just trying to find out as much as possible about the house.
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Offer what you think it's worth, and keep looking for other properties then.
 
I'd say its probably expected to knock off between 5 and 10% from the asking price for a house anyway so i'd say they'd probably *expect* to get around 210k or so
 
tigerstyle said:
You simpleton, the house might be over 100 years old but the wiring wasn't was it? You had dodgy 40 year old wiring a best :)

The 40 year old wiring would be due for replacement as it wouldn't be up to spec to handle modern style cookers/fridgefreezers/big high rpm washing machines, 50" plasmas etc etc.
The days of crowding around the wireless on a sunday arvo are well over mate :)
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The fuse box still had fuse wire in it

When did that stop being used ?
 
Something like 20 years ago,

If your wiring was 100 years old, It would have no cpc and would be rubber insulated.

Cables degrade over time and become a hazard, The correct route is to get a periodic inspection done and then decide. Not just "it's been fine for 50 years"

Just because something was considered safe back then doesn't mean it actually is! People also have insulation all over in their homes now, This doesn't allow cables to disperse heat as they should, This can and will lead to cable break down. Which can lead to a number of problems.

Yes I am a electrician and no your advice is not great.
 
ZG002 said:
Something like 20 years ago,

If your wiring was 100 years old, It would have no cpc and would be rubber insulated.

Cables degrade over time and become a hazard, The correct route is to get a periodic inspection done and then decide. Not just "it's been fine for 50 years"

Just because something was considered safe back then doesn't mean it actually is! People also have insulation all over in their homes now, This doesn't allow cables to disperse heat as they should, This can and will lead to cable break down. Which can lead to a number of problems.

Yes I am a electrician and no your advice is not great.
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Insulation ?

lol it was plaster on bare brick. The house was ancient. But anyway no point arguing any further.
 
Where do you think the cables for your lighting comes from?

You think it's wireless up in the loft to your lights?

Most people have installed loft insulation or "topped" up the loft insulation.

Look right, You gave poor advice on a subject you know nothing about. Sorry to have pointed that out.
 
MrLOL said:
The fuse box still had fuse wire in it

When did that stop being used ?
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Fusewire hasn't been used in domestic consumer units for over 25 years. Yes lots of old houses do still use rewireable fuses, but they are nowhere near as safe as modern consumer units.

I would hazard a guess that you have the old black vulcanised rubber cable. If you can find a piece in your house, give it a good bending and see how it is. Chances are, it will break up revealing bare aluminium stranded conductors which are easily overloaded with modern equipment. Not only that, but electrical connections get dirty and corroded over time. This creates resistance which then creates heat.
 
mpledge52 said:
I'm looking at buying a house and trying to get a rough idea of the cost that someone has spent on the property.

Work done:
- New combi boiler
- New radiators throughout (probably 5 in total)
- New fuseboard and wiring to go with it
- New kitchen; new units, worktop, sink etc. Medium quality finish. Small kitchen (4x3m).
- New tile flooring (~20 sq. metres)

Any ideas of a rough ballpark figure for what the above would have cost to put in? I have no idea :/

Thanks for any advice.
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Want belgian prices

Boiler 6.5K fitted
Rads X5 1.5K fitted
House rewired 3.5K
kitchen 12K
Flooring 1.2Kfitted

total cost 24.5k € fitted

Based on real quotes from more than 10 builders
 
rafster said:
£10 a square metre fitting for a tiler?! I paid more than £120 just for adhesive+grout! (Ardex)

Recently completed renovated 2 bedroom flat (850sq ft approx). Prices I paid...

- Full rewire (inc Elecsa Part P etc etc) - £2,100 plus approx £500 materials (I used flat stainless steel fixings which cost a fair bit, also Cat6 all over, speaker wires chased in etc)
- Kitchen Parts £3,700 for units/worktop etc (oak units), £1,800 install
- Kitchen Appliances - £2,700 (I did get a Miele W/M, nice Panasonic fridge and good Bosch hob/oven :P)
- Kitchen tiling (floor tiles were 50 per sqm, limestone, wall ceramic, £10per sqm) £350
- Bathroom Parts £1500 (inc designer corner bath, shower with diverter, taps, pottery, towel rail, Kef ceiling speakers, 5 downlights with Mode transformers, underfloor heating with touchscreen control)
- Bathroom fitting (this includes knocking down a wall and installation of a 100mmx100 SHS beam) £2500
- Bathroom tiling 20 per sqm2, tiling of all walls and floor, £1000 labour (inc Ardex grout and adhesive)
- New boiler fitting (worcester bosch 24i), 7 new rads, new piping from water source throughout all flat, chasing in screed of all piping £4,000)
- Solid oak flooring, £55per sqm2, fitting was £1100
- Complete redecorate/plaster of all rooms - £2500
- 2 large skips at £200 each

+ loads more bits and pieces...

I probably paid well over £1k in regulatory/engineer fees (everything relevant was done under Gas Safe, Elecsa etc, plus building control)
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please send your builders across the channel they'd really clean up here. infact if they are from london they could probably travel return 1st class on eurostar and still beat the quotes from here. :(
 
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