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King Herald
18,343 posts
85 months
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Wow, that is one good looking maison! Nice job. 
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ROB_GTR
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1,518 posts
94 months
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House party!!! You will have to sweet talk the O/H  (not easily done) I think she will go mad if she sees I have posted this thread TBH  Did most of the design, planning and project managing but all brickwork, joinery, electrical and plumbIng done by those who know what they're doing although I have done a fair share of labouring and graft. All painting & staining has been done by us so all in all we have done a fair bit but the hardest has been choosing and planning when to get things as we want the best we can but trying to stick within budget. I thought we would have had a few issues with neighbours too but they have all been fantastic, patient and welcomed it! Skip removed today so the garden looks a little tidier. Should be doing a bit more undercoating and glossing this weekend  hey ho
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ROB_GTR
Original Poster
1,518 posts
94 months
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Forgot to add, we did look at timber frame jobbies in some depth but was guided away from them by the architect and lenders were sceptical. We were also told that timber frame builds are harder to insure....... How true all the above is I don't know but we stuck with conventional brick & block 
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ROB_GTR
Original Poster
1,518 posts
94 months
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We have been pretty busy these last few days painting lintels above the garage doors and over the porch.
Filling and sanding door frames and skirting.
Primed 4 door frames and undercoated them too so slowly getting there. Back to work then ready to do it all again next weekend!
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skintemma
320 posts
11 months
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Nice job. We're rebuilding/renovating at the moment. Thus far, the demolition and rebuild process has been pretty stress free (still early days). I found the worst part has been dealing with the planning office, simply because a) they take so long and b) they're idiots.
If you had one piece of advice for someone doing the same, what would it be?
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The jiffle king
2,893 posts
127 months
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Nice job and thanks for taking the time to share. Do you have a floorplan we can look at?
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ROB_GTR
Original Poster
1,518 posts
94 months
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Advice hmmmmmm  Paint skirting / architrave prior to fitting to save lots of laying on the floor and careful painting. Fit skirting / architrave with no more nails to save on filling & sanding screw / nail holes. Get someone in to paint as its a PITA. Be nice to your building control inspector & do what he / she says. Don't think you will be able to stick to a budget as there is always something you will think "you only buy it once so may as well get the best" etc. Try to keep motivated! Everything was stress free for all demolition, ground works and initial building but it gets manic (trust me)
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ROB_GTR
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1,518 posts
94 months
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A fair bit of progress this last week so i will update when i get chance.......
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garyhun
13,992 posts
97 months
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Great job ROB - very nice property. You must be very pleased
I'm in design phase for my self build right now. Hope to get planning permission December for a new year start.
If you don't mind sharing, or can email if you like, what was your per sq foot or sq meter cost to build?
For a fully managed build I'm being quoted around £135/sq foot so interested in some real world numbers once the project is almost completed.
Chees!
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ROB_GTR
Original Poster
1,518 posts
94 months
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garyhun said: Great job ROB - very nice property. You must be very pleased
I'm in design phase for my self build right now. Hope to get planning permission December for a new year start.
If you don't mind sharing, or can email if you like, what was your per sq foot or sq meter cost to build?
For a fully managed build I'm being quoted around £135/sq foot so interested in some real world numbers once the project is almost completed.
Chees! I'm currently at work and the OH looks after that side of things so I couldn't even hazard a guess but it will vary a fair bit depending where you live and the size of the company you use. We were told about a builder and after a few meetings we decided he would do it and we're very pleased we used him. We did get quotes from large building contractors and the comparison was ridiculous to say the least. We could have built 2 or even 3 for what the large companies wanted. Between us and the builder we project managed it and that worked pretty well. But just doing a quick calc that seems VERY expensive! I would guess we was around half that figure
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worsy
1,264 posts
44 months
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ROB_GTR said: garyhun said: Great job ROB - very nice property. You must be very pleased
I'm in design phase for my self build right now. Hope to get planning permission December for a new year start.
If you don't mind sharing, or can email if you like, what was your per sq foot or sq meter cost to build?
For a fully managed build I'm being quoted around £135/sq foot so interested in some real world numbers once the project is almost completed.
Chees! I'm currently at work and the OH looks after that side of things so I couldn't even hazard a guess but it will vary a fair bit depending where you live and the size of the company you use. We were told about a builder and after a few meetings we decided he would do it and we're very pleased we used him. We did get quotes from large building contractors and the comparison was ridiculous to say the least. We could have built 2 or even 3 for what the large companies wanted. Between us and the builder we project managed it and that worked pretty well. But just doing a quick calc that seems VERY expensive! I would guess we was around half that figure I have a fixed price quote at £91 sq foot which also includes a garage which I've not included in the calculation. I have to put an £80 metre drive in also so that is a fair chunk as you can imagine. £135 is only expensive though if the spec is not reflecting it....ie VERY high.
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garyhun
13,992 posts
97 months
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I've just started a new thread on this so as not to hijack this one.
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ROB_GTR
Original Poster
1,518 posts
94 months
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If its of any us, most of what we have gone for is higher end too even though before we started we said we wouldn't.
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garyhun
13,992 posts
97 months
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ROB_GTR said: If its of any us, most of what we have gone for is higher end too even though before we started we said we wouldn't. So what was your route? Did you project manage, did you employ a prime contractor to handle everything or what? Edit - looks like you PM'd and employed the trades yourself. Any background experience in this? This will be why yours will be so much cheaper. I'm tempted to go this route - sure I'd make cock ups but a great way to learn?!
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ROB_GTR
Original Poster
1,518 posts
94 months
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Our builder pretty much did all costings, planned each stage and organised deliveries and contractors. We helped along the way in whichever way we could and at times had to rearrange certain things. We could have been as much involved as we wanted and toward the end and once the main build was done we did most of the managing as the builder was off site.
Once the build is getting near the end and when you need to pick kitchens, taps, sinks, basins,doors, door handles, bath,shower, bath & shower wastes, tiles, windows & doors etc etc you will have to get more and more involved as they can't choose those for you and even if you per plan it I'm sure you will change your mind when things start taking shape....
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sagarich
357 posts
18 months
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LeighW
599 posts
57 months
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Very nice job. We did a self build recently (started May 10, moved in March 11), I managed the project myself and it was so damn stressful, but also very, very rewarding. It's not as grand as yours (4 bed, single garage) but I still feel very proud of it. On a nice evening, it's great to stand in the garden looking at it, beer in hand, and think 'I did that'. I feel your pain when it comes to the painting, I gave in eventually and got someone in to do the glossing, I couldn't face any more!  I also did all the tiling in the bathrooms myself, which I'd never tried before, but quite enjoyed. I have pics of the whole build on my pc at home, I might post a thread on here sometime.
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ROB_GTR
Original Poster
1,518 posts
94 months
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LeighW said: Very nice job. We did a self build recently (started May 10, moved in March 11), I managed the project myself and it was so damn stressful, but also very, very rewarding. It's not as grand as yours (4 bed, single garage) but I still feel very proud of it. On a nice evening, it's great to stand in the garden looking at it, beer in hand, and think 'I did that'. I feel your pain when it comes to the painting, I gave in eventually and got someone in to do the glossing, I couldn't face any more! I also did all the tiling in the bathrooms myself, which I'd never tried before, but quite enjoyed. I have pics of the whole build on my pc at home, I might post a thread on here sometime. Well done! I often stand looking at mine with beer in hand even now I can't agree more about the stress but the proud feeling outweighs it. The OH is doing all the door frames and skirting (she wants to) so lots of filling, sanding painting and repeat a few times before 2 coats of gloss. She is doing a excellent job but it is just taking quite some time as we both work so weekends are the only time we can get things done and some weekends / days you need a break. So come on, get a thread made and lets have a look Update.... We now have the kitchen worktops fitted, utility worktop and both sinks / taps.the kitchen units are nearly finished and the plumber has been to fit 2 shower trays, built in shower valves. Now we are looking at tiles for the tiler coming in the next few weeks..... We hit a couple of problems with the shower trays as once we tried to fit them we discovered that the waste holes on BOTH trays were directly on top of a joist!! We had to quickly buy 2 more trays at great cost £500!!!!!! The larger tray had to grow form 1400 x 900 to 2000 x 900!! So that the wastes were in a different place! We tried to return one of the trays and something went wrong along the way.the tray was refused at the destination so came back to me and when it arrived it was broken so I am stuck with 2 trays, one new and perfect and one broken but still usable for the right application. 1400 x 900 is on eBay 130760448142 900 x 900 quad on eBay 130763422209 If anyone wants a shower tray or two at a good discount. I will get some pictures posted soon when I get a few minutes free (off to work now)
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skintemma
320 posts
11 months
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How did you choose how to layout the kitchen? I know what kind of look we want in there but am not overly inspired by stuff that's come back. None of the mags tell you how big the rooms are that they feature either.
Good work by the wife, I refuse to do any sort of decorating. It's in the rules.
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aberdeeneuan
646 posts
47 months
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We have that same bath in fact I have two, one is waiting to go on eBay as its the wrong size for our bathroom but the plumber had already drilled the holes in it so they refused to take it back. Great looking project though!
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