Loft Conversions and Extensions

Loft Conversions and Extensions

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BorniteIdentity

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1,055 posts

129 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Hey!

Quick intro from me - I'm normally found lurking in the GG thread. However, I'm after a little inside knowledge from those in the know.

We're currently in the throws of moving to village life from town. I have the Barbour™ jacket and black labrador on order - and am gathering an understanding of when to put my car keys in the fruit bowl.

However, I'm a bit stuck on something.

We're moving from an 'exec' style 4 bed detached house to a 3 bed detached bunaglow. We will need to almost immediately make some more space. This can either be achived via A) a loft conversion, 2) A rear extension or D) both.

It's been 20 years since anyone in my family built an extension, so have no ideas on extension costs per Sqm and loft conversions are also new.

Can anyone offer advice? It's Cambridgeshire if that helps.

TIA

homeimprovements

196 posts

174 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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For the extension if you budget around the £1250 per Sqm you won't be a million miles away. Loft conversion costs can vary massively depending on structural works etc. They generally tend to be a lot more disruptive to the house whilst work is going on .
Where a bouts in Cambridgeshire are you ?

z4emsee

121 posts

143 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Depending on the size of the extension I would be more inclined to budget from £1500-£2000 per m2 depending on the finish and spec you are looking at. Take a basic extension say 20m2 and add bifolds, new kitchen and a few other bits and bobs you'll easily be pushing £50k+ (+VAT)!!!

Lofts again not cheap, but do you want dormers? Bathrooms? or simple straightforward bedroom with sloping ceiling? Starting costs on these probably £15k+ VAT upwards.

Little Lofty

3,275 posts

150 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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Lofts conversions on bungalows are slightly easier as they don't have all the fire regs attached, but you're still looking at £20k/£30k depending on size, spec.

BristolAl

90 posts

112 months

Tuesday 3rd March 2015
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We're in the middle of a near 100sqm extension, our budget is somewhere between 1500-1900 depending on whether you include furnishing etc in the final amount.

BorniteIdentity

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1,055 posts

129 months

Wednesday 4th March 2015
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homeimprovements said:
For the extension if you budget around the £1250 per Sqm you won't be a million miles away. Loft conversion costs can vary massively depending on structural works etc. They generally tend to be a lot more disruptive to the house whilst work is going on .
Where a bouts in Cambridgeshire are you ?
Thanks for this - and the other contributions. To be honest, it's roughly what I assumed. I will probably end up, out of complete ease, getting a 'one stop shop' place into do the loft conversion first - with an extension to come later.

Ooooh - and it's Cambourne.

Edited by BorniteIdentity on Friday 6th March 06:28

pjfamilyguy1

778 posts

131 months

Thursday 5th March 2015
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homeimprovements said:
For the extension if you budget around the £1250 per Sqm you won't be a million miles away. Loft conversion costs can vary massively depending on structural works etc. They generally tend to be a lot more disruptive to the house whilst work is going on .
Where a bouts in Cambridgeshire are you ?
That's a pretty accurate rule of thumb for extension costs, I'm currently in the middle of single storey pitched roof extension project and my costs were within £500 using this calculation. Based in Berkshire if that helps.