New house - Cost of upgrades

[XDA]

I viewed a house to buy yesterday, and I was generally impressed with it overall. However, it does require a few upgrades (new front door, 2 new DG windows, new carpets, a lick of paint and a driveway gate) so I may offer a few £1000's under the asking price.

I am just wondering if anyone knows roughly how much a new uPVC door + fitting would cost? Nothing too fancy but something reasonably secure etc. Have anyone had one fitted recently?

Also, would be looking for a painter and decorater to give a few rooms some fresh paint. I know its hard to give a price without seeing the rooms, but the living room + porch + bedroom need painting (the rooms are of average size). Does anyone have a rough sort of idea of cost?

Need to factor these costs into an offer, if I decide to go ahead with the purchase

Cheers

[russ_a]

A new front door can be had for around £500 fitted.

[Solitude]

Hope this does not sound too rude, but why on gods earth would you want a UPVC front door.....nothing looks as ste as one of them !!!!

[AndrewW-G]

As well as the look of the UPVC doors, you may also want to look at the safety rating . . . . . . . . .or as my Stolen car thread in the North West section would suggest their complete and utter lack of security rating! UPVC door, professionaly fitted less than a year ago, simply popped open with a few basic tools in the middle of the night, best stick to nice solid hard wood

[shirt]

yup, solid front door + london bar, a good mortice lock and yale will serve you far better than a pvc door. i have this + deadbolts top & bottom, rock solid when all locked up.

the joiner i used was going to fit a 7 point multi-lock as you find on the PVC doors but it didn't turn up in time.

cost for 2 solid hardwood doors and frames, 2x 5 lever mortice locks, 2x most expensive yale lock i could find, 2x door chains, 4x key operated deadbolts, 2x spyholes, one letterbox, 6x hinges. fully fitted by the joiner for £750 all in.

[JustinP1]

Solitude said:

Hope this does not sound too rude, but why on gods earth would you want a UPVC front door.....nothing looks as ste as one of them !!!!

Quite.

I never understood that.

For half the price you could get at least an oak veneered door. For £500 you could get solid.

I know what I would have.

[spikeyhead]

shirt said:

yup, solid front door + london bar, a good mortice lock and yale will serve you far better than a pvc door. i have this + deadbolts top & bottom, rock solid when all locked up.

the joiner i used was going to fit a 7 point multi-lock as you find on the PVC doors but it didn't turn up in time.

cost for 2 solid hardwood doors and frames, 2x 5 lever mortice locks, 2x most expensive yale lock i could find, 2x door chains, 4x key operated deadbolts, 2x spyholes, one letterbox, 6x hinges. fully fitted by the joiner for £750 all in.

With that much furniture, is there any room for a door?

[rsv gone!]

If you want better security then look for PAS23/24 rating

[shirt]

spikeyhead said:

shirt said:

yup, solid front door + london bar, a good mortice lock and yale will serve you far better than a pvc door. i have this + deadbolts top & bottom, rock solid when all locked up.

the joiner i used was going to fit a 7 point multi-lock as you find on the PVC doors but it didn't turn up in time.

cost for 2 solid hardwood doors and frames, 2x 5 lever mortice locks, 2x most expensive yale lock i could find, 2x door chains, 4x key operated deadbolts, 2x spyholes, one letterbox, 6x hinges. fully fitted by the joiner for £750 all in.

With that much furniture, is there any room for a door?

sounds a lot, but looks normal. you can't see the deadbolts save for the keyhole.

i was burgled shortly after moving in, this was part of my response.

[Simpo Two]

shirt said:

2 solid hardwood doors and frames, 2x 5 lever mortice locks, 2x most expensive yale lock i could find, 2x door chains, 4x key operated deadbolts, 2x spyholes, one letterbox, 6x hinges.

Easier to brick the bugger up and climb out of a window!

[XDA]

Solitude said:

Hope this does not sound too rude, but why on gods earth would you want a UPVC front door.....nothing looks as ste as one of them !!!!

Not rude at all mate! I didnt think they looked too bad - parents had them fitted recently to front and back, and they looked ok. The security of the door is something im considering! Cheers for the other responses guys.

[Andy no gooder]

AndrewW-G said:

As well as the look of the UPVC doors, you may also want to look at the safety rating . . . . . . . . .or as my Stolen car thread in the North West section would suggest their complete and utter lack of security rating! UPVC door, professionaly fitted less than a year ago, simply popped open with a few basic tools in the middle of the night, best stick to nice solid hard wood

Im wondering how the door was popped off with basic tools? 8 years ago i was working for major companies like st helens glass installing these doors windows and conservatories. To my knowledge basic tools would be a screw driver to external beading on windows or doors. Then they would simply pull out, is this what you had external beading?

I have seen one of these upvc doors take a hell of a kicking and the guy has limped away. when i say door i mean a panel in the middle of the door.


To the OP i would go to a local fabricator and get a price there, also have a word with one of the warehouse guys and i can guarantee there will be a fitter in throwing distance You will get it 100/200 cheaper than known supplier(s) mentioned above.

[shirt]

ps - for upvc, avoid the company who's name is the same as the world's highest mountain. their prices are even higher!

[GreenDog]

shirt said:

ps - for upvc, avoid the company who's name is the same as the world's highest mountain. their prices are even higher!

And apparently the ones advertised by a bespectacled ex-Coronation Street actor are of very, very poor quality internally (acoording to an aquaintance who knows these things).