Builder Recommendation Wanted - York Area
Discussion
It’s a 2 bed bungalow that needs extending, internal reconfiguring (including new kitchen and bathrooms) and possibly some change to the roof.
I’m keen to understand what it will possibly cost and/or what I can get for my budget. I may take a punt and buy it anyway as location is perfect for Mrs G and myself (this will hopefully be our home for a very long tine), but ideally I’d live to have the information before I proceed.
I’m keen to understand what it will possibly cost and/or what I can get for my budget. I may take a punt and buy it anyway as location is perfect for Mrs G and myself (this will hopefully be our home for a very long tine), but ideally I’d live to have the information before I proceed.
Edited by anonymous-user on Saturday 22 June 07:21
Cheers Rachel,
I’ll obviously talk to an architect but the idea of a builder was to get a very rough idea on costs so that I could guestimate my overall budget.
I self-built my last but one home so know the process but my experience of architects is that they’re not the best at understanding cots
The house was under offer for 8 weeks before the last buyer had to pull out and I managed to find out roughly what he had planned and what costs his architect and builder had estimated. Based on that I offered on the property yesterday and will find out how that pans out tomorrow.
I’ll obviously talk to an architect but the idea of a builder was to get a very rough idea on costs so that I could guestimate my overall budget.
I self-built my last but one home so know the process but my experience of architects is that they’re not the best at understanding cots
The house was under offer for 8 weeks before the last buyer had to pull out and I managed to find out roughly what he had planned and what costs his architect and builder had estimated. Based on that I offered on the property yesterday and will find out how that pans out tomorrow.
tricknot said:
Hi Gary
We live only a couple of miles from Bish; we’re using DNG Builders, based in Acomb. They did our neighbours huge ext a year or two ago, and are now back doing both another ext for them, and a 2 storey ext on ours.
Jamie is the guy to speak to, really nice chap, did a really detailed quote when it got to that stage too.
That’s great, thanks for the recommendation.We live only a couple of miles from Bish; we’re using DNG Builders, based in Acomb. They did our neighbours huge ext a year or two ago, and are now back doing both another ext for them, and a 2 storey ext on ours.
Jamie is the guy to speak to, really nice chap, did a really detailed quote when it got to that stage too.
Did you also use an architect? All names welcome
Good news is that my offer was accepted so we started the process yesterday. It’s ambitious but we’re aiming for completion on July 22!
Nyloc20 said:
Hi Gary, I'm Alan, lived in Copmanthorpe over 30 years. Probably too late with this but here you go:
We have a builder in the village who is always busy and only works locally, we've booked a small extension with him for Spring 2021. Long way off but it suits us both. He's called Les Wilcox.
We used Chris Allen, C.A.Architectural, in the village for our plans. Nice guy and very reasonable.
Hi Alan,We have a builder in the village who is always busy and only works locally, we've booked a small extension with him for Spring 2021. Long way off but it suits us both. He's called Les Wilcox.
We used Chris Allen, C.A.Architectural, in the village for our plans. Nice guy and very reasonable.
Thanks for the post.
It’s not too late at all as completion is not scheduled until August 12th and we’re waiting until we’re in before we start any discussions.
Cheers!
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