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trilogy could you PM me your alarm supplier - that sounds like a good deal. I'm in Dublin if they cover that area... nthanks

from what I can see (have been shopping around) prices start from about 6.99 per square yard (very cheap) to 8.99 (for bottom of the range branded stuff - e.g. Elka) ... and then up to 20+ per square yard for Balterio/Quickstep (good quality thatn comes with a 15 year guarantee). Add a little...

My IKEA online model currently has my kitchen at around 9K - all units, IKEA appliances and wooden countertops. I got a quote from ORA Kitchens including indesit appliances and granite for 10.7K. Am also considering Kube, but no quote from them yet. Any opinions on which to go for if the...

Just to add my tuppence-worth as someone who is shopping around for an architect for a renovation & extension project. We too were troubled by the % fee thing - a friend who recently did a similar project definitely thought that it incentivised his architect to up the spec of everything (they...

Thanks ONQ - how do I find a surveyor/ engineer with the right expertise? If I get someone from the Society of Chartered Surveyors website which division do I select (Building? Planning & Development?). And a lot of the firms listed sound like they do mostly commercial rather than domestic work...

Thanks for the advice - I will definitely get the map checked and make sure it is right before I sign contracts - do not want to have to go through what you describe 2 years on! It may only be a metre, but it is a metre strip down one whole side of the site - so worth bothering with I think...

Walked the boundary with a measuring tape (a bit crude I know). Boundary on all sides is chicken-wire fence, so no real ambiguity about inside/outside measurements I think? I don't have an "official" OSI map yet, as the sales materials only included a hand-drawn one, but the length of the...

this may sound like a stupid question - but what kind of engineer, and how do I find one? I've had an architect do a survey, but am not keen to use him again as he missed this boundary issue (found it myself with my measuring tape - zero qualifications required!). And how do I find a good...

Looking for some advice on validating site boundaries. We are currently in the process of buying a site (Dublin area). Land is within the Land Registry, and the area now has digital mapping. We have not yet received the official digital map (folio?) that will be required for Land Registry...

I need to get quotes for a quite extensive garden wall - site slopes and has other unusual features, so I know that it is not a straightforward job ... but I don't know where to get the right advice. Does anyone out there have any advice on how best to find an engineer for this kind of job...

ONQ you advise that" Construction details like this should be discussed with your engineer and not rest on the advice of any tradesman less than a master blocklayer or master bricklayer." Can you advise on how best to find an engineer for this kind of job. I need to get quotes for a quite...