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Bamhan said:I'd say get an architect or an engineer on board asap.
We are in the process of doing up a three story terraced house at the moment and the costs to turn the house into flats was very high indeed.
There are a lot of regulations such as the stiars pitch, distances from base of stairs to front doors, fire escapes etc to consider.
Add to this the cost of plumbing for all the new toilets an kitchens you will need, re-wiring, new doors, possibly moving internal walls etc and it all mounts up very fast.
Our engineer was able to give us a ball park figure based on the amount of work he predicted we would need to do.
Our house has been gutted from top to bottom now and it will cost us roughly 45 grand to do the internal works.
This isn't including finishing and furnishing.
This inlcludes, plumbing, wiring, two new stair cases, new windows and doors, plastering and a lot of new timbers for joists etc.
I know I not comparing like with like as you say your house is in good nick, But given that we put a figure of about 30k on the job based on a few quotes I reckon it pays dividends to get someone in from the very start to draw the layout for you.
Our drawings cost us 700 euro to draw a new internal layout and he showed us possibilities we would not have even considered.
How about knocking on one of the next door houses, finding the owners name and asking for a look around, we did this and got a good feel for what the house could look like based on what the neighbors had done.
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