Owning your own home

They all do that. We've thankfully got to the point in London where you can't actually come out and say "I don't want cycling" without a nasty backlash, so they all rather cynically say "I want it, but not like this."

A two bed 1 bathroom loft conversion on top of a mid terrace Brockley two bed 1 bath house.

What am I looking at?
£45k?

Assuming that's just for the bathroom, maybe....

I've been quoted around £30-35k plus VAT for a 1 bed, 1 bath conversion on top of a mid terrace in North London.

So me and the Mrs are in the process of buying our first house and I have absolutely zero experience of anything. The place where we're looking has a lot of properties with downstairs bathrooms, which isn't a problem just that there's usually nothing at all on the top floor. Does anyone know roughly what the typical cost (including London tax) of putting in a small toilet/shower room in and anything to be aware of that might make it difficult/impossible?

I've been quoted £36k (no VAT, dodgy cash job) for a one bed/one bath conversion on top of a two-bed mid-terrace is Catford.

I'm getting my combo boiler built into a cupboard, or rather a cupboard built around it... anything i need to worry about/be aware of? The boilers exhaust goes out the back and out the flat so don't think airflow should be an issue? Paging @Airhead who knows everything.

not bad, who is it?

Mine is being built as I type. I should get change out of 35 grand.

I'm getting my combo boiler built into a cupboard, or rather a cupboard built around it... anything i need to worry about/be aware of? The boilers exhaust goes out the back and out the flat so don't think airflow should be an issue? Paging @Airhead who knows everything.

I had this done, it's fine - but: I had to take the door off/out in order to pull the front of the boiler off so that I (and anyone who comes to service it) could get to the workings.

I needed to do this in order to wire in my Nest thermostat control.

Luckily the hinges could be removed, but be careful of the space you leave.

Speaking of boilers, I'll be getting a loft conversion with another shower. Recommendation for running both showers at once seems to be an unvented boiler.

I'd prefer to do the boiler replacement when I redo my kitchen in a year or two, is there anything that needs to be taken into account re: the loft conversion ensuite plumbing which will be happening first or is it fine to put the unvented boiler in as an upgrade in a few years?

I can't boast as I have had no job for the last year.

To me that's just another boast :P

#funemployment

If he's doing dodgy cash jobs its best you keep it to pm for both his sake and that of the builder

Cheers for the reply, solid tip. Will make sure there is space. I did a 15 min mock last night and this is the kinda thing i'm talking about... Sick PS skills ey? P.S. I still have an unused gen 2 Nest going spare...

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#microkitchen

The problem with dodgy cash jobs is if something goes wrong you have zero comeback.

OK for smaller jobs, not sure I'd want to do it for something as big as a loft conversion.

A legit builder with a contract drawn up, paying VAT, gives you a degree of protection.

I read that as NO dodgy cash job as its all I've ever done on our property ;) my guy is great though, not a single error ever and owns up to mistakes but he is foreign.

Same here... decent bunch of lads, that pic I posted is as much as we have planned for a weeks work. Same with bathroom, although I spent a fair bit of time deciding on fittings...

I'm amazed that the rich people on here are so happy to aid tax evasion for something which they don't need and makes them loads of money on their property value.

^ nailed it.

Agree.

I'm still fishing for quotes as not happy doing it as a cash job either. I pay my tax and don't see why they shouldn't. Figure was solely to inform the thread, not condone behaviour. Hence use of word 'dodgy'.

#pitchforks

unvented boiler

Is this a thing, or do you mean one of those boiler / unvented cylinder systems?

Also known as a mega flow I think

Rich people? I am a fresh off the boat first gen immigrant!

lol