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For extensions there's guidelines
https://householdquotes.co.uk/cost-of-extension/But for internal remodeling there's a lot of unknowns, anything to do with knocking walls down will need a structural engineer and survey before you'll know if it's even possible.
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i. Check planning permissions for similar size / scope alterations
ii. Get offer accepted
iii. Get surveyor as normal but make sure they know your intentions
iv. Buy the house
v. Get an architect to make the plans and get help with planning permission
vi. Get a structural survey
vii.Get contractors in to do the workThere are companies that can do combinations of iii - vii
Important to get an early idea of cost square foot of your works.
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50k min.
"£67,000 in London at the upper end." isn't right. You can spend as much money as you've got.I looked up architects I liked, got turned down by most for not having enough budget, talked to the few that didn't, had them round to quote/chat, talk scope and costs a lot (most people talked sans vat and fees, which is stupid IMO because we are B2C not B2B so why omit VAT?).
Ended up going with Architects that also built due to horror stories from every other single person we talked to. Came in on time and on budget, but you could defo get cheaper.
Here is an example of what I found for 75K.
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One thing that's very useful is looking at your local council planning page to see the plans that other people in the area have put in. A lot of local properties will have very similar floorplans and the planning applications will have before/proposed floorplans to give you a better idea of the kind of thing you like.
They'll often also have the architect's details on there so you can get an idea of some architects that do stuff you like and give them a call. You can also just knock on some doors of houses that you've found on the planning website and ask them some questions. It being London you'll probably get short shrift from most people but you may get a few (particularly if the property you're looking at is very nearby) willing to chat with you about what they've done.
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We're picking up pace looking at potential new gaffs. Really good mix in our budget. Some at the top end that don't need anything doing, some at the lower end that would likely take up the amount save to get them to the standard of the top end. All totally normal, I hear you say.
My problem is, I don't know what is required to do, say, an extension to make a bigger kitchen, knock through a wall to make what was a separate kitchen and diner into a combined one.
Obviously, nobody can really give an idea of costs with that kind of vague detail. But what are the steps involved in doing something like this? I am not creative enough to even be able to describe what I want. Does an architect get involved first? A surveyor? A builder? What steps do you need to take for these kinds of works?
I am totally ignorant when it comes to this.