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Costs for me for a new kitchen and raising an exiting steel in a 60s build as follows:
The room and kitchen are bigger , and I'm in the North West , so not quite like for like with yours:
- remove existing steel, add new thinner steel to sit inside ceiling cavity, brace 1st floor joists , make good. 2k
- Pronorm kitchen, silstone quartz worktops, Neff built in appliances 16.5k fitted
I looked at Ikea or DIY Kitchens carcasses with custom fronts, bust the custom fronts I found were not cheap at all, all in it pushed the cost close to the above , with an increase in coordination and project management overheads
There will be some additional plumbing and electrical work, but this has been included in a wider scope of works, so I don't have standalone costs for just the kitchen.
flooring- if tiles are cold it's likely wood will also be cold (though not as cold). You may benefit from some kind of sub floor insulation if the tiles are laid straight over concrete. Im also having to do this.
Reasonable engineered wood seems to start at ~£30 per sqm, cheaper stuff has a very thin layer of veneer and much less solid looking lower layers, and i suspect is a false economy. Labour / fitting costs will depend on the amount of prep neededDoubtlessly, i could get the kitchen and appliances done cheaper, but all depends what you want
- remove existing steel, add new thinner steel to sit inside ceiling cavity, brace 1st floor joists , make good. 2k
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Beginner question on home improvements requiring the use of professionals; how do you know whether you need an architect, technical drawings, room specialists or just a builder?
I've got a standard 1960's mid-terraced house (floor-plan below), I'd like to knock the wall between the kitchen & the lounge down, install new modest spec kitchen, rip up tile flooring for the whole of the downstairs & replace with something nicer (probably wood).
I'd like to get quotes from people but have no idea what the above would actually cost so don't want to waste people's time if we're miles away from the cash - could anyone take a guess on a ball-park figure please?
Phase two would be a single story extension out the back but we don't really need that for a few years whereas knocking through would make a definite improvement now.