How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

Neither can I.

But if I was, and if you haven't already considered it, I'd try to find a way to get rid of that half step, although may be more trouble than its worth....

Already been considered and more trouble than it's worth. Going to cover them somehow at some stage.

PUBG?

Make a slide out of them.

I may be able to rustle up some rounds this arvo...

Bonus question response.

We have these porcelain (not ceramic) tiles running from front door through study and into kitchen extensions.

They are great, very hard wearing and not a single issue since fitting 3 years ago.

They are Loftwood Natural tiles bought online from Walls and Floors. The tile fitter sourced separately told us they were top notch quality tiles.

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Cheers. Is that a wood effect?

Building cost question:

Ballpark how much is knocking a hole next to a front door and fitting a window?

(assuming it's possible to find someone to do such a small piece of work)

yes, wild apple natural wood. I can't actually see the exact tile on the site but here's another pic

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Walls are brick and stone covered with varying bits of plaster - what screws am I using to fit the kitchen? Actually there's one section that is plaster board - how do I go about hanging a cabinet on that? (one floor level, one wall unit - maybe 600 or 800mm wide for that particular section if I recall).

Someone in this thread recommended snaptoggles (or the fischer equiv) a couple of weeks ago and I've since used them to hang a big mirror on plasterboard with few adverse consequences so far. Their website specifically mentions kitchen cabinets.

Alternatively there's gripits

Thanks - gripits look cool but will read up on snaptoggles too.

Thanks for this.

For the plasterboard - battens with offstands all the way though to wall, then attach to battens?

For the frankesnstein plaster wall - longer and thicker screws & plugs than recommended for pristine walls.

How can one save money on a loft conversion? Less finishing feels like it should be possible but is it? (ie exposed beams etc) @Sheppz HALP.

Guessing a lot of the areas where you might have saved proper money would leave it noncompliant with regs.

No user Amey, not uPVC.

Yeah I bet, pretty much expecting the answer to be no.
A cheap bathroom would save a couple of K, but would need replacing at some point to the tune of a couple of K, so in the long run may be cheaper to just get it done properly first.
Now if I could save £5K by getting it barely finished and cheap stuff I can replace myself, that may be worth doing.

The biggest saving would seem to be in the build rather than the finish, figures for just builds seem to vary anywhere from 50 to 100k.

Our build was around 60k and unless the builders are doing something that is really specialised I can't see where the extra 30k would go (even with different cladding options)?

We've pretty much finished the loft now, I was meaning to put a full breakdown of costs on here if it would be useful, as I was completely clueless with regards to costs before we started and I'm sure I'm not the only one?

Yeah please do share, this is what this thread is all about! Are you london based? Happy with the results? Apologies if you’ve shared previously and I’ve forgotten.

Tbh even if I had the budget I wouldn’t do anything that wild so hopefully cost can be similar. I do want a bit of a special window though, but I’ll chuck that on a credit card.

uPVC, laminate, all IKEA throughout, sack eckford chong and hire user amey - these will all save money

Are you london based?

Yeah, Waltham Forest end of E7. I'm happy with the build main issues with my lot was communication (or lack of on their end) and all the covid/brexit issues that everyone has had.

You seem to know a lot about this shit already and also what stuff you actually want, I think this is a big advantage and will make it (hopefully) a less painful process. Me and my wife entered the whole thing clueless desperately trying to get it done as quickly as possible with two babies, not the best idea I reckon.

I'll try and get costs posted tonight when the kids are in bed.

But at what cost…

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Is that Rab C Nesbit?

£300 + materials

if it would be useful

Most definitely.