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Comes down to how much money you have and how desperate you are.
I'd imagine any 'wait' on a list that's longer than three months is pretty much a 'probably won't happen' situation or they'll just subcontract so you won't actually get who you thought you would to do the work.
buying a place that's been messed with and needs a lot of custom remedial work is probably the most painful way to go about things at the moment.
Howard
Anybody in East London tried to get any building work done recently-I';ve heard there are long waits for builders....? We're buying a 3 bed house with a downstairs bathroom that we want to move upstairs by stealing a little from 2 bedrooms, so structural work iOS involved. Also wanting to put in a sliding patio door downstairs and knock out an internal wall that is load bearing so again more structural work...My wife is 6 months pregnant so there will be no time to do it for a while after moving in, but thinking if waiting times for builders are long it is best to get quotes and get on someones waiting list asap after buying so we at least know it will happen maybe next year? The house needs lots of redecorating and new kitchen etc ideally be bit loath to crack on with this if builders are coming in knocking the shite out of the place at some point.....BUt don't want to live in a non decorated house with a new baby (our first/only) for too long really....