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Partly that I think, but they started late last year and are only just finishing it off. The builder has been very up front about costs and the guy whose house it is only has positives to say about him, but I feel like we need to sit down and pick apart where the costs are coming from and how we can get them down. Some of it is caution I think, as they've allowed £20k for the kitchen alone, but I don't think we'll get near that.
tbc
We went to see another extension built in the village by one of the builders who's quoted for ours. The footprint of the original house was exactly the same and their (nearly) finished project is very similar to ours - slightly different layout, 1m further out and a bit less rearranging of existing walls. But theirs cost £50k less than our quote from the same builder.
It's definitely promising both in terms of what can be done - it looks brilliant - and the budget, if we can shave some more off our plans.