The joys of renovating...
We finally managed to squeeze a fixed price quote out of our builder yesterday, and let's just say we are still in shock! It was double what we had expected.
Prior to booking him we did receive a per hour price from him which was ok and that was all we could get as we didn't have access to the house. This was also someone Dale has used on a number of occasions and had always done good work at a reasonable cost. Just yesterday morning we were told he would look after us re costs.
Anyhow, a new builder is coming to quote tomorrow and he is recommended by our plumber. It sounds like his prices will be heaps better based on conversations so far. Let's hope so! His plasterer is also available to start immediately, so if things work out we won't have lost much time.
The previous builder most definitely won't be asked to quote for our much more expensive stage 2 reno in a couple of years time. Oh well...
Update 12/10/11 - new builder estimate in and booked to start tomorrow. Came in at less than half the other quote for the remaining work.
Thanks for update guys, lovely to see things happening in Tassie. I am off to Paris on writing workshop 18 Oct so will be in touch again in near future. Have fun with the builders -love Ruth x
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