Restoration & Refurbishment

Big Project - cheaper to use one builder to quote for the whole job, or do it bit by bit, getting quotes for phases?

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 2.53 PM

We have bought an old house that needs total renovation. Every room needs replastering, new windows, skirting, coving, door frames, doors and flooring. We need to fit two new bathrooms, re-site and replace a staircase, lose a bedroom to make a landing/gallery, re-wire and knock through to make a kitchen-diner - this is just the inside! Outside, the house needs re-rendering - hopefully adding some insulation at the same time - probably re-guttering and all that business - generally smartening up. We also need some old walls, gates and hedges removed, a new front wall and gate put in, the drive levelling, resurfacing and new garage doors. We don't know where to start, and we have no idea if our budget will even stretch to all the things on this list - so would it be better if we broke down the work and got quotes that way, meaning that we could prioritise jobs we need to have done if we cannot afford all the things we would like done? We also don't know whether to get separate quotes for different areas of the job - ie a specialist in exterior rendering, or a window supplier and fitter. We need to know what each part of the work is going to cost so that we can make savings in certain areas if we have to. Is there anything to be said for this, or do we just need to find a really good builder who can coordinate the whole job and help us to work within our budget? Thanks for your time! Laura