The following is a guide to prices, but please ring up to check.
All work will be priced individually and varies according to complexity. Estimating tends towards the lower rates and legal issues towards the higher rates. Larger guaranteed volumes of work may reduce the rates, so please enquire. The rates include all overheads such as office equipment, telephones, software licenses and so on.
Please note I am not required to charge VAT.
HOURLY RATES
FEES |
Estimating & |
Commercial, |
Adjudication, |
Hourly rate (min 30 mins) |
£35 |
£40 |
£50 |
Daily rate (8 hours) |
£250 |
£300 |
£375 |
Travelling to site or office charged where the journey is during working hours or where is otherwise more than 1 hour |
£25 per hour |
£30 per hour |
£37.50 per hour |
Mileage to sites or projects |
55p per mile |
55p per mile |
55p per mile |
FIXED PRICES
General Estimating
- Typical costs for a £200k job; Bill for you to price 0.5% of job price; Pricing only from your bill 0.5% of job price; Take off, bill and pricing 0.75% of job price; Local monthly Valuations 1% of final account.
House Extension Estimating
HOME EXTENSION ESTIMATE PRICES |
Workings taken from planning application type drawings |
Workings taken from building control type drawings |
Ground Floor slab area not exceeding 50m2 |
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1st extension |
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Single storey |
£300 |
£450 |
Two storeys |
£525 |
£750 |
2nd extension on same property |
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Single storey |
£200 |
£300 |
Two storeys |
£350 |
£525 |
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Ground Floor slab area exceeding 50m2 but not exceeding 100m2 |
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1st extension |
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Single storey |
£450 |
£675 |
Two storeys |
£800 |
£1100 |
2nd extension on same property |
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Single storey |
£300 |
£450 |
Two storeys |
£525 |
£800 |
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Others |
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Fixtures, Fittings and Finishes Schedules |
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£4 per item |
Porch n.e. 4m2 |
£150 |
£150 |
Single garage |
£150 |
£200 |
Double garage |
£200 |
£275 |
Landscaping |
0.5% of cost |
0.75% of cost |
Drainage and services beyond the curtilage of the property |
0.5% of cost |
0.75% of cost |
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Quantity Surveying
Generally
- a typical builders full QS management service for a £500k job is £15,000 or 3% of the job cost. This asusmes their is a seperate project manager.
Home Owners
- a typical QS monitoring service for a £500k job is £5,000 or 1% of the job cost.
CREATING BUILDERS ENQUIRIES |
Prepare Bill of Quantities |
Pricing of Bill to ensure Value for Money |
Analysis of Tenders Received |
Job costs excluding VAT £100,000 |
£750 |
£300 |
£200 |
£250,000 |
£1,250 |
£750 |
£250 |
£500,000 |
£2,000 |
£1,000 |
£350 |
Subsidence & Property Surveying
- Typical costs for surveying and reporting on a standard two storey property is £350. An advice visit to your property lasting 2 hours can be arranged for £150 if your local.