Quantity Surveying Rates and Charges

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 & Quantity Surveying	Commercial, Project Management & Advice	Adjudication, Claims & Dispute Resolution
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

The following are all inclusive prices for producing an estimate based on the footprint ground floor area including schedule of work items in Bill of Quantity format. Please send me your drawings and I will send you a formal quote.

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
1^st extension
Single storey	£300	£450
Two storeys	£525	£750
2^nd extension on same property
Single storey	£200	£300
Two storeys	£350	£525

Ground Floor slab area exceeding 50m2 but not exceeding 100m2
1^st extension
Single storey	£450	£675
Two storeys	£800	£1100
2^nd extension on same property
Single storey	£300	£450
Two storeys	£525	£800

Others
Fixtures, Fittings and Finishes Schedules		£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

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 Enquiries for sending to Builders

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.