Extensions
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Topic: Extensions
Posted By: High9
Subject: Extensions
Date Posted: 07 June 2010 at 3:51pm
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My mum is looking at extending some of the bedrooms in our family house.
She was wondering if anyone had recently extended rooms, either with their own DIY work or by a builder and if so, roughly how much it was per square meter that was added iygwim? When I was in college and did graphics the teacher told us the general thumb of rule was $1000 per sq/m. Is this still the case? Thanks in advance. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: BugTeeny
Date Posted: 07 June 2010 at 4:01pm
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We recently looked at adding a second story to our house.
The couple of quotes we got were for $800-$1000 per sqm. That included everything, except carpet. Pays to shop around  ------------- 
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Posted By: Renee & Lauren
Date Posted: 07 June 2010 at 5:21pm
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Nicky - I can give you my dad's details and you can get him to have a look etc ------------- http://lilyslim.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 07 June 2010 at 6:40pm
| Just make sure you get a few quotes then play each company/builder off against each other to get the best deal. Some building companies are really struggling for work at the mo so will drop their prices and take a hit in their margins to get work. |
Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 07 June 2010 at 7:34pm
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Okay thanks guys
I've let her know so she is going to ring around, our neighbour is a builder so she is going to have a chat to him and Renee I'll let her know too! ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 07 June 2010 at 8:29pm
We have just extended our house and I would hate to see how much it has cost us per m2  , but then it did included a rather large kitchen. DH has done it all himself.
Before we started I asked around and was told $1200-1500 per m2 but then I would think it largely depends what you are adding on, bathrooms and kitchens are alot more expensive than bedrooms ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: High9
Date Posted: 07 June 2010 at 8:54pm
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Mum is just thinking of doing 3 bedrooms and possibly turning the downstairs toilet into an en-suite bathroom for one of the bedrooms (bedrooms are on the ground floor, lounge/kitchen/bathroom/dining is on top). ------------- http://lilypie.com">
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