Ok - I'm being extremely brave here ;
Looking at buying a practically derelict farm house with 50 acres in Suffolk to renovate & run as an equine business. The horse side of things I can handle - and I will be on the receiving end of mountains of advice from 99% of my family - who are all involved in groundworks/house building/demolition/aggregate/scaffolding etc. So as well as having a project manager (my retired godfather) - I will have plenty of willing hands.
BUT, before I go mental and tell them what I am planning to do, I am trying to get some ball park figures together so I can lay out the beginnings of 'the plans' ;
Can anyone tell me what the following may cost on a large 4 bed, 1 bath farmhouse (roof & all floors/walls etc structurally sound)
Sash windows (approx 14 will need replacing completely, frames included)
All pipework (I imagine its all shot to bits) & new central heating system - all boilers, baths etc can stay where they are.
Complete re-wire
Approx cost of completely stripping plaster inc boards and re boarding/plastering
I know what most of this costs where I live currently, but I imagine Suffolk will be quite different.
Won't be putting an offer in until I have some rough figures to play with & all the trademen I speak to want to see the property first to quote (fair enough) - and point blank refuse to tell me what anything similar they worked cost.
Any help greatly appreciated!