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Cutting costs, employing a QS

hairyslug · 2015-03-21 09:26:25

Hi All, looking for advice from people who have been through this or know a lot more than me. We got most of our quotes back yesterday for a 50sqm extension and roughly 50sqm refurbishment, the prices that came in were high, too high for us but as our architect said we can cut a lot of stuff out (the garden, a new boiler,…

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21-03-2015 10:26am

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hairyslug

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Hi All, looking for advice from people who have been through this or know a lot more than me.
We got most of our quotes back yesterday for a 50sqm extension and roughly 50sqm refurbishment, the prices that came in were high, too high for us but as our architect said we can cut a lot of stuff out (the garden, a new boiler, attic floored are a few).
Should we try and get the prices lowered ourselves or will a QS be able to do an infinitly better job at getting the costs down.
Cheers

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