Attic conversion on a ready to attic

Mousemini · 05-06-2016 8:46pm #1

Looking for a ball park figure for attic conversion. On a attic this is ready to go. And recommendations welcome.

fred funk }{ · 05-06-2016 11:07pm

Obviously depends on lots of things but one thing that I learned whilst getting ours done was that a lot of builders wanted to do it in the cheap and not do it properly.

Think we spent about €18000 to get it done to a high spec from start to finishing and I did a good bit myself.

Mousemini · 06-06-2016 9:04pm

Structural everything is ready to go. I don't think it should cost upwards of 15k

Bonzo Delaney · 06-06-2016 9:39pm

Mousemini wrote: »

Structural everything is ready to go. I don't think it should cost upwards of 15k

A scope of work that needs to be done would be handy then ,other wise you'll just have lads picking estimates out of their arse for the fun of it

Eg
Was the structure certified
What floor area
What fire regs need to be met
Heating
Electrical
Access
Insulation
Ceiling finishes
No. of rooms
No. of roof lights

All can affect the cost greatly
The more detail the better.

BryanF · 08-06-2016 7:06am

Mousemini wrote: »

Structural everything is ready to go. I don't think it should cost upwards of 15k

Have you factored in 30min fire rating to first floor landing including doors etc

fred funk }{ · 08-06-2016 8:16am

Mousemini wrote: »

Structural everything is ready to go. I don't think it should cost upwards of 15k

There's more to it than you think to get it finished, ready to sleep in. We had builders wanting to stuff earth wool between the rafters, tight to the felt. Needless to say, they were cheaper than lads who wanted to do it properly.

livingthedream · 08-06-2016 8:55am

Hi,

We got ours done during the boom and it cost us 15k iirc.

One piece of advise, hire an independent structural engineer to sign off on the work and let whoever is doing the work know that they need to meet his standards.

We had a nasty ending to ours as our structural engineer spotted a couple of things that weren't 100% right. He said nothing was dangerous or was going to fall down but it wasn't 100% right i.e. if we were to sell the house and another structural engineer was to do a survey they could look to knock some cash off sale price to rectify it then or possibly discourage the buyers.

Needless to say the builder wasn't too pleased at having to do the additional re-work....

I know of some guys that do the conversions that actually provide a surveyors report as part of the package... just something to bear in mind..

Cheers,

~LTD

JimmyVik · 06-01-2022 2:53pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2057606090/attic-conversion-on-a-ready-to-attic

Are you just putting stairs up to an attic room and insulating it and making it look all nice, or are you doing a job where you want it certified as living space.

Two totally different ball games.

Most of the time you can convert an attic handy enough if you wanted to use it as an office ot games room type setup. Basically still an attic, but something you can use. If you ever sold your house you just point out that its still an attic and let the buyers decide what they think, but you cant call it a liveable room as part of the living area of the house.

If you want it as official living space it will cost you.

C. Eastwood · 06-01-2022 4:51pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2057606090/attic-conversion-on-a-ready-to-attic

Mousemini

To be in compliance with the Building Regulations, you must comply with 2019 Technical Guidance Document F - Ventilation - one part of which is as follows:-

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€16,000 less 13.5% VAT = €14,095 nett. Trotters Independence Trading and Builders company. Painting and furniture included.