Thursday, May 31, 2007
Builder
The local builder arrived today at the house to give me a quote for some of the building works. There are some things I'd rather leave up to the experts, like roofing, laying a new concrete floor with the drains and septic tanks.
While we were talking about the flooring I asked about the cost of digging out the existing floor in preparation for laying the drains and stuff. His guess was about 5000 euros! The explaination was that because the doors are too small for a mini-digger and it boils down to man-hours. He did suggest that I could do it myself and leave the spoil in a pile and they will remove it when they come for the septic tanks. It's something I'll have to think about.
I asked about prices for 2 new openings at rear for windows and again it depends on man-hours. For the builders it is quicker and easier to use granite corner stones and a lintel to build up the window. But of course the granite costs more than just using the existing stone. If I want to save money on the granite then it's extra man hours to build up the window slowly with the old stone.
The recurring theme seemed to be, materials are cheaper than men
So, I'm getting him to quote for a new roof, dalle (flooring) with the pipework for the waste and for the installation of the septic tanks.
Should have a quote in 15 (quinze jours) days, but they always say that.
| 6:11:26 PM
brittany
renovation
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