Hi everyone,I'm new here and finding the website and forum very useful! My partner and I have just come back from a viewing trip in Tuscany and may we'll have found the house we want to buy.
Hi Maurice, we now have a bill of quantities for the roof. We you mind very much if I could take you up on your offer of taking a look at it and seeing if it's reasonable? We're just really trying to double check we're not being too optimistic about all the renovation costs. Many thanks in advance.
Hi Julia, thanks so much for this. It was a really interesting read and very useful. What a beautiful property you have. I think I may be in touch with some questions, thank you for the offer :-)
Great, thank you again.I guess we will need to get some different builders around to draw up some more quotes.If anyone has any recommendations in the Lucca area I'd be much obliged.
Hi Maurice,sorry for the delayed response, I thought I'd already replied!Thank you for your help, I completely understand that you can't suggest a price. As it stands we don't have a bill of quantities, just an architect's idea of what it would cost and a contractors idea... both very different prices of 26.000 euros and 60.000-80.000 euros. I'm not entirely sure how to get a better idea of cost before we put an offer in on the house. It seems as though we have to take a gamble and assume it will be the higher price. What do people usually do in these circumstances? Many thanks again.
HI Maurice,thank you for your reply. it would be a whole new roof as some of the beams are rotten. So new beams, new tiles, insulation, new gutters. I think the dimensions are off the flat plan, I'll have to check. 4 stories high including cantinas and attic, although just 3 stories from the terrace at ground level. It's a tall building though as room heights are around 3meters! I know it won't be a cheap job, just hoping it's not completely unachievable with our budget. Access is down narrow lanes so scaffolding and beams would need to be walked through village around 100meters too.
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Hi Maurice, we now have a bill of quantities for the roof. We you mind very much if I could take you up on your offer of taking a look at it and seeing if it's reasonable? We're just really trying to double check we're not being too optimistic about all the renovation costs. Many thanks in advance.
Hi Julia, thanks so much for this. It was a really interesting read and very useful. What a beautiful property you have. I think I may be in touch with some questions, thank you for the offer :-)
Thanks Liz, this has been really, really useful!
Great, thank you again.I guess we will need to get some different builders around to draw up some more quotes.If anyone has any recommendations in the Lucca area I'd be much obliged.
Hi Maurice,sorry for the delayed response, I thought I'd already replied!Thank you for your help, I completely understand that you can't suggest a price. As it stands we don't have a bill of quantities, just an architect's idea of what it would cost and a contractors idea... both very different prices of 26.000 euros and 60.000-80.000 euros. I'm not entirely sure how to get a better idea of cost before we put an offer in on the house. It seems as though we have to take a gamble and assume it will be the higher price. What do people usually do in these circumstances? Many thanks again.
HI Maurice,thank you for your reply. it would be a whole new roof as some of the beams are rotten. So new beams, new tiles, insulation, new gutters. I think the dimensions are off the flat plan, I'll have to check. 4 stories high including cantinas and attic, although just 3 stories from the terrace at ground level. It's a tall building though as room heights are around 3meters! I know it won't be a cheap job, just hoping it's not completely unachievable with our budget. Access is down narrow lanes so scaffolding and beams would need to be walked through village around 100meters too.