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We had Archicentre come up with a concept plan and plans drawn up by a draftsman for council. We haven't submitted them yet but are in the process of getting quotes in..... turns out for this ONE room (including blocking up the toilet, bathroom and one bedroom window opening onto it), new flooring in kitchen and a deck off will be in excess of $100K. Well, so far two builders have quoted that, waiting on two more.
One major stumbling block has been the builders interpretation of the design - the new room will have a skillion roof and resulting box gutter running between old roof and new addition. We had no idea that they were such a problem! Gah. Now we are learning. All the builders suggest we completely redesign the room to have a conventional roof....but we already spend over $2000K on plans for council. Should we just go ahead and instead spend the money we could spend on a redesign on getting a gutter man to keep the gutter clear every month (we live in an area with lots of gum trees).
Also, I'm having real doubts about whether we would be overcapitilising anyway???? But the room as it is now is the kids playroom but either too hot, too cold and leaks in the rain.
Thoughts anyone?