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Live demo
Attached garage
17.3 m² internal · £39,218.40 inc. VAT
Example Builders Ltd (fictional)
Quotation DEMO-0001
Total including VAT
£39,218.40
£32,682.00 before VAT
VAT at 20% · VAT £6,536.40
VAT at 20% · VAT £6,536.40
This quotation sets out the work, the price and what is provisional. Please read the assumptions and exclusions before accepting.
What we will build
- Attached garage: 6m × 3.5m (external), approximately 17.3 m² internal floor area.
- Walls: insulated cavity wall, block inner leaf finished in facing brick.
- Roof: pitched gable roof at 30° in concrete interlocking tile.
- Foundations and floor: trench-fill foundations, concrete slab.
- Windows and doors: 1 × garage door 2.4×2.1m, 1 × door 0.9×2.1m, 1 × window 0.9×0.9m.
- Completed to: complete finish (standard specification).
- Services: 4 power points, 2 light fittings, no heating.
Price breakdown
Preliminaries & site setup
Site set-up, welfare, protection and management
£753.84Excavation & foundationsExcavation, foundations and below-ground masonry
£2,775.01FloorsGround floor construction, insulation and screed
£2,952.43External wallsExternal walls, insulation and outside finish
£7,218.72RoofRoof structure, covering, fascias and guttering
£8,663.60Windows & external doorsWindows, external doors and rooflights
£3,213.76DrainageFoul and surface water drainage
£1,494.46ElectricalElectrical installation
£544.88Scaffold & accessScaffolding and access
£773.68Plant hirePlant and equipment
£720.78Waste removalSkips and waste removal
£1,930.90DeliveriesMaterial deliveries
£330.63Testing & certificationTesting and certification
£119.03Fees & approvalsBuilding control and approvals
£1,190.28Total before VAT£32,682.00VAT at 20%£6,536.40Total£39,218.40Assumptions this price relies on
- Garage floor: 150mm concrete slab, power-floated, uninsulated.
- Foundations: trench fill 600mm wide × 1.0m deep in GEN1 concrete under all new external walls.
- Ground floor: 150mm concrete slab on 150mm compacted hardcore.
- External walls: facing brick outer skin, 100mm full-fill insulated cavity, 100mm block inner skin.
- Gable roof at 30° on manufacturer-designed trusses, covered in concrete interlocking tile. Truss price is an allowance until the manufacturer quotes.
- Rainwater to a new soakaway at least 5m from the building; a percolation test may be required by building control.
- The existing consumer unit has spare capacity for the new circuits; if not, a new unit is extra.
- No planning application fee, party wall surveyor or planning drawings are included. Permitted development or existing consent is assumed.
- Work to comply with the building regulations applying in England; design by others where a design is required.
Not included
- Planning application, drawings and party wall matters
- Furniture, appliances and loose fittings
- Landscaping and reinstatement beyond the working area
- Anything found on opening up that could not be seen at survey
- Driveway, hardstanding and dropped kerb
Programme, validity and payment
- Estimated time on site: about 3 weeks, subject to weather, materials and approvals.
- Payment in stages:
Deposit on acceptance 10% £3,921.84 Watertight shell 40% £15,687.36 First and second fix complete 30% £11,765.52 Completion and handover 20% £7,843.68 - Payment: Each stage is invoiced when it is reached and is due within 7 days.
Example Builders Ltd (fictional) · 1 Example Street, Andover · 01234 567890 · hello@example.invalid