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Attached garage

17.3 m² internal · £39,218.40 inc. VAT

Example Builders Ltd (fictional)

Quotation DEMO-0001
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Total including VAT
£39,218.40
£32,682.00 before VAT
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
£753.84
Excavation & foundations
Excavation, foundations and below-ground masonry
£2,775.01
Floors
Ground floor construction, insulation and screed
£2,952.43
External walls
External walls, insulation and outside finish
£7,218.72
Roof
Roof structure, covering, fascias and guttering
£8,663.60
Windows & external doors
Windows, external doors and rooflights
£3,213.76
Drainage
Foul and surface water drainage
£1,494.46
Electrical
Electrical installation
£544.88
Scaffold & access
Scaffolding and access
£773.68
Plant hire
Plant and equipment
£720.78
Waste removal
Skips and waste removal
£1,930.90
Deliveries
Material deliveries
£330.63
Testing & certification
Testing and certification
£119.03
Fees & approvals
Building control and approvals
£1,190.28
Total before VAT£32,682.00VAT at 20%£6,536.40Total£39,218.40

Assumptions 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 acceptance10%£3,921.84
    Watertight shell40%£15,687.36
    First and second fix complete30%£11,765.52
    Completion and handover20%£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

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