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Single-storey extension

16.3 m² internal · £56,260.80 inc. VAT

Example Builders Ltd (fictional)

Quotation DEMO-0001
Awaiting your response
Total including VAT
£56,260.80
£46,884.00 before VAT
VAT at 20% · VAT £9,376.80

This quotation sets out the work, the price and what is provisional. Please read the assumptions and exclusions before accepting.

What we will build

  • Single-storey extension: 4m × 5m (external), approximately 16.3 m² internal floor area.
  • Walls: insulated cavity wall, block inner leaf finished in facing brick.
  • Roof: lean-to pitched roof at 22° in concrete interlocking tile.
  • Foundations and floor: trench-fill foundations, concrete slab with insulation.
  • Windows and doors: 1 × bifold 3×2.1m, 1 × window 1.2×1.2m, 2 × rooflight 0.78×1.18m.
  • Completed to: complete finish (standard specification).
  • Services: 8 power points, 6 light fittings, radiators from the existing system.

Price breakdown

Preliminaries & site setup
Site set-up, welfare, protection and management
£842.14
Excavation & foundations
Excavation, foundations and below-ground masonry
£2,804.81
Floors
Ground floor construction, insulation and screed
£2,992.15
Structural elements
Structural openings, steels and first-floor structure
£2,245.72
External walls
External walls, insulation and outside finish
£6,861.61
Roof
Roof structure, covering, fascias and guttering
£7,992.18
Windows & external doors
Windows, external doors and rooflights
£6,964.40
Drainage
Foul and surface water drainage
£1,211.08
Plumbing & heating
Heating and plumbing
£872.89
Electrical
Electrical installation
£1,304.66
Insulation & internal linings
Insulation, plasterboard and ceilings
£2,007.11
Internal finishes
Plastering, joinery, decoration and flooring
£1,932.25
Scaffold & access
Scaffolding and access
£781.99
Plant hire
Plant and equipment
£929.03
Waste removal
Skips and waste removal
£2,379.39
Deliveries
Material deliveries
£334.18
Testing & certification
Testing and certification
£120.31
Fees & approvals
Building control and approvals
£1,203.06
Provisional sumsSteel beam and structural design for 1 × 3m opening£3,105.04Total before VAT£46,884.00VAT at 20%£9,376.80Total£56,260.80

About the provisional sums

These are estimates for items that cannot be priced firmly yet. They are confirmed with you before that work starts.

  • Steel beam and structural design for 1 × 3m opening: A load-bearing opening into the existing house needs a structural engineer's design, a steel beam with padstones and building control sign-off. Allowance covers design and steel supply; the builder's work is priced below.

Assumptions this price relies on

  • Foundations: trench fill 600mm wide × 1.0m deep in GEN1 concrete under all new external walls.
  • Ground floor: 100mm concrete slab on 150mm compacted hardcore with 100mm PIR insulation.
  • Openings over 2.7m wide may need an engineer-specified lintel or steel; a heavy-duty catalogue lintel has been allowed.
  • External walls: facing brick outer skin, 100mm full-fill insulated cavity, 100mm block inner skin.
  • Lean-to roof at 22° in concrete interlocking tile, cut on site from C24 timber; rafter length 4.3m.
  • Drainage: rainwater and any foul water connected to the existing system within 6m, capacity assumed adequate. Building over or near an existing sewer needs the water company's agreement.
  • The existing consumer unit has spare capacity for the new circuits; if not, a new unit is extra.
  • Heating: 2 radiators added to the existing system; the existing boiler is assumed to have capacity.
  • 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

Programme, validity and payment

  • Estimated time on site: about 5 weeks, subject to weather, materials and approvals.
  • Payment in stages:
    Deposit on acceptance10%£5,626.08
    Watertight shell40%£22,504.32
    First and second fix complete30%£16,878.24
    Completion and handover20%£11,252.16
  • 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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