Firsttimer Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Does anyone have any recommendations for a QS / QS service ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrerahill Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 3 minutes ago, Firsttimer said: Does anyone have any recommendations for a QS / QS service ? Um... where are you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firsttimer Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 Edinburgh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Your local builders merchants will do you a bill of quantity for around £200 Just hand them your drawings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedreamer Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 What are you wanting the QS to do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 15 hours ago, nod said: Your local builders merchants will do you a bill of quantity for around £200 Just hand them your drawings There are online services (www.estimators-online.com) as well, which i am looking to use, come in a bit cheaper for a house (£180 inc VAT) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 20 minutes ago, Moonshine said: There are online services (www.estimators-online.com) as well, which i am looking to use, come in a bit cheaper for a house (£180 inc VAT) 200 ish Its easy to do it yourself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moonshine Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 2 minutes ago, nod said: Its easy to do it yourself I would be interested to know other than basing to on the m2 rules of thumb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 29 minutes ago, Moonshine said: I would be interested to know other than basing to on the m2 rules of thumb. A house is very easy to estimate Only a case of counting up and m2 also Id very little over But mist things can be returned to the supplier for a refund If you get a QS in they often round things up knowing that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Firsttimer Posted February 5, 2020 Author Share Posted February 5, 2020 On 03/02/2020 at 19:57, Thedreamer said: What are you wanting the QS to do? I've done some rough costing myself. But there are still a lot of unknowns- groundwork, roof etc. Am hoping the QS can give me estimates for Labour and not just materials. Is this something that a QS would do ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thedreamer Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 3 hours ago, Firsttimer said: I've done some rough costing myself. But there are still a lot of unknowns- groundwork, roof etc. Am hoping the QS can give me estimates for Labour and not just materials. Is this something that a QS would do ? Yes. The biggest unknown is typically your foundations. I had trial hole dug and was then able to work out how much concrete was going to be required. I produced a list of the materials and our QS did a review of this for £180 and then wrote to the building society confirming that the build costs were feasible within my budget. Really it was his qualification and PI insurance that I was paying for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Temp Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 A QS can do quite a lot but it can get expensive if you hire them to do everything. They can... * Estimate total build cost. * Check and adjust builders quotes so they are based on same assumptions/place holders otherwise they can't be compared. One of our builders allowed too much for steels and accepted QS figures. * Value work done to ensure builder is entitled to a stage payment and perhaps what that payment should be. Ours pointed out we should retain 5% of stage payment until snagging was done. * Check cost of changes you may want is reasonable, agree amended total price. Possibly argue for you if there is a dissagrement with the builder. Overall we found our QS better value than the Architect during the construction phase but now I have done a house I know quite a bit more than I did at the outset. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Internet Know How Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 On 03/02/2020 at 19:37, nod said: Your local builders merchants will do you a bill of quantity for around £200 Just hand them your drawings I guess if you then say you are looking to purchase all the materials from them they will do that no problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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