• Anyone able to give me a really rough ballpark figure for a builder to knock down a load-bearing wall, add whatever metalwork is needed, and then make good? It's roughly 4.5 metres of wall that would need removing, and we're not in London if that makes a different.

    My wife's google searching suggests about £2k, but I really feel like it would cost a lot more than that.

  • Depending on what needs doing you could be in for £10k+ at least.

    Structural surveyor
    Party wall surveyor (maybe not but probably needed)
    Cost of steel/other supports
    Cost of fitting supports
    Cost of making good (cost of bricks/blocks, labour, plastering, painting, skirting etc) including potential electrical/plumbing work

    Best bet is to chat to a structural surveyor first, then a builder for a quote cause there are too many variables

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