How much did it cost?

How much did it cost?

My original guestimate of around £6000 was not even close and my updated, and slightly better informed, estimate of £7500 was not much better.  The actual total was £9760 – add in a skip or two and we can call it £10k. Could it be done for £7500 ? I think so, but I would have had...

My original guestimate of around £6000 was not even close and my updated, and slightly better informed, estimate of £7500 was not much better.  The...

Estimating the cost of your build

Estimating the cost of your build

How much does it cost to build your own garden room? Those of you with a good memory may recall that my original estimates on the build costs were around £6,000-£7,000, which after a bit of cursory research I imagined being spent like this: * SIP panels and sub-frame = 3300 * plinths (footings) = 700...

How much does it cost to build your own garden room? Those of you with a good memory may recall that my original estimates on...

Workshop drawing tools: SketchUp

Workshop drawing tools: SketchUp

When thinking about how to design my workshop I did some cursory research on  design software and found most were both expensive and complicated to use.  Then I had a thought – surely this is something that Google will have sorted out by now? And it turns out that they’d had a hand in doing...

When thinking about how to design my workshop I did some cursory research on  design software and found most were both expensive and complicated to...