Checklists for pricing NZ residential jobs: kitchens, bathrooms, reclads, joinery, additions, granny flats, decks, fences and more: labour, consent.
One checklist for each job NZ builders quote most: what to count, how to build the labour, where consent bites, what to write down as excluded.
How to price a kitchen renovation. Your own scope against the joiner's, fabricator's and trades' allowances, blocking, the rangehood and G4, and consent.
How to price a bathroom renovation: the builder's scope, the trades and fixtures as allowances, waterproofing and E3, level-entry showers, and asbestos in older houses.
How to price a reclad: underlay, cavity and flashings to E2, rot as a provisional sum, scaffold, consent, and partial-reclad junctions.
How to price joinery replacement: per-opening flashings and make-good, the units as an allowance until measured, resized openings, rot, and Schedule 1 exemption 8.
How to price a garage conversion: the door-opening infill, masonry liner walls, the slab and floor build-up, and the change-of-use question.
How to price a floor repair: finding the cause, the subfloor as a provisional sum, matching the existing floor and its level, and labour by stage.
How to price a room renovation. One room's linings, insulation, floor and trims, new openings, what turns up behind old linings, and consent.
How to price a deck job: the frame, the ledger connection, labour by stage, when F4 needs a barrier, and the Schedule 1 consent exemption.
How to price a fence job: posts and footings, gates, boundary fences under the Fencing Act, and when consent applies.
How to price a retaining wall: why height drives the price, drainage and spoil, surcharges, and the Schedule 1 consent exemption.
How to price a pergola: posts, beams and connections, hold-down, and why a roof changes the consent position.
How to price a carport: the frame, roof and gutter, the slab decision, enclosed sides, and the floor-area consent exemptions.
How to price a driveway. Your ground work, boxing and mesh against the concreter's place and finish, quantities by volume and edge length, and vehicle crossings.
How to price a granny flat: the shell and fit-out, services and council charges as allowances, labour by stage, and the Schedule 1A consent exemption conditions.
How to price a bedroom addition: the shell, where it meets the house, slab or piles, what an ensuite adds, labour by stage, and why it needs consent.
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