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“The delays that were caused by the pandemic and the surprise and expense of the underpinning.” – Robert


says Isla.


Planning and the tender process took some time but by arch  everything was in place except that now the country was in the middle of a pandemic. This impacted massively on timescale and costs. “I was relieved we hadn’t started but it delayed things signifi cantly,” says Robert. Eventually the project started in arch  and was completed in arch  but during that time material costs increased considerably. Isla explains “We went through a retender


process, and it was quite frightening how much prices and demand had altered over the two years.” There were other things that impacted on the budget such as the entire house needing to be underpinned. “Apparently our house was built on love and hope’ said our contractor,” Isla remembers. “It had been built well it wasn’t going anywhere, but to extend we had to underpin it and that immediately took care of our contingency fund. owever, we did discover lovely corner stones which we have retained.”


“We went through a re-tender process, and it was quite frightening how much prices and demand had altered over the two years.”


Fortunately, the contractors, Total Reinstatement Services, who had been recommended by the eggett’s quantity surveyor were worth their weight in gold as Isla recalls “Their craftmanship was exceptional but also their ability to understand what we were


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