Would anyone have a very rough cost to knock a 3.5m load bearing wall and install a beam? We want to open up the kitchen and living room together, and just looking for a very rough cost. Based in Dublin
We are very interested in buying a house in Dublin, but it has a few quirks and looking for some answers. The house is 45 years old in a well established estate, but no one has ever lived there (the person had a second house). In recent years the owner decided to do it up - redone the wiring, plumbing, new fireplace, plastered the walls etc. However he became ill and couldn’t finish it. So the floors are just the original floorboards and the ceilings are just the joists with the wiring exposed. A few questions:
Anyone have a rough idea on the cost to do the ceilings? (140 m2)
Is there a way to verify the plumbing and wiring was done to a good/safe standard?
Seemingly someone stayed in the house for roughly 30 days (not consecutive) in 2024 (something to do with property tax). Does that completely rule out the vacant homes grant even though it was never really lived in for 45 years?
The heating is Oil and there is a big oil shed in the garden taking up a good portion of it. If it is possible (if the estate is able to do gas) anyone have a rough idea on the cost to switch from oil to gas?