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Building projects are usually very stressful times and getting a grip of what things will cost is one of those stresses. For small jobs the average hourly rate for hiring a builder in the UK is £29 but this can range from £16 to £46 depending on the builder and where you live. Choosing a builder for your budget is important, so using HaMuch can help you navigate through your project. Get quotes from our builders and compare rates and to make sure you get the best value for money.

Builder cost per day

For larger jobs a builders day rate will help you determine how much a project will cost and also allows you to compare builders in your area using HaMuch. Currently the average daily rate for a builder in the UK is £206 but, if it’s a large building business, you will probably have to add VAT. You can get cheaper and more expensive builders and they range from £133 to £275 per day, but this also depends on where you live. If you are looking to build an extension or loft conversion you will require multiple skills on site, so the quote will be more complicated and more likely based on previous jobs the builders have done. The builders will be more interested in the day rate of other trades if they are employing subcontractors for the job. Also materials post Brexit are going up in price so a quote might have to change if you need to wait a while to get the building done. A single storey house extension can cost from £25k and take 8 weeks + so your builder might not be readily available.

How to get the cheapest quotes when looking for a builder

Self-employed builders are just as qualified and experienced as those working for a big company.

By being a small business builder, overheads (e.g. administration staff, office rental etc) are less, but they work to the same level of quality.

Get quotes from self-employed builders and talk directly with the person who is going to do the job.

Choosing a builder

When choosing a builder, get a few written quotes so you have a better understanding about what level of building work is being offered at different prices. Insist on being given a ‘written quote’ to avoid disputes over payment and job expectations at the end of the project. As building work can involve scaffolding, so discuss with the builder if it has included any scaffolding hire charges and if this is something that will still need to be added on to the final bill. Another charge to consider is skip hire. If there will be demolition work taking place at your home, then hiring a skip is a good option to avoid a lot of small trips to the tip clearing away the building debris.

Before making a decision on which builder to choose, ask what their payment terms are and if a big building project like house extension and loft conversions, can be paid in instalments in line with sections of the building work being completed. Unless you have specified specific building materials that they don’t normally supply, you should not be asked to pay any money upfront.

If you are getting large scale building work completed, it would be wise to see a portfolio of similar work carried out. Try to drop in to do a site visit on a current building project so that you can see the level of organisation on site, quality of materials being used, number of builders on site. Check any associations the builder is part of e.g. The National Federation of Builders (NFB).

Lastly, check what insurances you need to have in place with your own personal building and contents insurance, check to see if you need to make your insurers aware of work being carried out. Ask the builder about their insurance and how much public liability insurance they have (there should be a certificate to show you).

Building costs

Traditional bricks and mortar are only part of the complicated task of completing a large building project to enhance your home. A lot of building companies today have their own team for the core work onsite and subcontract for the rest, acting like a project manager. Costing a job is usually based on size. The larger it is the more you pay but your choice of materials will also affect the cost. If you choose to project manage you can choose smaller companies that have smaller overheads and better day rates to build your garage or lounge extension. You can purchase your own materials and negotiate the best rate for expensive items like bifolding doors.

Loft conversion cost

A full loft conversion to create another living space can cost from £30,000 depending on your location and the quality of the finish. Prices are rising and builders are booked up for months so getting a builder who is available is not an easy task. Why not try posting a job with HaMuch and get free quotes from available builders in your area. Loft conversions add value to your home and don’t require planning permission if they are of a good size. So if it’s a roof light conversion or a dormer loft conversion talking to a qualified builder will help get you started and save money.

House extension cost

Unless you have a cellar to convert or you want to build upwards a home extension is the next best way to add value to your home and give you extra living space. A budget extension can cost £20,000 and the average price is over £35,000 but this depends on the quality of your materials and glazing. Also you don’t need planning permission if you are extending out from your building for 3 metres or less. It is difficult to give an exact value but an extension could add an extra 15% to the price of your home, so that is worth considering before you start.

Conservatory cost

To build a conservatory costs an average of £15,000 but you can pay a lot more or less. They start from around £7,000 and can go up to over £50,000 and you have a choice of wood or upvc finish. An orangery with bifolding doors and roof lanterns are a popular alternative to a traditional conservatory and cost around £25,000. Seems a lot but, if you want to maximise your property size and have enough garden space, a conservatory is a great way to achieve more indoor space.

Before talking to the builder regarding a conservatory or extension, have an idea of the size you would like, the shape it should be built, if there is an existing driveway or patio that needs to be demolished first, any outside drains or outside bathroom pipe that might need to become inside drains or pipes and consider a style that will suit your home e.g. Edwardian or Victorian.

For conservatories, extensions, rebuilding external walls, window repairs… any building job involving windows, you can choose from standard double glazing to upgrades like self-cleaning glass or toughened glass. When choosing windows uPVC work with traditional and contemporary homes while sash windows are better suited to Victorian style homes.

As building work can involve changing the layout of a house, check if your project would require any planning permission before it goes ahead. Loft conversion means you may need to purchase the loft from the freeholder if you in a leasehold and some building works may require an architect to design the space and calculate the costings or a structural engineer to ensure the safety of the project.

How much do garden brick walls, room renovations and other building work cost

JobEstimate
Cost to repoint or repair brickwork £305
Cost to remove a chimney breast £700
Cost to build a retaining wall £280
Building a conservatory including foundation £2000
Structure repair £800
Damp protection for internal walls £280 per wall
Damp protection for external walls £300 per wall
Rising damp treatment £280 per wall
Demolition of a garage £1000
Demolition of a patio, driveway, shed, outside space £800
Creating a dropped kerb £500
One room extension £2000
Multi room extension £2000 per room
Removal of old floor and laying a new floor £150 per room
Repairing floors by filling gaps, sanding, staining, sealing and securing loose floorboards £100 per room
Converting a garage into a bedroom £4000

Rates for other trades

Builder Small Job hourly rate and daily rate
Builder Small Job: Average Hourly and Daily Rates in the UK for 2024 (excluding VAT or callout charges)
Location in UKHourly RateDaily Rate
Builder Small Job near Aberdeen£25£241
Builder Small Job near Amber Valley£28£207
Builder Small Job near Angus£28£214
Builder Small Job near Arun£31£217
Builder Small Job near Ashfield£28£209
Builder Small Job near Aylesbury Vale£34£222
Builder Small Job near Barnsley£28£229
Builder Small Job near Basildon£34£221
Builder Small Job near Basingstoke & Deane£36£228
Builder Small Job near Bassetlaw£25£208
Builder Small Job near Bath & North East Somerset£28£219
Builder Small Job near Bedford£39£241
Builder Small Job near Belfast£20£132
Builder Small Job near Birmingham£25£197
Builder Small Job near Blackburn£31£193
Builder Small Job near Blackpool£25£180
Builder Small Job near Bolton£26£194
Builder Small Job near Bournemouth£33£222
Builder Small Job near Bracknell Forest£36£235
Builder Small Job near Bradford£26£198
Builder Small Job near Braintree£31£213
Builder Small Job near Breckland£22£181
Builder Small Job near Bridgend£28£184
Builder Small Job near Brighton£30£215
Builder Small Job near Bristol£28£218
Builder Small Job near Broadland£21£174
Builder Small Job near Broxtowe£27£206
Builder Small Job near Bury£28£197
Builder Small Job near Caerphilly£30£186
Builder Small Job near Calderdale£26£191
Builder Small Job near Cambridge£31£228
Builder Small Job near Canterbury£26£193
Builder Small Job near Cardiff£31£187
Builder Small Job near Carmarthenshire£23£186
Builder Small Job near Charnwood£25£189
Builder Small Job near Chelmsford£33£218
Builder Small Job near Cheltenham£28£217
Builder Small Job near Cherwell£31£224
Builder Small Job near Chester£28£196
Builder Small Job near Colchester£29£206
Builder Small Job near Conway£23£179
Builder Small Job near Coventry£24£191
Builder Small Job near Crewe & Nantwich£27£206
Builder Small Job near Dacorum£42£234
Builder Small Job near Derby£27£205
Builder Small Job near Doncaster£26£206
Builder Small Job near Dover£25£191
Builder Small Job near Dudley£25£196
Builder Small Job near Dumfries & Galloway£20£158
Builder Small Job near Dundee£29£217
Builder Small Job near East Ayrshire£24£198
Builder Small Job near East Devon£22£183
Builder Small Job near East Dunbartonshire£29£214
Builder Small Job near East Hampshire£33£220
Builder Small Job near East Hertfordshire£37£238
Builder Small Job near East Lindsey£25£192
Builder Small Job near East Riding£26£201
Builder Small Job near Eastleigh£30£219
Builder Small Job near Edinburgh£32£231
Builder Small Job near Elmbridge£39£234
Builder Small Job near Epping Forest£38£232
Builder Small Job near Erewash£27£205
Builder Small Job near Exeter£22£185
Builder Small Job near Falkirk£29£205
Builder Small Job near Fife£32£227
Builder Small Job near Flintshire£27£194
Builder Small Job near Gateshead£30£213
Builder Small Job near Gedling£28£208
Builder Small Job near Glasgow£30£227
Builder Small Job near Gloucester£27£208
Builder Small Job near Guildford£37£239
Builder Small Job near Gwynedd£19£153
Builder Small Job near Halton£27£192
Builder Small Job near Harrogate£25£189
Builder Small Job near Havant & Waterloo£31£213
Builder Small Job near Highland£19£190
Builder Small Job near Horsham£32£222
Builder Small Job near Huntingdonshire£34£236
Builder Small Job near Ipswich£27£196
Builder Small Job near Isle of Wight£31£216
Builder Small Job near Kings Lynn & West Norfolk£24£196
Builder Small Job near Kingston-upon-Hull£25£197
Builder Small Job near Kirklees£27£200
Builder Small Job near Knowsley£27£185
Builder Small Job near Lancaster£23£189
Builder Small Job near Leeds£26£196
Builder Small Job near Leicester£24£182
Builder Small Job near Lisburn£19£135
Builder Small Job near Liverpool£28£188
Builder Small Job near London£39£233
Builder Small Job near Luton£35£231
Builder Small Job near Macclesfield£29£198
Builder Small Job near Maidstone£33£227
Builder Small Job near Manchester£28£196
Builder Small Job near Mid Bedfordshire£37£239
Builder Small Job near Mid Sussex£31£217
Builder Small Job near Middlesbrough£38£204
Builder Small Job near Milton Keynes£36£231
Builder Small Job near Neath Port Talbot£25£186
Builder Small Job near New Forest£31£223
Builder Small Job near Newbury£32£225
Builder Small Job near Newcastle-under-Lyme£25£196
Builder Small Job near Newcastle-upon-Tyne£30£214
Builder Small Job near Newport£31£194
Builder Small Job near North Ayrshire£26£212
Builder Small Job near North East Lincolnshire£26£204
Builder Small Job near North Hertfordshire£36£239
Builder Small Job near North Lanarkshire£28£211
Builder Small Job near North Lincolnshire£24£189
Builder Small Job near North Somerset£28£218
Builder Small Job near North Tyneside£31£218
Builder Small Job near North Wiltshire£28£210
Builder Small Job near Northampton£33£212
Builder Small Job near Norwich£22£177
Builder Small Job near Nottingham£28£208
Builder Small Job near Nuneaton & Bedworth£24£192
Builder Small Job near Oldham£28£198
Builder Small Job near Oxford£31£227
Builder Small Job near Pembrokeshire£16£140
Builder Small Job near Perth & Kinross£31£234
Builder Small Job near Peterborough£32£230
Builder Small Job near Plymouth£28£205
Builder Small Job near Poole£33£223
Builder Small Job near Portsmouth£31£213
Builder Small Job near Powys£20£173
Builder Small Job near Preston£33£192
Builder Small Job near Reading£35£233
Builder Small Job near Redcar & Cleveland£33£205
Builder Small Job near Reigate & Banstead£38£235
Builder Small Job near Renfrewshire£31£237
Builder Small Job near Rhondda, Cynon, Taff£29£187
Builder Small Job near Rochdale£28£197
Builder Small Job near Rotherham£28£228
Builder Small Job near Salford£27£194
Builder Small Job near Salisbury£37£248
Builder Small Job near Sandwell£25£195
Builder Small Job near Scarborough£24£193
Builder Small Job near Scottish Borders£31£245
Builder Small Job near Sefton£27£187
Builder Small Job near Sevenoaks£38£230
Builder Small Job near Sheffield£29£234
Builder Small Job near Slough£40£236
Builder Small Job near Solihull£24£192
Builder Small Job near South Ayrshire£25£197
Builder Small Job near South Bedfordshire£39£241
Builder Small Job near South Cambridgeshire£33£234
Builder Small Job near South Gloucestershire£28£217
Builder Small Job near South Kesteven£26£190
Builder Small Job near South Lanarkshire£26£202
Builder Small Job near South Oxfordshire£33£231
Builder Small Job near South Somerset£28£237
Builder Small Job near South Tyneside£31£216
Builder Small Job near Southampton£30£218
Builder Small Job near Southend-on-Sea£32£212
Builder Small Job near St Albans£37£236
Builder Small Job near St Helens£27£187
Builder Small Job near Stafford£26£209
Builder Small Job near Stockport£28£199
Builder Small Job near Stockton-on-Tees£38£206
Builder Small Job near Stoke-on-Trent£25£197
Builder Small Job near Stratford-on-Avon£25£195
Builder Small Job near Stroud£27£208
Builder Small Job near Suffolk Coastal£25£189
Builder Small Job near Sunderland£31£213
Builder Small Job near Swale£31£210
Builder Small Job near Swansea£25£194
Builder Small Job near Tameside£28£199
Builder Small Job near Teignbridge£24£197
Builder Small Job near Tendring£28£200
Builder Small Job near Test Valley£29£212
Builder Small Job near Thamesdown£28£210
Builder Small Job near Thanet£22£178
Builder Small Job near The Wrekin£26£206
Builder Small Job near Thurrock£35£225
Builder Small Job near Torbay£24£203
Builder Small Job near Trafford£28£198
Builder Small Job near Vale of Glamorgan£29£190
Builder Small Job near Vale of White Horse£30£221
Builder Small Job near Vale Royal£27£197
Builder Small Job near Wakefield£26£199
Builder Small Job near Walsall£25£197
Builder Small Job near Warrington£27£198
Builder Small Job near Warwick£24£192
Builder Small Job near Waveney£22£185
Builder Small Job near Waverley£38£239
Builder Small Job near Wealden£28£214
Builder Small Job near West Lancashire£26£185
Builder Small Job near West Lothian£31£225
Builder Small Job near West Wiltshire£28£210
Builder Small Job near Wigan£26£191
Builder Small Job near Windsor & Maidenhead£40£236
Builder Small Job near Wirral£28£189
Builder Small Job near Wokingham£35£234
Builder Small Job near Wolverhampton£25£197
Builder Small Job near Wrexham Maelor£27£201
Builder Small Job near Wychavon£25£196
Builder Small Job near Wycombe£34£235
Builder Small Job near York£25£188