No, the house hasn’t got rats, as far as I’ve noticed anyway. After yesterday’s successes, I finally got around to ringing Lucky and asking for the quote. He gave me what I long ago nicknamed a ‘go away’ quote. The architect reckoned that even if the wall that has to come down is a structural one and needs a steel joist put in to support the weight above (possible, but unlikely), then I’d need to pay around £9000. Not that I have £9,000 you understand.
But my quote? £20,000. Ha.
Of course, I shall be getting a few more in when I’ve got the plans back; but I am… well… surprised. And currently starting to ponder doing the work myself, again. There are several jobs I can’t do, and what I may do is just get quotes in to do them, and accept that I’m going to have to do a lot more work myself.
