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#1 ·
Hi!

Does anyone have experience with trustworthy builders in Abruzzo (around Atessa in Chieti)?

Planning to buy an old house that is beautiful on the outside but needs new roof and some structural reinforcements. And a floor in one building is collapsed :)
and and and ......

That house is a choice from the heart rather than the brain :)
 
#3 ·
Hello, I am ilario I am a chartered building engineer. If you want, you can show me some picture so I can understand which are the problems and which are the solutions.
According to me when the house is made of brick the builder is not enough, so you need a building engineer first. because in Italy there is the sismic risk.
Regards
 
#6 ·
I can say if it is normal or not if I saw the problems house otherwise I can say nothing. Usually the engineer show you the COMPUTO METRICO. It is a list of works and every work has the quantity and price.

I don't want that they say you 1700€, but in the future you will pay other money for other jobs.

Ask them the computo metrico included all the permissions, taxes and the engineer payment.

Regards ilario
 
#10 ·
Hi Ilario!

Dont have the PM rights yet, but the house is a quite large stone house (not sure if it Majella stone because the stones are quite light and yellowish),over 100 yrs old. 200 m2 on 3 floors, split in 2 apartments (one to the right and one to the left). The right half of the house has a collapsed roof, and the floor between ground and 1st floor has caved in completely (was star vaulted on ground floor). All perimeter walls are intact without cracks, apart from some stones up along the roof that caved. No bulges in the walls either.

What I want is to know:
1. What works are necessary (if any) for the walls to be kept standing, and work needed to prepare for laying a new roof (light wooden roof)
2. What is the cost of a cheap but ok wooden roof (100m2) including demounting current roof, putting new wood framing for the roof and placing the roof tiles themselves
3. The ceiling/floor beween 1st and 2nd floor is still intact (but the wight of the caved in roof is resting on it and rain comes straight down on it). It is a vaulted ceiling/floor with classic iron beams bearing it up. What is needed to make sure that floor stays intact and is safe to walk on (and under).

I just checked back with the agency and they still claims a Surveyor costs 1,700 EUR. To me thats outrageous.....or?
 
#12 ·
Hello Saxabroad,

I think that your house needs some structural refurbishment works (I have an idea about what type of works you need) and I think that you need someone make you calculation for the structural walls and for the new roof. According to your description, the responsability of this job is high then I can't say if 1700€ is right or wrong but you need a technical consultation. Please, before you spend your money think that when you start a job you should know all the prices of the materials and works. Don't believe to people who give you the low price!

Best regards
ilario
 
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