Originally Posted by Rural Hungary

Probably a bad time to reply to this having spent the night wading through some ludicrous quotes!!!!

Prices really do vary, as does quality of work. Closer to the lake is more expensive, Budapest more expensive still, villages cheaper though not if there are a lot of Germans or Austrians as many will have been paying over the odds for years and as a foreigner, you will be expected to as well.

We are too far away so no personal interest in this but will try and help.
Sqm of walls? Sanding, just walls or window returns as well, any pillars alcoves etc? Are the walls newly plastered? Furniture to be moved, dust sheets required? What type of paint?

Originally Posted by mohctep

Empty apartment in Budapest, 500m2 walls area. Windows sanding and painting is expected to be part of the project. No alcoves or pillars. As with any painting job at least two coats are required to complete.

Originally Posted by Rural Hungary

Working on the current going rates for Budapest, for the walls (as don't know enough about the windows to guesstimate) you should be looking at around 480,000-500,000ft for a basic white or light coloured finish.

Originally Posted by mohctep

Thank you for your estimate, that seems to be inline with US prices for similar jobs. Even adding another 200,000 for 5 large windows the price is reasonable for the amount of work and cost of paint. I was quoted 1,6 Mill +10% managing fee.

Originally Posted by Rural Hungary

Several of you, including Polgardi, have asked how much to expect to pay for building works etc. So I thought I would do a quick "rough guide" to give you an idea.

A local labourer: £15-20/day
A local tradesman £40-50/day

There are certain jobs which have a pixed price and work out far higher than the day rate: to have a new electricity meter and supply installed - which takes the Master electrician all of 2-3 hours, costs £200-250

Remember, many Hungarian tradesmen do not include "clearing up" in their quote and may charge extra for this.

To further give you an idea of what you should be paying, I will list some of the more typical jobs - obviously if you are in Budapest, prices are going to be higher - in other areas, if you are being quoted in excess of these prices; look for other quotes!

Rewire a 2 bedroom house, new consumer unit, upgrade of ampage - £1,200
New guttering, downpipes and brackets; standard 2 bed house - £700
French drainage system around property - £600
To replace the electric water heater, new shower, toilet and hand basin, new plumbing in bathroom - £1,000 - £1,500 depending on fittings

Obviously, every job is different and depending on your trades person, they may charge for petrol, removal of rubble, clean up etc but hopefully these will give you an idea of what you should be paying.

Originally Posted by g1ant66

how can i message you privately ....
hope the inhailer was ok ?
confused over residency

Originally Posted by Rural Hungary

Are you here now?

Originally Posted by Rural Hungary

Several of you, including Polgardi, have asked how much to expect to pay for building works etc. So I thought I would do a quick "rough guide" to give you an idea.

A local labourer: £15-20/day
A local tradesman £40-50/day

There are certain jobs which have a pixed price and work out far higher than the day rate: to have a new electricity meter and supply installed - which takes the Master electrician all of 2-3 hours, costs £200-250

Remember, many Hungarian tradesmen do not include "clearing up" in their quote and may charge extra for this.

To further give you an idea of what you should be paying, I will list some of the more typical jobs - obviously if you are in Budapest, prices are going to be higher - in other areas, if you are being quoted in excess of these prices; look for other quotes!

Rewire a 2 bedroom house, new consumer unit, upgrade of ampage - £1,200
New guttering, downpipes and brackets; standard 2 bed house - £700
French drainage system around property - £600
To replace the electric water heater, new shower, toilet and hand basin, new plumbing in bathroom - £1,000 - £1,500 depending on fittings

Obviously, every job is different and depending on your trades person, they may charge for petrol, removal of rubble, clean up etc but hopefully these will give you an idea of what you should be paying.

Originally Posted by duztee

2 years later than original post.
I have just had a professional to lay 42 square metres of tiles, (800 kilos worth)
2 men (the tiler and a labourer) for 3 days. total cost 73,000ft
so it would appear cost have not risen much if at all in two years.
and it was very good quality work, and he will return when i finally have a kitchen to tile.
I am also having 4 wooden doors and 13 wooden windows replaced with modern upvc double glazed units for an unbelievable 539,000ft, all promised to be fitted in one day.
when i queried the one day to fit all of them they explained there will be 12 men to do the work, so labour is still cheap!

Originally Posted by mohctep

The price of 5 Eur /M2 is not indicative of prices in Budapest. Here it is 4-5 times higher. Not to mention that laying tiles on the flat, leveled floors is very easy, no skill required. When it comes to leveling floors or sloping floors for the bathroom drainage or wall tiles where corners need to be tiled and tiles should be cut at 45 degree angle to create a proper joint...the price will always reflect the difficulty of the task and the skill of the worker.