has anyone added a dormer to your attic? how much did you end up paying??

I live in Bristol, England, in what I think Americans call a "row house". The people next door had a dormer put in and they said it cost 50 thousand pounds (around 80,000 US dollars) It sounds around your planned size.

geeeeeez....i wasnt expecting that much.....

i wonder what material it was though?? we just need basic frame and siding dormer.

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_does_it_cost_to_put_on_a_dormer

someone asking this at wiki got a range of answers from $30,000 to $100,000

location has a bit to do with it

how many square feet do you think you'll be adding?

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the yahoo answer I found was $50,000 (3 years ago)

My neighbour ("neighbor") had their $80,000 dormer about 6 months ago.

I believe that those American terms correspond to what my neighbour's dormer is made of. They had to have steel reinforcements and a lot of scaffolding and all kinds of stuff, architect's plans, city hall clearance, it wasn't a simple thing.

Apparently you can get some prefab ones that are less expensive, but there are permits etc - and there is always the cost of good labour - which never seems to go down.

12x4 feet. and we live in illinois. we only need a building permit. we are planning on fisnishing the whole attic space ourselves and the place already has wiring. wejustwant the doremer put in.

I find that all hard to believe except that there is more involved in placing that than just the dormer.

there is already a bedroom and a bathroom upstairs adjacent to this attic space. no stairs will be needed. just a door cut and a floor put down. then the dormer neeeds put in becasue it is A frame. the A frame is sitting on a wide roof space that comes out quit a ways so the dormer would sit perfectly on the back of the house. there is already electricity. all of the floor boards will support a room. i have been reading about this and most are saying 50-100,000. i just couldnt believe that. The whole house we are buying for 80,000 at a very good deal becasue it is worth quit a bit more. but i could not see a dormer costing that much becasue even to build a whole room with foundation, electricity, walls, plans, etc...cost 30,000 at the minimum.

Try these sites to help estimate the cost:

http://www.remodeling4dumbbells.com/Dormer_Additions.php

http://www.remodelormove.com/content/article/article.cfm/build_dormers

http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/showthread.php?14276-adding-a-dormer

Between $6k and $10k for labor, and $3k to $5k for materials. Post pictures of the house and some basic drawings of the dormer style and I can narrow it down for you.

hey thanks! basically...there is no way to tell unless i get an estimate. oh boy. we just didnt want to get our hope set on this plan and be smashed.

Pricing of a job can only accurately be determined until it has been estimated by qualified licensed local contractors. Regional (and international) differences can be off by a surprising amount.

http://www.wall-realestate.com/homes/521%20Charles.htm
from the outside it looks a lot smaller than it actually is. the ceiling in the center is 7 feet in the center and then gradually slopes. thats why we wanted to add a dormer to one side to extend the height of this room. we only want the dormer added. all the rest we will do ourselves. siding and all.

and a shed dormer seems to be necessary

http://www.diychatroom.com/f19/cape-cod-dormer-help-90084/

something like this....its the last pic.