You have engaged a Builder to carry out some building works on your property, and mid-way through this work, you decide to instruct the Builder to carry out some additional work as described below.

You have decided to strip-out and re-tile your bathroom, and to supply new carpet to and paint a bedroom, and the Builder is to charge you as follows for this additional work.

Bathroom

• You want thefloorandall four wallsre-tiled
• The dimensions of the bathroom are as follows

Width - 2 metres Length - 3 metres Height - 2.5 metres

• The bathroom door is 1 metre wide and 2 metres high
• There is one bathroom window which is 2 metres wide and 1 metre high
• The strip-out of the existing tiles will cost $1,000.00.
• The tiles you have selected cost$75.00 per square metre, andan extra 10% of tileswill be purchasedfor wastage (do not use this extra amount to calculate the cost of the Tiler laying the tiles)
• The Tiler charges $75.00 per square metre

Bedroom

• You want the ceiling and all four walls painted withtwo (2) coats of the same colour paint
• The dimensions of the bedroom are as follows

Width - 4 metres Length - 4 metres Height - 2.5 metres

• The bedroom door is 1 metre wide and 2 metres high
• There is one bedroom window which is 2 metres wide and 1 metre high
• Onelitre of paint will cover 10 square metres
• Paint costs $20 per litre
• The Painter charges $45.00 per hour, and it will take him 6 hours to carry out all of the painting work
• The carpet you have selected costs $60.00 per square metre, andan extra 10% of carpet will be purchased for wastage (do not use this extra amount to calculate the cost of the Carpet Installer to laying the carpet)
• The Carpet Installer charges $30.00 per square metre to install the carpet (stripping out and removing the existing carpet is free)

Overheads and Mark Up

• It is costing the Builder $250 per week to have a Construction Fence up and a Skip Bin supplied for other building work he is already carrying out for you, and this additional work will increase the length of the whole project by ONE WEEK
• The Contract between you and the Builder indicates that he is to charge you a 'Builder's Margin' of anadditional 20% added tothe whole total costpayable by him for all materials, labour and other costs (inclusive of GST) -do NOT merely add this margin only to the Fence/Skip Bin costs)
• All prices above areinclusive of GST