What is the cost for Recladding or Leaky Home Repair?
One of the biggest blights on history of the New Zealand residential housing industry is the “Leaky Homes Crisis”.
If you are looking at recladding your home, there are a few different factors that determine the overall cost of the project. The main consideration are:
What is the size of the home?
The dimensions of the home will determine the surface area that requires recladding.
How complex is the design and layout of the home?
This includes factors such as how many levels the home has, accessibility, internal or external decks, whether the home has eaves or parapets, and any other design choices that change the recladding approach.
What is the extent of damage to the home or building that requires repair?
Depending on whether your home is already leaking, or you are preemptively getting ahead of the problem, will determine the extent of any underlaying damage and therefore the extent of the repair.
While the most direct way of figuring how much it will cost to reclad your plaster home is to get in contact with us for a consultation, we’ve put together a few examples as a reference for you to begin to understand where your home may stand.
Simple Kiwi Home
Upto 150 square meter home- Single Level
- Stand alone home
- Good eves already
Other design complexities- Roof or additional work required
Split Level Home
- Brick or block base with plaster top
- Stand alone home
- Good eves already
- Internal decks or other design complexities
- Roof or additional work sometimes required
Standard Kiwi Home
- 160+ square meter home
- 3-4 bedroom
- Stand alone home
- Internal decks or other design complexities
- Roof or additional work sometimes required
Standard Kiwi Home With Additional Work
- 200 square meter home
- 3-4 bedroom
- Stand alone home
- Roof or additional work required
- Internal decks or other design complexities
Architecturally Designed Plaster Home
- Internal Decks
- No Eves
- Parapetes
- Flat or low pitched roofs
- Additional design required to prevent future risk
- Internal decks or other design complexities
The above examples are just estimates based on the type of homes we commonly deal with it. These estimates assume that the direct fix for the plaster home is a reclad using timber weatherboard with new double glazed joinery. While we hope that these estimates allow you to determine a ballpark figure, every project is unique and may have some additional challenges or costs.
This is why your best course of action is to get in contact for a free, no obligations consultation with Renovation Works. Our 25+ years of experience has provided us with an experienced eye in determining accurate estimates and timeframes for recladding your home. Our high quality workmanship and project management experience means that we can remove that “leaky home” label from your building, and leave you with the assurance that you’ll never have to worry about it ever again.
Our estimate will map out for you:
- A fully itemised list of the workings and costs for complete project transparency
- An accurate, realistic sum of provisions unable to be identified before removal of existing cladding
- A project and construction timeline so you know the timeframe the project will be completed in, as well as how everything is progressing
So restore the value of your home and turn the page on the “Leaky Home” chapter in your life. Get in contact with Renovation Works to book a consultation today!