always depends on surprises eg is there any asbestos in the walls and floor (with asbestos add extra thousands) and think about how furniture will be arranged ....would removing the whole wall give you any better furniture arrangements and consider moving the new master bedroom door to open in the bathroom hallway (and close up the other two doors but how would you patch the walls, floor and ceiling if the whole wall is removed...what are the walls and ceiling lined with and are there plaster cornices and decorative ceilings?... you will need an electrician to remove the existing wiring to make it safe for demolition and then come back later to install the new light switches and good time to add an extra power point or two... say two half days about $1000, a carpenter to safely demolish and rebuild anything that needs extra support, fill in and open up new doorway, rehang recycled old door, add architraves and patch skirting boards...maybe two days if you can help with demolition and rubbish removal and cost say $2000, a plasterer to repair plaster walls and ceilings say $1000 although a carpenter can usually do minor platerboard repairs and maybe $500 to repaint the new rooms if you do all the work yourselves plus whatever floorcoverings need to be replaced ...so expect about $5000 - $10,000 assuming no major problems ..but only a quote for your job will be sure

Hi, this is like asking "how long is a piece of string". Porcelain tops are not priced by the square meter but instead on how much material is required, which type of Vasari you select and how much labour is involved in the fabrication and installation. Every kitchen benchtop is different and needs to be priced accordingly. I would suggest you talk to your local Cabinetmaker experienced in Porcelain tops or your local specialist Stone Fabricator for a quote. Hope this helps, Malcolm.

I can't quite work out exactly what you'd do . Possibly sit on it and hope the values go up ? If you built a 'modest' $1.5mil house in front , the existing place will be worth almost nothing , as it will be the worst house in the best street , BUT without a view . So you've paid nearly $12 mil for the 'front' ( beachside ) section then built a modest house that will owe you nearly $14 mil . If you built a 'flash' place like next door ( the place next door isn't to my taste , but it does look impressive with the palms etc ) I'm guessing you won't get much change out of $6 , 8 , even $10mil , so again it will owe you $20 mil plus , which is about what the place next door would sell for , and I'm guessing it would take a while to sell . And if you did the flash house , you'd probably want to bowl over the existing place , and have an impressive yard ? Of course , you could try and bowl the existing place , and build 2 upmarket houses , but the one closest the beach is always going to be worth several million more than the 'back' place , so you are paying say $9 mil for the front section , and $3 mil for the back one -- so whether you built a $2 mil house at the back , or a $10 mil one , will anyone want them at $5mil or $13mil ? Basically , thats what you'd pay for one on the beach , not one 30 metres back behind another fl;asher place . So what about apartments / executive units ? You'd maybe fit 6 that are 2 or even 3 stories tall , but 5 will only have sea 'glimpses' , and everyone will want the closest to the beach one . The sections alone ( without costs of getting seperate title etc ) will owe you a bit over $2 mil each , so if you built $1 million or $2 million units , you'd have to sell them for $3.5 mil or $4.5 mil each , just to break even . You might get that for the beachside one , but the rest you'd struggle IMO . So yeah , they aren't making any more beach land , so in theory it will get rarer and always go up in price , but I still think you'd need huge coconuts to pay $12.25 mil for that place !

We just had quotes for garage doors and they started at $6,000, then go to $10,000 and the next price point is $15,000. It depends on the type of materials you are using and the door opening. The guy quoting showed us one that was similar to your first photo and had said it was $30,000. All in all, they are not cheap. it was useful to have someone out to quote and help with the options.