ᐅ Costs for Upgrading Three Roof Windows?

We are planning to purchase a single-family house with a gable roof built in 1995. The gable roof has been designed without any skylights. The floor plan is perfect for us, but we find the natural light insufficient.

We would like to have skylights installed in three rooms. We are not able to do any of the work ourselves.

We have done some online research on the cost of such windows and believe that good-quality skylights would cost around 600-800 euros (approximately 650-870 USD). Then there is the installation, for which we have found very different estimates. Of course, proper blinds would also need to be installed.

Do you have any experience with this kind of retrofitting? How much did it roughly cost you? Is the often mentioned estimate that the work takes about 2-3 working days realistic?

Not exactly fitting, but it might still help a little.
We had to replace 3 double casement windows here in the multi-family house. They were quite large windows, I believe 170cm (67 inches) in height.
Since it was only a replacement, the whole process took about 1.5 days and cost 9,500 euros.

You always have to keep in mind that the contractor will add a margin on top of the window price.

For our roof renovation, we paid €1700 for the 140 x 66 cm (55 x 26 inches) Velux GPU window, including an electric external roller shutter and installation without interior finishing. The electrical connection was then done by our electrician. We did the drywall finishing ourselves. However, this price is only possible because they were already working on our roof.

A professional installation won't be cheap. But I would definitely have it done by experts to ensure the window is installed correctly and the roof remains watertight.

Thank you all.

We definitely won’t be doing anything ourselves, as we wouldn’t even know where to start.

We don’t really need electric roller shutters right now...

We also considered ordering the windows ourselves, which is easy to do through an online store, and then just getting quotes for the installation. Or is that no longer appealing for a contractor?

Would you post something like this on MyHammer?

Mizit schrieb:
One idea was to order the windows myself since it's easy to do through online shops, and then just get quotes for installation. Or is that no longer attractive for a contractor?

I wouldn’t recommend that, as you’re likely to miss out on many offers from the start.

Mizit schrieb:
Would you post a request like that on MyHammer?

Tough question. With the current workload, contractors usually don’t need to look for jobs on MyHammer—unless... and here’s the issue—you want the job done well.
I have to say, cheap isn’t always cost-effective, and when it’s your own property, you notice that quickly, even if some people try to tell you otherwise.

I bought my double casement windows myself (Velux GPU 134x140 850 EUR) and had the roofer install them for 210 EUR each. Installing 2 windows took about 1.25 working days.