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| Additional costs | |
| £/m² (gifa) | |
| Option 1: Replace ceramic floor tiles with timber flooring | 3.5 | 
| Option 2: Replace ceramic floor tiles with natural stone tile | 17.5 | 
| Option 3: Add timber decking display to exterior | 1.25 | 
| Option 4: Fairface blockwork in lieu of plasterboard | –1.00 | 
| Option 5: 1600mm wide canopy in lieu of brise-soleil | –9.00 | 
| Option 6: Add 10% north-facing rooflights | 6.25 | 
| Option 7: Replace timber brise-soleil with aluminium brise-soleil | 4 | 
| Option 8: Use of high-performance solar glass | 11 | 
| Location factors | |
| Inner London | 1.07 | 
| Outer London | 1.04 | 
| South-west | 0.98 | 
| East Midlands | 0.94 | 
| West Midlands | 0.95 | 
| East Anglia | 0.98 | 
| Yorkshire and Humberside | 0.98 | 
| North-west | 0.93 | 
| Northern | 0.98 | 
| Scotland | 0.98 | 
| Wales | 0.91 | 
| Northern Ireland | 0.76 | 
| The cost breakdown is based on price levels current in the South-east and should be adjusted by the following location factors for schemes in other regions | |