Don't be daft. It's there to save lives. I worked in the construction industry on site for 10 years and believe me accidents can and do often happen because people get sloppy and don't do things properly. When they do happen and the HSE closes the site down for weeks on end both client and contractor wish they had done things correctly in the first place.
Loft Conversion Costs
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Ive been on the hammer end of construction for almost 30 years & whilst H & S has its part to play the majority of it is purely to protect the employers from negligence claim,s & has very little to do with actual safeguarding of personnel .
The whole H & S circus has become a laughing stock at trade level & has done little to gain respect with every new rule or reg to be introduced on site .
Recent sites ive been on you needed a "working at height" permit each day if you intended going higher than 1 step on any ladders
standing on toolboxes was a disciplinary on the "traffic light" scheme 
Goggles & gloves have become compulsory on most major sites without any concept of what is entailed by the end user to carry out his task
Glad i'm at the end now & starting out as no doubt things will just get sillier
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The whole H & S circus has become a laughing stock at trade level & has done little to gain respect with every new rule or reg to be introduced on site .
Recent sites ive been on you needed a "working at height" permit each day if you intended going higher than 1 step on any ladders
standing on toolboxes was a disciplinary on the "traffic light" scheme Goggles & gloves have become compulsory on most major sites without any concept of what is entailed by the end user to carry out his task
Glad i'm at the end now & starting out as no doubt things will just get sillier
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Agree partly Mr W but improperly erected scaffold like that on the photo above (looks like a decent gust of wind will bring it down) no toe boards etc etc is just not safe. Period. A lot of H&S stuff came after Union lobbying as well when their members were dying at an alarming rate.
ok here is the cost breakdown:
Timber shell in rafters
Flat Roof
Tiling
Beams
Totals £7k
Insulation
Plaster Boarding
Wiring
Stairs
Bathroom fitting (no sanitary ware)
Flooring
Heating fitment
Partitions
Fire Doors
Totals £22k
Bringing the total costs to £29k not including windows, radiators and finish to plaster only.
Is this reasonable? for a dormer 7m width x 3m depth x height 2m
(giving an overall usable room space of 35m2)
Timber shell in rafters
Flat Roof
Tiling
Beams
Totals £7k
Insulation
Plaster Boarding
Wiring
Stairs
Bathroom fitting (no sanitary ware)
Flooring
Heating fitment
Partitions
Fire Doors
Totals £22k
Bringing the total costs to £29k not including windows, radiators and finish to plaster only.
Is this reasonable? for a dormer 7m width x 3m depth x height 2m
(giving an overall usable room space of 35m2)
Still have time to back out 
You should try and seek at least three quotations so that you can get a proper feel for what is a sensible price. If one is a lot lower than the others be wary - when I was practising as a Chartered Quantity Surveyor we had a saying - "the one who won the tender was the one who's made the biggest mistake"!