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Neighbour with dementia potentially scammed by locksmiths
My neighbour is an elderly woman who is adamant she is being burgled, we suspected she may have dementia as we were pretty confident no one has been in her home. She asked me to arrange a locksmith to change to locks several times until I gave in and thought at least she can have piece of mind and I can reassure her the…
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Log cabin plumbing
Hello everyone, I'm hoping for some opinions on this plumbing quote please. I have spoken to over a dozen plumbers at this point and this is the quote from the first company who have been able to give one, everyone else is too busy or came to have a look at the job then didn't get back to me. So I haven't been able to…
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Extension Costs
Hi, We are in the south coast of the UK, looking at knocking down our current conservatory and replacing it with an extension, going out 1.5m extra. So total space will be 3.3m x 4.5m (by 3m height). It is for a bedroom, and will involve moving the boiler slightly, as well as installing a new shower and replacing the…
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Two roofing quotes
First quote Had someone to clean gutters recently, company also do roofing work. The guy noticed that 4 tiles at the front edge of my house have dropped slightly (i.e. ends of them aren't visible from the ground, they are dipping down into the gutter at a slight angle) - this was also noted on my survey when we bought last…
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Decorating advise
Hello! A customer of mine is requesting a refund for work I have partially completed. I have been messed around by this customer too many times, and I don’t have the time nor the emotional capacity in dealing with her. I have offered £40 refund for woodwork the length of my arm. This woodwork wasn’t attached nor on site so…
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Help please with kitchen quotes and haggling!
Hi, I'm planning to get my kitchen (roughly 15 x 9 ft) redecorated - mainly to replace the units and worktops. I'm keeping my existing freestanding appliances (but replacing cooker hood). I got four quotes from different suppliers and so far narrowed it down to Howdens or Magnet. (Other options were Wren, who I said no to…
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Repair fees
On June the 3rd 2022 my partner was on a night out and she started acting out of character has no recollection of the events that took place which leads us to believe she was spiked, she ended up damaging a window which turned out to be a police museum window …. She got arrested and charged with no criminal record just had…
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Structural engineer
Does £2900+vat sound about right for a structural engineer to make a site visit and draw up specifications for structure and foundations of a 2 storey extention following architects plans. Thank you
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Composite decking quote
Hi all, Anyone had composite decking done lately? I’ve got old, now rotting timber decking down at the minute. 20m2. Best way of describing the shape is an L but in the right angle there’s a diagonal across. I want that removed and composite put down instead. Been quoted £3700 for everything. What do we think? Cheers, Sam
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Repointing
We have been quoted £700 to repoint this wall (approx 6 ft x 8 ft) - Wirral. Is that reasonable.
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£3k to replace a roof valley?
I’ve just received a quote from a well-established roofer that I round on Checkatrade. He has almost 100 reviews with a very high rating. I have to say, the quote really took me by surprise - £3k is much more than I was expecting! We were hoping to get another quote from a different Checkatrade roofer on the same day, but…
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£1,400 to desludge and service sewage treatment plant
Received the following quote: • Supply Jet Vacuumation Unit for a desludge/ cleanout £ 682.00
• Waste Disposal at a licensed site £ 333.75
• Provision for field service engineer to assist with cleanout, provide
access and service the station
£ 392.00 Total Price (Excl VAT) £ 1,407.75 £1,400 + VAT seems extortionate but…
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Roof quote
For some reason I cannot cut and paste the quote. 4 bed 1930’s semi house. 9.3k inc vat Scaffolding removal of old slate, ridge, battens, new white PVC facia and soffit New non-breathable membrane and battens new 300 x 600 man made slates New lead soakers and flashings New grey angle ridge and hips to roof New black square…
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£2k for a complete bedroom refurbishment
Hi. My bedroom is around 6x3m and we're getting it completely done from top to bottom. Ceiling stripped, painted and a new light fitted. Walls stripped and painted New skirting and flooring installed 2 radiators replaced Light switch and 2 plug sockets replaced. Internal wardrobe stripped, walls made good and new drawers…
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8 Windows including a Bay in Scotland
Hi, I got a guy to the door the other day and mentioned something about Scottish government doing discounts etc. on ten year old windows in order to improve energy efficiency. I realise now that is all a load of bumph but thought I would see if the quote is completely out there. We are replacing 5 normal windows with…
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New boiler quote
Good morning I have recently had a chap out from a local firm to quote me for a new boiler and replace a couple of radiators (existing rads are ancient- single panel without any fins and struggle to heat these two rooms in cold weather). The quote I have received this morning is: Removal of existing boiler to be replaced…
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Been quoted £200 to regrout my patio
He said it will take 1 day. I asked how much per sq meter he said he said he only quote for the work.Patio measures approx 18 ft by 9 ft. Not sure how to convert.
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Quote for small bathroom refit?
Hi folks just looking to see what sort of range I should be looking at for the following job. Around 5 years ago we had bathroom done and in hindsight it was probably way too cheap, had endless niggles since and wanting to get it done again... Based in Nottinghamshire location wise.. So the bathroom is roughly 2mx2m, a…
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Further woes
So our workmen took the £13k that we had been quoted for. They were quite stroppy with the outcome and stormed off. I've been doing some research and I think that we've been conned. I wrote them letter and this is part of it.... According to your website you give free quotes on the work to be done before the work is…
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Repointing job - £3700?
Quote to repoint front of 1930s semi detached and patch up side. Includes repair and replacement of a couple of broken bricks and some minor painting of purlin ends. £3700? Told it will take 5-7 days.