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decking with rail & stairs
I've had a quote for some decking, pressure treated, flat type with no grooves & covering an area of approx 25'x25'. There will be a handrail & some stairs leading down to the garden proper. Some shrubs will need to be dug up & perhaps my garden shed lifted. The quote I've had is for £4k. The price is for the London…
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Unfair Charge for Electricians Quote?
Hello everybody, My boyfriend is in the process of buying a house and had an elecrician round a couple of weeks a go to give a quote for any electrical work that might be needed. This week he received the following email (no attachments) stating a charge of £60 + vat He was not told of any charge on requesting the quote so…
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This plastering job seems expensive to me.
Hack off wall of plaster and dispose of £130 Plastering wall with coat of hardwall where bare brick and final skim coat to whole wall £325 Filling and patching up around the house including all the ceiling holes £140 Seems quite a lot for just one wall, he had to remove the radiator. Does this seem fair, make me wonder how…
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Chandelier fitting
My sister has had a smallish chandelier that has been sitting in her house for over a year now because she's never got anyone round to fit it! Anyway she's got a quote for £100 from an electrician which seems high to me. The chandelier is going where an existing light is so I don't think any re-wiring is necessary. Any…
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Very small kitchen refit
I am paying for a refit of the kitchen in my daughter's flat (yeah I am a kind Mum - what can I say??) It is very small approx 7' x 7', leading off from the kitchen. Can anyone advise please, what would be a reasonable quote for replacing units in exactly the same place (probably around 10 I think), replacing oven and hob…
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Oak flooring
Is £1025 to fit 36sq m of oak flooring as out of order as it seems to me ? That's more than it cost for the flooring itself although I think I may have got a reasonable deal on that. Edit - just noticed other thread 'Wood floor laying' which appears to confirm my fears
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Cavity Wall Insulation
I've done a search and can't find any similar postings on this but I'm sure I must have missed them so sorry in advance. Can anyone tell me a bit about this. Several of my neighbours are having it done for around £200 for a 4-5 bedroom house. It seems like a no-brainer but I'm not happy about having someone stick holes in…
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wood floor laying
Anyone know how much I'd pay per sq metre to have a wood floor laid not including the cost of the flooring itself?
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central heating quote with british gas!
hi all, just had this quote from british gas, we live in nw england (merseyside), 3 bed semi house (dorma style): -new combi boiler (worcester greenstar 28i junior, 24 kw, a rated,) including relocating it to airing cupboard. -6 new rads with trv's (stelrad compact) -new piping -rc plus wireless programmable room…
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Extension 'shell' nearly complete, but we want to make a change...
Basically, a kitchen extension is nearly completed - space for the window and a garden door has been left - but having looked at it - we have got it wrong! Ideally, we need to have the garden door leading from a different wall. So the following steps need to be taken. 1) Simply block off the door space - just need a…
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Cost to have a manhole cover?
We have some builders in an theyve just moved one of the drains, so everything thing is dug up. We never had a manhole or manhole cover or anything like that - making access very difficult should something go wrong - so I asked how much it would cost. They quoted us £400. Excessive or just about rght?
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New Kitchen Quote from Moben
hey guys I've got an old style kitchen which needs to be completely removed and a new kitchen fitted with appliances. I had a nice lady from Moben come round to take a look and she said the whole job would take about 5-6 days and cost £12k to 15k. Now that seems quite a lot to me. The kitchen is 2.3m wide by 3.4m, so not…
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Another bathroom quote - sorry!
Hello I know from searching there are loads of bathroom quotes on here but everyone is having something different done. Would hugely appreciate if someone can let me know if the following is a reasonable price.. Remove existing suite (cast iron bath, loo, sink) Relocate soil stack removing cast iron (I think) soil stack…
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How much for a new saokway
Anyone know roughly how much a new soakaway would cost?
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Bathroom quote
does this sound fair? im getting the bathroom gutted and refitted - walkin shower - bathroom is narrow sio a small wall is being built and a 70 cm section of glass attatched so it goes from ground to ceiling - the ceiling is being dropped and spotlights put in- the shower area is going to have plastic watertproof…
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Gdk
Love the kitchens in their showroom. Has anyone had experience of them yet, they are a fairly new company over here. They have been around in Germany for a while.
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Quote for blocking up a door, knocking through a wall
Hi all! I'm new to this forum and am about to take on a property that needs a l-o-t of work doing to it, beginning to think i"m mad :) First up is some internal rejigging - we have received a quote of £1200 to do the following * block up an internal door * create a new internal door * knock through between a bathroom and…
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New CH boiler
We've had a quote of £3k from a local guy to install & re-site in loft a new Worcester Bosch condensing boiler, remove old boiler, replace water tank, add a few TRVs, etc etc. On Hants-Surrey border. Is this fair? I was a bit shocked as it is much more than my mum paid in Liverpool.
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Alu-clad wooden windows - need help to decide
We are building an extension to our 1930's bungalow and trying to achieve a well insulated/sort of ecofriendly build (sort of because the budget has already eliminated solar domestic hot water and ecofriendly insulation materials and some other eco-stuff) We have now received all but one of our window quotes. As we are…
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Polythene dust sheet
I have been charged £14+vat for a polythene dust sheet. I have checked in my local B&Q and they are not that expensive. I wonder whether I am being ripped off!! Thanks
