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Roof Ridge Repointing - London
I’ve just been quoted £3800 for roof ridge repointing and to fix some minor lifting of flashing. Mid terrace Victorian (small 3 bed), with standard gable roof. Roofer would put up scaffolding. Does this sound fair? I’ve had another quote in for about £650 to repoint, seal, refix flashing, fix down 4-5 slipped slates, and…
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Roof cleaning and coating
Hello My Mum never normally signs up for something without thinking about it or getting further quotes, but today she's signed up to have her roof cleaned of moss, a fungicidal wash applied and then a coating to prevent the moss growing back. The house is a 3 bedroom bungalow and they've said it'll be £7.5k. This seems…
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New Roof Cost
Hi, hoping for a bit of advice from an experienced roofer or homeowner who’s replaced their roof… We have a mid terrace house, c100 years old in the North of England, pitched roof with original Welsh slate to the front and original rosemary clay tiles to the rear. Front and back each c40m2. We’ve been told the roof needs…
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Architect quote
..for double hight extension onto existing 1920s house. Extension will be 5m x 5m flooer plan, and will contain a lounge/garden room to ground floor, and bedroom+ensuite to first floor. Also e tend roof. Quote is £7300+ vat to design, provide plans, nec. legal work, 3D walkthrough etc. Does not include digital survey/scan.…
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Lease Fee for Holiday Static Caravan
Have any holiday static caravan owners been asked by their site owners to pay an annual lease fee in addition to the site fee? I won't go into further details at this time on the circumstnces.
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£640 tiling quote, what do you think?
A tile has fallen off and some are apparently loose. I have a quote of £640 to re-board and tile that side wall area. He says the board is damp. We don't plan on keeping this flat if we can help it, so a 2-3 year fix would be sufficient. If we planned to stay ten years that would be different, we'd want a decent job done.…
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Central heating cost
Apologies, not a “fair quote” question, but looking to find out how much roughly I should be looking to pay to install central heating in a 2 up 2 down mid terrace Victorian house? Want a combi boiler too. There is gas supply to the property. Buying the house which has no central heating, so will be looking to install…
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uPVC Bi-fold Window
I’ve had the below quote for a uPVC bi-fold window supply only measuring 1790mm x 1340mm: 3 door - £2032 + VAT 2 door - £1663 + VAT Can anyone tell me if this is a good price?
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Roof repair - part wall and chimney.
Hi, The quotes for the necessary repair work ranges between £800-1800. It is £7.5k for the new roof, fixing the whole roof but reusing the tiles £3.5k. I have had many responses from roofers but most of them are quite skeptical the neighbor is going to participate. Only one of the roofers said about a split responsibility…
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Solar panel installation
Hi folks, I moved into a new property at the end of last year and a few places around have solar panels so it's something I've been thinking about. We had a letter through from the council saying they were going to see if people were interested in a group purchase of solar installation in our area and to put out name down…
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Cellar conversion
We have cellar in our Edwardian 3 bed semi which is currently an unattractive dumping ground. Looking to convert it into something a bit more habitable: living room, toilet/cloakroom and a bit of storage. Wasn't expecting this to be cheap by any means but the couple of quotes in are more than I thought. Guess this might be…
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Rear Single Story Extension - & Party Wall Act
Dear MSE Forums; I have received a number of quotes from Builders for a Single Story Rear Extension (within the Midlands); ranging from £40K to £65K including the Kitchen. I have recently seen a very good 2 story extension building go up in a neighbouring area and have taken the details for the Builder. Builder whom has…
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Quote for moving internal door way
HiWe've had a quote for hanging 3 internal doors and moving an internal door way, stud, door frame and finish £650-750 for labour. We're trying to get a couple more quotes but does this one seem reasonable? We're in a village SW.
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12k non-refundable deposit for loft conversion...?
Hello, I'm planning on having a lloft conversion done for £60k. The company I am planning to use are asking for a 20% deposit now upon signature of the contract which is non-refundable. Is this a standard amount, as £12k seems pretty steep to me? Their references and reviews online on the whole look good and the company…
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New front door
I'm looking to get a cheap old uPVC door on our ex-council terrace house replaced with a decent quality new composite door with glass panels. I've had a couple of quotes from small local companies in the region of £2500 (inc. VAT) - which we could afford, but I was expecting to get something for under £2000. Am I being a…
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Cost for imprinted patio/yard
I've recently moved into a terraced house with a basic back yard measuring 27 sq metres, mostly concrete but with a raised decking taking up about a third of it. It's not level and the concrete is pretty rough I want to have imprinted concrete, a dark grey cobble effect. It's been really difficult actually getting anyone…
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Is the cost of this patio about right?
The job is as follows. Currently 25m2 of decking that sits on top of the original patio that came with the house when new. The above 25m2 to be replaced with Porcelain slabs from London Stone circa £50m2 for the slabs, old decking and patio taken away, new base plus slabs laid including an edging of bricks so the new patio…
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Kitchen reno, rewire and gas works
Hi all, I was been quoted 11k for a complete rewire, gas works, kitchen fitting, new sockets, spotlights etc. I cant help but think this is a bit too much? They said something about labir cksts and paying their wages etc but not sure if this is still too much? The house is old 1930s Apprecite any advice on this
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New Boiler & heating system update quote
We're in need of updating our heating system, replacing the current 20+ year old boiler, removing a hot water storage tank capping off etc and replacing with modern, efficient combi boiler and new control system (Hive). I've been quoted £4348.82 +VAT for the following It seems reasonable plus as I will also get a 10 yr…
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New Windows
I've had a quote of £5000 for 7 windows - 1850 x 1250 (4 openings, 2 small and 2 large), 1250 x 1250 (2 openings, one large and one small), 2500 x 1250 (4 openings, 2 large and 2 small), 2500 x 1500 (2 small openings at top), and 3 windows 1250 x 1200 (one opening each, full window). The company is a small local one with a…
