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Is £1630 a fair price?
Loft boarding, timber subframe, insulation, wooden ladder and strip light covering area 20m2 . Thank you.
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Is this cheaper elsewhere?
I have had a quote of over £1700 from Solidor, it seems this style of a fully glazed composite door isn't widely available. I'd like a composite door but would prefer to pay less, can anybody recommend somewhere else to try please?
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Garden clearance and landscape
Medium sized back garden. Looking to clear out all shrubs and lawn. Refit turf and paving area. Been quoted £4.2K - £6.5K. Lower end is a new company, higher end is established with 5 star reviews. Are we being seen off and if so can we haggle? Reckon it would be no more than 5 days work. North East area.
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Schneider electric charging point - offer
long story short, I have a good friend who's a qualified electrician. he has a brand new Schneider charging point for sale, it's the 22KW model, key, cable etc. while I don't own a plug-in hybrid or an electric car, the next one will probably be one. my main interest here is to add value to the house. A nice, large…
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Fire Insurance on flats with combustible cladding
Insurance premiums have got through the roof on flats with cladding considered to be combustible. Has anyone any insights, advice?
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Is insisting customer pay for QS for quote normal?
We've been struggling to get quotes for a loft conversion and single storey extension. We were eventually contacted by a builder who seemed interested. They had a lot of positive feedback on one of the "find a builder" type sites. They advised they couldn't quote until we had finalised drawings from architect and…
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Fair quote? Tarmac
Hi there, Recently had the following quote for 100m2 tarmac. Kerbs etc already laid. Area is on a hill. Driveway up to house. More quotations planned for next week but been let down a few times now but no shows Area is yorkshire. TIA construct your driveway in tarmac to an area approx. 102m2 To shape up, supply, lay and…
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Back to brick plastering
We have been quoted for plasterering our 5x4m living room, taking it back to brick and plastering walls and ceiling - just under 3k in the North West - no decorating. Does that sound right? Thanks 😊
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Kitchen fitter
God don't know where to start. Bought a kitchen from a company that does them at whole sale price. I was told that every was in the warehouse and I just need a kitchen fitter. So I got one and was quoted 5k to fit a kitchen and two bathrooms. The kitchen company screw up put my order in January 2022. Parts are missing. So…
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Replacing roof- 4 bed detached
Hi All my elderly mother still lives in the family home in the NE of England. she’s been having issues with leaks from the roof and paid someone to attempt to fix it twice, which hasn’t resolved things. she’s been told that she needs to replace the whole roof, and had quotes from 7k to 31k inc soffits and facias. The 7k…
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Quote for Differential Diaphragm replacement on combi boiler
Can anyone tell me if this is a fair quote please. Its for replacement of hot water differential diaphragm on a combi boiler Labour £150 Parts £156 I’m sure its correct but I want to check before I agree to the work being done. Hope someone can advise
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British Gas Homecare Boiler price hike.
My British Gas Homecare policy on my boiler runs out in March. I am currently paying £78 pa. British Gas will move me onto a new Homecare cover costing £225.05 pa. Is this price hike fair? I can reduce the cost by agreeing to a £60 excess but even so this is a massive price uplift.
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New gas boiler installation
House is a terraced the 2014 bolier has got issues and a new one is required. Is this quote as expected? This includes fixing a pipe leak in the kitchen ceiling which should take 4 hours. 30kw combi boiler because 12 liters/ minute Or ideal logic 24 (saving of £100) Includes 2 day fitting total3,317.23 Thanks 👍
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Gas boiler grant.
I've at long last been contacted by a company that is part of the government free boiler grant for eligible homeowners but I've still been told I will have to pay £1000 towards the boiler andd installation. Am I being conned or is this normal?
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Garden studios problem
Hello I’m not sure this is the correct place to post this but was the closest category. I’ve had a garden studio installed - it’s ‘portable’ one. Right from the start they placed it too far forward (moved the boundary when I went on the school run) and once I knew I let them know I was not happy and let the head office…
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Is charging up front normal?
We're having some windows installed at a cost of about £22k. The company we're going with want a deposit (around 5k) followed by an 'interim' payment two days before installation commences of about £14k. The remaining balance after completion is about £2k. Is this normal? I'm uneasy about paying so much money BEFORE the…
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Would Builder Fit Windows if I Supply Them?
I got a quote for windows around 3 years ago from a well known company. Quote was £7500 for 2 large (approx 2500mm by 1850m), 3 medium (approx 1300 by 1300) and a mid sized one at approx 1300 by 1800). That was with wooden I internal cills. I found the quote the other day and put measurements into a supply only company.…
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Chimney stack repair
I have a loft conversion and it leaks the roofer has found that the two chimney stacks are dangerous. He has quoted £800 I live on the outskirts of London - fair price? He has shown a video showing that they are dangerous and it is our chimney - unless he is really good at video editing.
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Gardening Work Uncompleted!
We have been getting some gardening work done at our house, it has been stop and start for around a year and a half now. We’ve had a tree cut down, some hedge planting done but still need the stone wall at the side of our drive to be reduced in length. Just before Christmas the gardener emailed us with an invoice for the…
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Cost to remove gas cooker
Whats the going rate to remove a gas cooker (gas only, no waste to remove)? Will be putting in an electric hob so supply will need capping off (or whatever its called) to make safe but enable a change of mind in the future (have GCH too). In zone 2 London and can be highly flexible on when (time and date)
