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Agreed Quote work started demanded more money
I recently accepted a quote for my tarmac and lawn front garden to be changed to a resin driveway. I had to transfer money into the owner’s private bank account as he said he doesn’t “take tick”. Accepted quote and work commenced following week. First day of job when lawn and tarmac removed was told he needed considerably…
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Openreach telegraph post inspection for tree removal
We’ve contacted Openreach to come out for a site visit as our Ash tree needs to be felled owing to ash dieback. No longer safe. The telegraph pole behind the wall of our back garden is host to many lines (fibre and copper) of which there are 15 that cross below branches. Our tree surgeon has advised that wires will need to…
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Cracked concrete lintle above upstairs window
Am having house re-rendered and the guy doing it has said that there is a crack in the lintle above an upstairs window - we have been able to see a crack running down the wall towards it for some time, not massive and it is just in the render which has been removed but he says the lintle itself has a crack. He says that if…
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Landscape Gardening
My garden is about 90sq ft. The landscapers who have quoted for the work have varying timescales impacting their quotes. We want to completely replace the patio paving using a good concrete base to suppress weeds. We'll also pave the short alleyway at the side of the house. Also completely replace the lawn with new top…
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Electrical work in a bungalow
Hi, ive just had a quote of £560 from a local electrician to remove the old mains board and replace with a new metal clad RCBO mains board with surge protection and also to upgrade the 16mm tails with 25 mm tails. And also, £120, to install 2x bonding conductors, one for incoming gas and one for incoming water supply! This…
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Garage Roof Repair/Flashing
Hi all, Looking for some advice here. My house has a retrofit garage in which the roof isn't properly sealed to the wall (like that since we've been here). Had 2 quotes for a job with lead flashing ranging from £650-£750 which would include some brick repointing at the back. Does that seem expensive? Picture of roof…
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Carpet fitting quote
Evening all, Please can you tell me if the following quote for carpet fitting is accurate/fair. It's the labor side that concerns me. Since we've sourced the carpet and know the costs it's confusing why they are saying it's more than we calculated (I know it may be a tad more to allow for wastage) I'm concerned they are…
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Quotes for Replacement Roof
Hi All, I am looking for some advice on the following two quotes for replacing a roof, that comprises of a part flat roof. What are your thoughts? Thanks in advance. Quote 1. Roof replacement - including flat roof: £9440. Flat roof - 2 millimeter underlay with 5 millimeter charcoal finish - 25 years guarantee.2 rolled…
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Council tax
Our original park home in South Wales was in Band A in 1979. Currently it has been banded as a band C. When an appeal was made to the council regarding incorrect banding, was told "well all other similar properties are banded the same. When my local MP was questioned, after making enquires was informed that all the banding…
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£1400 to do BUS grant paperwork?
Hey all, Very (very) long story short, we've been working towards getting our 1930's house properly insulated and a heatpump installed. We finally found an installer who we like, who understands what we want to do, and who can work with an insulation guy to get a correctly sized HP and have everything installed at the same…
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Comparing Two Roofing Quotes
Hi All, I'm in the process of buying a house and I know the roof needs some significant repairs. I thought as there isn't much life left in the roof and it looks poor, now was a good time to change it. It's a bungalow, three bedrooms, with a large dining room that was extended, extension consists of a flat roof. Jobs to be…
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Replacing shower cubicle
I have a corner shower cubicle in my small en-suite, it's old and the frame has warped so need to get it replaced. Ideally want to get a slightly bigger one so will need a new tray and to extend or replace the tiles. Existing electric shower to be kept (capped off then put back on if re-tiling needed). I had a plumber to…
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Repairs to soil pipe joints and gully
This is a victorian terrace, so combined sewer system. The soil pipe has been CCTV surveyed and has found that there were two displaced joints within about 1m of it going underground adjacent to the house. The same company have proposed a 'no dig' repair where I think they essentially apply some sort of plastic to the…
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Kitchen supply and fitting
Hi all, looking at completely gutting my kitchen and starting again. After reading lots of threads and lots of horror stories I've been speaking to a local DIY store who have been around for 75 years that nobody seems to have a bad word to say about. Before I give them the go ahead wanted to check there is nothing raising…
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Complete new roof.
Not me - asking on behalf of (older) friends who are normally quite savvy, but..... 4 bed house with a dorma window (nowhere near London or South East) They were concerned about mould in their bathroom, so asked a local builder to have a look at it. He promptly declared that their whole roof was on the verge of total…
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Cost if window shutter
Does anyone know the cost of tier on tier window shutters that open down the centre of the window and fold back into the recess? We live in a typical terraced house and the total window size is 103cm wide and 165cm drop. This is split into two windows half way if that makes sense! Photo attached of the kind of things I am…
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Cost of upgrading 9 radiators to trvs, plus a bit of pipe work?
Just looking for a rough guide, have 9 radiators - all have the old style twisty knobs to control flow and want to upgrade them all to trv valves. 5 of them have a standard sized pipe going in at opposite ends, 4 have this weird thing where the valve at one end has two micro bore pipes going in and there is no outlet at…
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New Windows in Tenement Flat
I'm looking to get some very old windows replaced and I'm wondering what I should be looking out for. I stay in the Southside of Glasgow and saw a 2 vans in the area replacing windows, so I called them for quotes. One is just shy of 7k, the other just shy of 10k. 9 windows on the 3rd floor and approximately 1m x 2.3m each…
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Oil to Gas Quote
Hi, The below is a quote I've received for an oil to gas conversion which includes five new radiators. Is it fair and what is the guarantee really worth if the firm goes out of business? Thanks in advance Quotation for the installation of gas heating with Worcester Bosch boiler New Worcester 30 KW 4000 Greenstar boiler…
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Helical bar and roof supports prior to purchase.
Hi All. Context: Homebuyers Survey and follow up structural engineer report have indicated some movement in the wall of the property we are buying due to failing lintels and some sagging in the roof due to unsupported ridge beam and purlins, along with ~70 missing bricks at the top of the gable wall joining the rafters. I…
