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A few electrical jobs, help with price please
I am having a bit of a nightmare with a builder. While I was on holiday a friend was looking after the house. He called a builder/electrician/plumber friend in to fix some stuff. -Replace burnt out out switch on electric shower (the bit with the pull cord you switch on before having a shower. -Disable smoke alarm which…
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Tiling wall (6 sqm) and floor (14sqm) for £1700 (£2040 in VAT)
Hi, Have had a quote through recently as follows: Kitchen wall and floor tiling estimate Estimate includes Wall tiling based on 5 m2 Including adhesive grout trims and sealant. Floor tiling based on 16 m2 Including supply and fit of tile backer boards, also includes adhesive grout and sealant. Rate £1700 excl VAT I've…
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Damp Proofing
Good Evening, I've recently discovered fungus and dry rot in my home with new spores appearing on some of the joists (so I need to move quickly). Looked into 4 separate firms. One isn't available for another week (Peter Cox), one local is dragging their heels with a quote, one failed to show up and the final one has almost…
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New Skirting Boards
Hi I have had a quote for new skirting boards it's a 4 bedroom house so new skirting everywhere including utility room and en suite and downstairs cloakroom but not including stairs price quoted was £1300 inclusive of materials and labour. Does this sound fair? The skirting would be pre-finished so no need to paint over…
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New Boiler and cylinder
* Supply and fit Worcester 21i system boiler and 170 litre Centrebrand unvented cylinder (relocate both to loft!) * Move one radiator and install new 1400x600 radiator * Add TVRs to 10 radiators * Hive smart thermostat * Complete removal of old system and rubbish This is a four bed, 1997 build house with 10 radiators in…
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Structural engineer fee
Just been given a bill from a structural engineer who I asked to determine if a wall was loadbearing (it wasn't). For a 10-15 min visit where he poked a tape measure through a hole I'd previously made in the ceiling and writing an email, he's billing me for £250 plus VAT. Is that reasonable? It seems a bit excessive to me.
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Cost of moving (private) manhole for new porch?
Grateful for some advice - two fairly clueless girls planning building work for the first time. Background: We'd like to build a relatively simple porch on the front of our barn conversion. It's small enough to not need Building Regs, but because of the area we live in it does need Planning. There's currently a manhole…
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Quote for doors - does this sound right?
I have been quoted by our builder who was working on kitchen and bathroom refurb a total cost of £736.68 to purchase and hang 3 internal doors from Howdens. These were 2x four panel clear pine doors and 1x moulded (egg box construction) bi-fold door for a cupboard. Broken down the quote was £496.68 for the doors and hinges…
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Window profile system advice
Hi, Wonder if anyone here has any experience in the area of picking a double glazing installer, based upon the quality of the profile supplier they buy from. I've had 3 quotes from local companies. One uses Selecta Profile 70, they came in at £3300. 2nd quote was from someone that uses EuroCell, that was slightly cheaper…
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Replacing Soffit/fascia and capping
Hi, We are changing our windows from white to anthracite and want to make the fascias match. Our house is 8m x 8m and only need to replace on the front and back. Is it easy to replace / cover? Current ones are plastic white. We have been given feedback from it being an easy 1.5 day job to it being a big job, over 2k. My…
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Pebbledash and Guttering quote
All applies to a single wall, front elevation of house, normal two storey, single fronted house. Scaffold Remove gutter, fascia, soffit Supply and fit PVC guttering and downpipes Supply and fit PVC soffit and fascia Remove existing pebbledash (mostly blown) Apply two coats of PVA to exposed concrete wall Pebbledash upper…
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Supply & Hang wooden door
I've been quoted over £700 to supply and hang a new wooden door. The door chosen was the Richmond Glazed from Howdens. This includes a standard satin handle and 5 lever lock also from Howdens. I'm struggling to get other carpenters to even come and quote so wondered if this was about right. We are in outer London.
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replacement one of glass
We have just been quoted £168 to replace a broken pane of glass in our sash window (single pane). The pane measures 15X27 inches.
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Various building work - quote
Hello We are looking to get the below done in our house. 1. Remove a load bearing wall to make a through lounge. 2. Our back reception room has no wall between the room and kitchen so put a stud wall in. 3. Remove 2 chimney breast all the way up to the loft. We have been quoted £3000 for all of the above. This includes…
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How do you remove Matt paint from new radiators?
Hi, I am currently renovating a home I have purchased, and some of the new radiators that we bought were hung and then unhung in order for the painters to get in behind them. As mentioned, these are brand new radiators (white), and in the process of unhanging them and setting them to one side and covering them, they have…
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3 by 3 and half conservatory
We are looking at getting 3 x 3.5 metre conservatory/garden room. Anglian have quoted £19k but say can reduce to about £16k if have building work done by another builder. We’ve had some other local companies who were slightly less but we weren’t very impressed. Is this reasonable and how much can you haggle with them as…
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Boiler advice
I’m in the process of getting a new combi boiler and the 2 I got recommended from the plumber were the Worcester Bosch 28cdi Compact (I asked for a Worcester price) and his recommendation, the Baxi Platinum 28erp. I live in a 3 bedroom new build (2009) and have one shower/bath that runs off the boiler and 9 radiators. I’ve…
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Quote for window repairs
I'm in the South East and just had a quote for supply and fit 3 sets of replacement friction hinges, overhaul & adjust 1 window and re-rack & adjust 2 pairs of French doors which has come in at £400 inc vat. Is this reasonable? Many thanks
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Plastering over artex on walls and ceilings
We've recently had a few plasterers over to quote for re-skimming our living room, stairs and landing including both ceilings. All of the walls are covered in artex (quite thick) and each side of our chimney is currently open so these would need boarding up. We've only had 1 plasterer come back and quote which was £1,450…
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What do I say to Haggle
we are getting new kitchen and windows and the prices is quite high but want to try to haggle them down a bit, how can I approach this as not done this before? Kitchen is £12,000 worktops in Silestone - £3000 Windows - 4 aluminum 3 pane standard windows - £4440.00 thanks
