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Extortianate fitting costs for new carpet?
Hi everyone, I have just been quoted £4,800 to have new carpets fitting in a 2 bedroom, 2nd & 3rd floor flat. The breakdown is as follows: 2 X BEDROOMS, LOUNGE, LANDINGS & STAIRSTake up and dispose of existing carpetSupply and Fit Carpet PRICED @ £29.95m2Fitted to existing underlayFit carpet onto existing gripper…
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Fair price for roofing work?
Is this a fair price for the following roofing work on an average size 2 bedroom detached bungalow in the Midlands area?The work will take 2 days (possibly 1 and a half) and will be done by 2 men. No scaffolding is required. Remove old ridge tiles. Supply and install dry ridge system and new ridge tiles. Supply and install…
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Cost of repointing and sealing patio
Patio is 23 square metres. Want it repointed and sealed. Had quotes varying from £500 to £2000 on mybuilder. What would you consider reasonable?
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Painting hallway - thoughts?
My folks have had a quote for their hallway, I'm concerned it's a bit too cheap. South East/London zone six 'Standard' sized 3 bed semi Painting hallway and landing - ceiling one or two coats, walls two coats, minimal if any filling required Banisters currently varnished, will be sanded, primer, undercoat, two top coats…
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Quote for electrical works
Hi I have been quoted in the region of £3k for the below works, all materials supplied, first and second fix for a refurb of kitchen and some additional sockets, lighting and upgrades. I have no idea if the price is right or not. thoughts welcome! ● Reconfigure wiring to dining room light switch to new location in kitchen●…
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Beware Homeserve Insurance Renewals
Previously I have had no issues with Homeserve. Be careful of introductory offers and the subsequent renewal price. I had a policy for electrical cover at £1 per month, £12 per year. The renewal for the same policy was offered at £96 per year! Although the terms state that it’s an introductory offer, you should watch out…
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Where to go from here, my rights
Please advice. From start to finish it was chaos and incompetence. I chose this company based on the review, I paid for a premium package because I am suffering from breast cancer and a month out of major surgery and about to start chemotherapy. I needed the packing service as I medically can not do the heavy lifting. I…
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Repointing a chimney and valley
Ive had a quote of £960 to rakeout and repoint our bungalow's chimney stack plus the valley at the front where the mortar has completely broken away. The chimney cracks have caused a damp patch to appear on the chimney breast ceiling in the living room. I'm in northwest England.
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Roof Valley Replacement
We have a leaking roof valley on our bungalow. Looks like its been leaking a while and I can see various flashing tape "repairs" have been applied to the lead. I have been quoted £1950 to replace the lead or £1550 to do it in grp.Using our own scaffold tower. valley is about 3m long, bungalow with good access, clay tiles,…
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Building work additional costs
I had a bathroom done almost 18 months ago. I paid the initial invoice just before the work was completed and the builder informed me that there would be extra costs. There were some costs I was expecting as I asked them to do a few additional things, and there were also several issues with the bathroom so I expected I…
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£11k to install combi boiler, replace all pipework and radiators
For a 2 bed (1 double, 1 box), 1 bath, terraced house in west London. Currently in situ is a one pipe system with single panel radiators and an old style boiler.
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Solar battery and extension of solar system
Hi total novice on solar and was after some advice please. I currently have a 3.2 kwh solar system installed about 10 years ago under the older FIT system. I’ve been looking at a battery and our electricity usage is 1966 kwh and obviously looking at the future of energy provision. I’ve been quoted £7700 for a 5kw lithium…
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Roofing (ridge/dry ridge? etc.)
I have recently moved to a new property, and need to do some work on the ridges. For reference, we have 96 ridges and everyone who's provided a quote has said it's ~2 days work. So far, I've got 3 quotes and they're all wildly different, so I hope someone can help sense check these a bit!! Thanks in advance for the help.…
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Roofing repair quote
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Building services charges from council
We’re in process of getting planning approval, which is pushing up costs massively, we’ve now been told we need building services approval for our new roof tiles and insulation. This is not a new build but a normal house ( we only need planning permission because when built 28 yrs ago permitted development was removed)…
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Roofing
Some tiles need replacing and l got a qoute, does it look alright
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Replacing fascias, gutters, bargeboards etc
Completely strip off gutters, downpipes, wooden fascias and bargeboards and replace with white UPVC ventilated soffits, UPVC fascia & bargeboards, guttering and downpipes. 4 bed detached house with gutters front and back. £3250, they did my neighbors with the exact style house as ours in two days, 3 men all done off…
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Kitchen Quote
Hi everyone We are looking to get some work done in our house, mainly in the kitchen. We want to have the existing counter tops removed and replaced, the doors and drawers on the existing storage units replaced (so keeping the overall structure of the units but just replacing the fronts with new drawers and new doors), a…
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Quote for 2 new plug sockets in garden + replace fuse board
Evening all,Just got a quote through for 2 new sockets to be placed in the garden next to each other for the hot tub and other bits.No space left on the consumer unit in the garage, so quote includes replacing this.Just after your thoughts!
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Replace flat roof covering
We had a flat roof extension added to our home 5 years ago. The roof covering is a single ply membrane as detailed by the architect. Since installation we have had 2 x leaks, both during storm weather. Original contractor attended to both leaks and told me the most recent repair was complete. I questioned this as I could…
