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Roof jobs
Does this seem fair? £900 for the following on our nearly 40 year old roof (3 bed detached with attached garage)... Rake out and repointing the gable ends of the roof to fix the movement of tiles at the edges & setting all the tiles at the edge of the roof back in position Plastic dry verge caps to make it neat and tidy…
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Any ideas how much it costs to repalce unvented immersion heater?
So, long story short: boiler has been condemned & our immersion heater is also not working ! We're getting a replacement boiler fitted, but I'd be grateful if anyone can give me a very rough figure to replace an immersion heater in an unvented cylinder please ?
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New windows & doors for part of the house
Hi all, Just had a quote through this morning to replace some of our windows and doors in the property we bought at the end of last month - it's a complete reno job so the windows at the back of the house are our first 'big' expense. Having never had to do this before, I have no idea if the following is 'fair' (although…
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Floor Tiling
Hi all, We have a large area to be tiled (approx 88 sqm) and have been quoted £3200 to tile this area by someone our builder has recommended. We have bought all the tiles (600x600) and grout. The tiler has bought the adhesive. This is working out around £36 per sqm which seems rather a lot seeing as the tiler is only going…
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Replacing central heating pipework
I've had a quote to replace all the heating pipes and valves in my house of £2.2k and haven't yet had time to get a 2-3rd quote yet. Has anyone got any idea if this sounds reasonable? The house is a 3 bed bungalow with a converted loft. Wooden floors and the pipework is likely 40 years old, though no leaks that we can…
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new windows and doors
4 of 150 x 120 2 of 70cm x 120cm window 2 of 90cm x 120cm window A composite door with little half side windows on both sides and taking a window out and putting a French door on the back. Quoted £8400 and £6800 We are in Northyorkshire by the way. So what do you think?
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Structural Engineer examination
Been quoted £570+VAT for a Structural Engineer to visit a house we're buying to examine the type of structural support used when a wall was removed years ago. Will involve either making a small hole in the ceiling or lifting a couple of floorboards to gain access to see the current RSJ/support. Seems expensive just for an…
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Roof Repairs
After having a survey done on a house that we're purchasing, it was determined that the roof needs to have some repairs made to it. As we're first time buyers, I just wanted to know if this sounds like a reasonable quote for the work that needs doing: - Repointing Chimney £460 - Replace front gable and verge tiles and…
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Removing single window and replacing with French doors
I've got a set of French patio doors I want to put at the back of our garage to replace a window. Window is 122cm wide by 110cm, need to cut out some brickwork as doors are 140cm wide by 210cm. The garage is single skin brickwork and I'll need to install a concrete lintel. So far I've been quoted £300 for the job to be…
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Replacement d/g door
I am after replacing front door and side glass panel for a contemporary composite door and stippody glass side panel all sits in a 53x79 frame. I was told you have various quality frames from commercial down to budget middle range came out approx. £1700.......is that about right! This quote was from a large northern d/g…
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Argh! Scaffolding!
Need the outside of our house painting, and can't be done without scaffolding for various reasons that I won't bore you with. It's a large house in terms of width/depth, but it's only a normal two-storey house (though the paint goes higher up on gable ends). Anyway, found a good and reasonably priced painter, but have…
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building material cost for new bathroom
The room size is 2.5m x 1m. I've agreed to pay £3000 labour charge to remove all the units from the bathroom, re-plaster walls, install floor to ceiling tiles, new floor tiles, install new door, install a new toilet, sink and shower tray with either a bi-fold or hinged door. I've already bought the units, tiles, grouts,…
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New Boiler Quote
Hi guys, I've done my research and thought what I was quoted is fair, but a lot of people I speak to think otherwise. Could someone more knowledgeable cast your eyes over this please? Would appreciate any wisdom you have to offer. The Property - small 2 bed detached with one shower / bathroom. The current boiler is…
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£1800 to replace 4m stud wall?
I need to split my children up asap and need a stud wall moving to turn one too tiny room and one massive room into two nice sized rooms. The stud wall is 4m and needs moving about 1m. There is one light switch and one plug socket. 300 to build a new stud wall 800 to insulate and skim etc 100 for skirting board 300 to…
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Painting sash windows
I live in a 2 beds mid terraced house. I have been quoted £500 to paint the sash windows, does this seem fair, one double sash window downstairs and 2 small sash windows upstairs. I had them painted two years and the painter did not do a good job as the paint are peeling off and am afraid if the wood get rotten. They were…
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Cowboy joiner
We have had some finishing off works done to one of our rental properties - some repairs to architraves, a door rehung etc... We paid the cowboy £400+ for the work. The joiner we have got in to fix the bodged work said he would have charged us £50 for it - he is going to have to redo the work i.e. re-hang a door that was…
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Installing a bathroom far from the soil pipe
Sorry posted in wrong forum!
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House rendering and gutter work
Perhaps prompted by seeing the other thread being reawakened, we've had a couple of quotes and I wonder what I should make of them? Quite similar overall, though the breakdown is very different: 1. Remove all gutters, fascia, soffits and downpipes. Replace with new 10mm soffit boards, 18mm fascia boards and black deepflow…
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Replacing inset gas fire with larger glass fronted hole in wall type
Is this quote fair? £700 broken down as follows Removing existing fireplace £100 Conceal gas pipework £50 Sweep chimney £50 Prepare opening for new gas fire, block up opening, plastering £250 Install new fire, commission, register with gas safe. £150 also advised chimney needs a cowl supplied/fitted for £100 Over 3 visits…
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Architect fees
Hello, My husband and I have recently bought our first renovation project. The architect has quoted the following A survey of the building £900 - this would involve measuring accurately the rooms A sketch plan - £750 that we could then look at to see if we were happy with. Then at a later stage a detailed drawing that…
