PAIN-ting

patch3228

Just wondering who you would go for?

A) £350 fixed price (labour and materials) to strip and make good walls, with new lining paper and paint.

£350 labour and materials to be paid separately. Same duties as Person A.

Both quotes are for the hallway, landing and staircase area (very tall staircase ceiling) and I am in London.


For person A his price was good but he seemed quite laid back (and was late for the quote). Whilst Person B actually quoted £650 but when I negotiated hard with him he said he would match the other...

I am edging towards Person B but was he trying to rip me off with a quote of £650 in the first place??!!

The hallway and landing is small but the staircase area is very tall...

OddjobKIA

by the time you ahve paid materials paint etc etc..your looking at £600 with B anyway

keystone

Even £650 is cheap for complete HSL TBH but you don't say if it includes woodwork. The more expensive guy must want the job badly to entertain such a drop but no reason to think he'll not do it well for all that. I'd run a mile from the £ 350 all in guy if it includes all the woodwork.

Cheers

patch3228

Hi,

Thanks for the replies.

Just spoke with Person B and he will be doing the job for us

Aside from the paste, lining paper and paint - I think this will be at most around £100

So all in all around £450 for the complete works