blocking up door and turning window into a door quote -fair?

thejonesfamily

in the kitchen there is a door to the side which goes onto a shared path. we would like a door out to the garden. To do this we have asked for the exsiting door to be removed and blocked up and for the 1.8m wide kitchen window to be removed and turned into a UPVC 2 door, which will involve bricke removal.

quote includes moving units to other side of kitchen, a new worktop, creating new double electrical socket, extending copper pipes to the new dishwasher and wm location, render to the external wall and plastering where required.

total quote £4780

any ideas?

GreenSheep

Jerry Lee Lewis!

Get more quotes.

sugarwalsh

Surely this depends on what type of units and worktop etc you have? I would get at least 2 more quotes. It sounds a lot, but without knowing the standard/type of worktop etc then it's hard to know. Does it also include the price of your doors?

Megan

thejonesfamily

includes the door cost yes and the worktops i would say are on the cheaper end of the scale.

this is a cash price by the way from someone i know and trust, but still seems dear.

st999

Is this for the house you are not going to be moving into next week because the vendor will drop dead?

If so I wouldn't bother.

sugarwalsh

If it is someone you know and trust could you not go to them and explain it is a little more than you expected? I would suggest talking it over with them and trying to work out a more reasonable budget? My oh is a joiner and he is happy to 'barter' with his regular customers. Sometimes things are more complicated and time consuming than the customer expected. Sometimes there are cheaper ways of doing it.
Trusting your workman is really important though.
Megan

Russe11

price is very much dependant on the quality off the new window and door.

£5k could be good value if it a bespoke high quality unit and door, or very poor value if its a off the self window and poor quality door.

thejonesfamily

we put the job on those websites where the trader looks for you.

They are snapping the hand off at £2,500 so maybe I was over quoted. I am surpised they dont want to see the job and I must be right in thinking a quote is legally binding? Problem is some of them want to come 50 odd miles. Lats night had an email from someone 16 miles away who sounded nice, he wants to come and price the job up which I think, even if a little more expensive would be better as he has seen the work

Tom_Jones

I've said it before don't use these sites, a decent builder has no need for the sites, get someone to recommend a good reliable builder, it's worth a few extra quid for a decent job.

moneywasternomore!

OK, so what's your solution if moving to a new area where you know nobody to give you a recommendation?

lidlest

get a new quote

I paid £2000 to have a chimney removed, new wiring, gas pipes removed, new plastering, kitchen fitted (including a couple of made to measure cabinets), new flooring, new tiling, outside tap and outside light put in.

obviously didn't include the actual kitchen.