New Bathroom labour cost quote

Gregorywishart

Hi I would like to get opinions on the following quote to see if it is a rip off or not.

I am in the process of putting in a new bathroom 9ft x 8 ft. There is no shower in the bathroom so we are putting a new one in along with replacing the existing bath, basin, toilet. Also replacing radiator with a towel rail. The bathroom suite, tiles, spotlights, fan, etc is supplied by myself.

The quote I have received is for the following:-
Disconnect existing sanitary ware
Strip wall tiles
Plasterboard walls where necessary
Track floor for new shower try
Plumb in new power shower
Fit shower panels to shower area
Fit shower doors
Fit new PVC ceiling (ceiling supplied by me)
Fit new fan and spot lights x 3
Plumb in new corner bath and fit bath panel
Tile walls
Tile floor
Plumb in new toilet
Plumb in new wash hand basin
Fit new vanity mirror
Plumb in new towel rail
Supply skip to dispose of rubbish

Cost of installation is £2225 + 20%vat

I live in Northern Ireland by the way.

Is it me or this really expensive. They reckon 7-10 days working continually. This is £260 per day!

Thanks guys

keystone

Gregorywishart wrote: »

Is it me or this really expensive.

Its not.

They reckon 7-10 days working continually.

I normally reckon about 10 days on my own.

This is £260 per day!

Actually it isn't. There'll be somewhere between £ 400 and £ 500 of general materials in that so that takes it down to between £ 1,700 and £ 1,800. For the sake of argument lets call it the 10 days. You said they. Is it fair to assume its TWO men? Thats only £90ish per man day plus VAT = £ 110ish per man-day. Theres a plumbing company down this way that charges that per hour!!!!!

In any event you need to get at least one (preferably 2) more quote for comparison purposes.

Cheers

Gregwishart

Thanks for the reply keystone.

Everyone who i have spoken to reckons this is too expensive. my brother who is a tiler working in cornwall, another friend who owns a painting and decorating business also. We have had a friend round who is a plumber to look at the job, and he reckons that this price for labour is a rip off too. I do think it is priced on 1 man doing the work, with maybe 2 during the stripping out.

Our friend, the plumber, has offered to strip out the old bathroom and plumb in the new one for £450, then we just have to pay a tiler to finish off and he reckons about £500 should cover the tiler.

Our friend will do it at the weekend so it suits much better.

southcoastrgi

your friend is doing it on weekends so not compacting on his normal working week (for which he will be charging more than he's charging you).

he is your friend so prob doing it at mates rates.

your friend is going to do the plumbing & the tiler is going to tile so who is going to do the electrics, plasterboarding etc etc ?

why are you having a pvc ceiling ? IMO that will look pants.

why a corner bath ? not only is the bit you lay in is normally smaller than a normal bath (have you sat in it to make sure your knees aren't round your ears), but they take so much water to fill them, if you have a normal sized cylinder then that will run out, if you have a combi start running the bath at least an hour before you want to get in.

IMO the quote is a good price

keystone

Gregwishart wrote: »

Thanks for the reply keystone.

Au plaisir.

I do think it is priced on 1 man doing the work, with maybe 2 during the stripping out.

In which case it probably is a bit heavy at the ex VAT level. But your region is going to be cheaper than mine.

Our friend, the plumber, has offered to strip out the old bathroom and plumb in the new one for £450, then we just have to pay a tiler to finish off and he reckons about £500 should cover the tiler.

Our friend will do it at the weekend so it suits much better.

Oh dear. Far too may "friends" involved here already and "reckons should cover" means he is indulging himself in a WAG and you are already up to a thousand. There will be tears. I won't bother repeating what SC said 'cos its already been said. You really should get alternative quotes to measure this one by from a single contractor who has seen it.

Cheers

keystone

southcoastrgi wrote: »

prob doing it at mates rates.

and you know as well as I that there is no such thing - unless you are planning to defraud HMCR.

Cheers

md0u3099

We have jut received a quote from a national company, should we say a 'bath' type 'store' as follows:

Clearance & Removal - £412.38
Installation of Bathstore Product £2,220.13
Tiling & Flooring - £1,131.43
(Supporting Works - £0.00)
Bespoke Requirements - £838.10
Total Installation Quotation - £4,602.04
(About £2500 extra for the actual bathroom products).

This is 'their' fitter and is for a 2.1 x 2.1 metre room, tiled only to 1m high on the walls.

I was astonished, even with the prospect of 3y 'interest free'. The chap reckoned on about 7 days and he'd do it. So that's a good daily rate!

Any opinions on this would be very welcome. And apologies for the hijack but it seems relevant!
S.

googler

Doesn't seem too expensive to me. Having recently been through 3 renovations, this thread outlines the labour cost for our main bathroom; post #23

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/4501271

Hope this helps. Make sure you get 3/4in plywood on the floor before tiling it, if applying floor tiles to floorboards on joists.

sparkiedave

the big stores usually put a big mark up un what the fitter actually charges, that first price didn't sound too bad TBH, perhaps a little on the high side but that's easy to say when
a, I'm not going to have to back it up by taking the job on and accepting less than you've been quoted.
b, I've not seen either the job, or the standard that the guy works to.
might be worth trying to find someone who's not registered for VAT............ 20% saving on the labour??