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Decking and Some Landscaping

The_Palmist
The_Palmist Posts: 792 Forumite
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edited 11 April 2014 at 5:43PM in Is this quote fair?
Job involves
Is £4000 reasonable, we are in North West.

Decking area roughly around 7m x 3m

Lawn area around 5m x 3m with rocky steps to deck

Borders with gravel etc. as shown

Softfit fascia and gutting to the back of my 3 bed semi only [about 5.5m in width]

Ground has already been prepared.
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  • greenface
    greenface Posts: 4,871 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    have you had a few quotes ? I had clearview decking do a driveway for me about a year ago . very good job . i contacted them as they just completed a decking for a neighbour with some disabilities . i liked their attitude and the way they looked after me & friend . Very good work and price for both jobs . they are based in Wirral and have a website . Google Clearview Decking
    :cool: hard as nails on the internet . wimp in the real world :cool:
  • lee111s
    lee111s Posts: 2,987 Forumite
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    I'll do the garden work for half of that if you put me up while I do it!
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