Carpet fitting

morpheus1978

Had a quote to fit carpets in 3 bedrooms and landing plus staircase for £1700
Total carpet 30m2
£25 p/m2

Does this sound ok?

karvala

Obvious question: does that include the cost of the carpet itself? If so, then it depends entirely on the quality and price of the carpet. If not, it's excessively expensive.

uk_messer

Unless my maths is wrong, is that £950 just for the fitting? Hasn't the fitting been separately itemised for you?

If it is 950, then it's far too high.

Andy_89

Depends on the brand of the carpet, and where you are based

I have never paid more than £40/m2 including fitting.

morpheus1978

sorry I should have said the carpet is included at £25 p/m2

Andy_89

I work it out to 1.4 man weeks.

£950 to fit it.

Pay an average carpet fitter £100/day plus on costs @ 35%

£950/£135 = 7.04 days

I would definitely say that is OTT for a couple of rooms.

a) is it a sole trader?
b) where are you based?
c) weekend work?

uk_messer

It's ridiculously over the top. Carpet fitting is probably one of the most reasonably priced trades, even in London. I paid Carpet Right's fitter about 300 odd quid for 5 rooms, 2 flights of stairs and two landings.

suisidevw

That on should be completed in one morning/afternoon!!

Feeling_Blue

That seems steep. You should look to add on around £15 sq/m max to include fitting, underlay, gripper, door trimming, etc