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New fence, patio & steps
Bluesky15
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Hello, Please can you tell me if the following quote sounds fair for garden work in East Sussex. The company has good rating on check a trade & is the cheapest of 3 quotes.
To create new patio at far end of the garden & replace patio near house a total of approx 19 sq metres. to include:
removing existing patio, digging out, levelling area & compacting with type 1 MOT (hardcore), laying of patio slabs, pointing work. £1975.00.
This price does not include slabs. currently indian sandstone is £21.75 per sq meter.
construction of new sleeper steps set back into lawn. (current steps are too steep) £685
Skip hire £130
construction of 5.6ft close board fence (13.5m length) along boundary to include: removal & disposal of old fence, 3 arris rails locked into solid timber posts & clad with feather egde. All timber treated to highest standards & posts will be concreted in 2ft deep. £895.
Total £3685.00
Any advice would be much appreciated.
To create new patio at far end of the garden & replace patio near house a total of approx 19 sq metres. to include:
removing existing patio, digging out, levelling area & compacting with type 1 MOT (hardcore), laying of patio slabs, pointing work. £1975.00.
This price does not include slabs. currently indian sandstone is £21.75 per sq meter.
construction of new sleeper steps set back into lawn. (current steps are too steep) £685
Skip hire £130
construction of 5.6ft close board fence (13.5m length) along boundary to include: removal & disposal of old fence, 3 arris rails locked into solid timber posts & clad with feather egde. All timber treated to highest standards & posts will be concreted in 2ft deep. £895.
Total £3685.00
Any advice would be much appreciated.
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Can anyone help please ?0
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That all sounds reasonable. It also sounds like they are doing the patio properly. It depends on the exact job, but fact is, you have had 3 quotes.
If you are happy with them, I would go with that price.0 -
Sounds OK but take checkatrade with a large pinch of Himalayan pink salt.0
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I'm based in London and I've been quoted by a "man with a digger" - actually lives down the street from me whose lived here for 15 years, just short of £900 to dig out a drive way for me, approx 40m squared, to put down Type 1 MOT, create a soak away 1m pit, drain channel and remove part of the wall and lower a manhole cover by some 40cm.
I have to provide the soak away crate and drain channel circa. £70. The above cost also include the removal of earth by a lorry with a grabber.
I've had similar quotes for the half the size and it was coming to £1500 and with concrete.
So, I'm not sure if yours is expensive or mine is cheap...but I'm not getting the paving or finishing done yet, he will just dig out the earth, level and compact with Type 1 for my temporary drive way.Be ALERT - The world needs more LERTS0 -
Hi, I'm not sure about the cost for creating the patio but I've used a site called skipandbin.com before for skip hire - it basically shows you all the cheapest skip operators in your area so saves loooads of money. Hopefully this helps...0
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