Is this quote fair?

Nomad44

£1865.00 to decorate two rooms. First is about 12ft*10ft. Second is 10ft*3ft

WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT Hall/Way /Bedroom Decoration and Repairs.
1. Ceilings, to apply one coat of vinyl matt emulsion, to make good where
needed, to apply a fungicidal wash where necessary.
2. Walls, to be rubbed down and made good where necessary, and then apply
two coats of (colour matt emulsionDulux Trade) to apply a fungicidal wash
where needed.
3. Woodwork, to be rubbed down, and made good where needed, and then
apply two coats of eggshell finish paint, white, no doors to paint.
4. To supply and fit (2) 6 panel standard doors.

I told him where to shove it btw, but I've not had any other quotes yet

krey

hhahahahahahahah
sounds about £200 work+ however much the doors /paint costs.

Clive_Woody

I'll do it for £1500

You make several references to fungicidal wash. Do you have some sort of damp problem? If so washing the walls and painting over it will not fix this.

Nomad44

It's more of a condensation problem that proper ventilation and a decent humidifier would sort out, but the spores are already ingrained in a small area of the wall. So I guess he thought he should coat the whole room in fungicidal wash. Anyway he clearly didn't want the job unless he was to be paid an extortionate amount and I think the holes in the ceiling from the maniac upstairs stamping so hard that the joist nails were pushed out, scared him off a little. It would only have taken a couple of days. Probably doesn't need the work.

somethingcorporate

What a joker!

My decorator would do this in about a day and cost £250-300. He's a bit on the pricey side but works really fast.

Your quote is unreal.

brightontraveller

somethingcorporate wrote: »

What a joker!

My decorator would do this in about a day and cost £250-300. He's a bit on the pricey side but works really fast.

Your quote is unreal.

[FONT=&quot]All these 200 - 300 prices are very hard to believe trades seem to be working for less £50 a day fitting and supplying 2 doors plus painting rooms I would say 2-3 days work labour £150 + per day £100 + for materials depnds a lot on the doors themselves [/FONT]

somethingcorporate

brightontraveller wrote: »

[FONT=&quot]All these 200 - 300 prices are very hard to believe trades seem to be working for less £50 a day fitting and supplying 2 doors plus painting rooms I would say 2-3 days work labour £150 + per day £100 + for materials depnds a lot on the doors themselves [/FONT]

I didn't include the price of the doors in mine.

He'd get round a couple of rooms including a couple of (basic) new doors in 1.5 days max.

It may be a bit more than £200-300 but no more than £500 and nowhere near the close to £2k quote the OP received.

road2manchester

Never ceases to amaze me that people think decorating is not a skill. Most will pay anything for a plumber, a roofer, a locksmith when its urgent. Just because you think you can paint etc; then P&Dtr should be peanuts, £10 hr is cheap, so instead of saying £300 and do it in a day, why not be realistic. 1250-1300 is bonkers. We just had 10 doors, 30 mtr of skirting and 56 mtrs of walls (and 2mtrs of 10ft high ceilings) undercoated and glossed for £400 (we supplied paint), It took a professional P&D 5 days. including filling holes, sanding etc ect. £10 hrs approx. The man does it for a living and should earn a great wage for his/her skills. How many of you earn less than £400 a week, for sitting on your RRR's #rantOver

jammerr

-edit- wrong thread, sorry

Tucker65

Not £1800, but certainly a bit more than £200 - I'd hazard a guess at around 500-600 if you have fungus/damp issues. Though as previously mentioned, washing it off and painting over it won't fix it unfortunately