Stair Joinery Work Quotes?

paulalde

Morning all,

I class myself as fairly handy when it comes to DIY and I've tackled my fair share of jobs as well as paying professionals in my time. I'm currently renovating our home with a baby due in 2 months so I was looking to get a few jobs done professionally to take the pressure off while I focus on other bits.

I'm just curious as to what other people think of these quotes? I'm based in suburbs of Leeds, West Yorkshire. I hope I'm not speaking out of term here but quote 2 and 3 are jaw dropping.


Job Details:

1 - Install 1 softwood handrail to 1st stairs wall using 4 standard handrail brackets (straight run no joins required)

2 - Install 1 softwood handrail to 2nd stairs wall using 3 standard handrail brackets (straight run no joins required)

3 - Install 90mm softwood chamfered newel post, baserail, and 1 meter run of grooved handrail (offcut from stairs) with 6 x 41mm chamfered spindles. - Previous setup material already removed.


Materials for the job have already been purchased, it would be just any fixings, glue, and wall plugs etc that wouldn't be.


Joiner 1 : 'Simple Job should be £100 max and about half a day'
Quote Arrived: £120

Joiner 2: 'Two days work' - Kept asking if price isn't an issue...
Quote Arrived: £458

Joiner 3: 'One to two days depending on weather :rotfl: as he may not have space to cut if it's raining' - I have a temp workshop in spare room...
Quote Arrived: £280 a day... (wouldn't commit to how many days)


Cheers