Laying patio cost

Upzeecreek

Just had a quote for laying a porcelain patio. £11500 to lay 100 m2..Now it's going to be laid on the diaganol so I know there will be more cuts and there will be the hire of the diamond blade cutter. But even so ...is ( allowing for all the sundries) £100 / sq metre taking the p**s?? ( based in NW if that helps!) And doesn't include cost of porcelain. Thanks 

Alter_ego

I'd guess that company doesn't want the job.  Could be they would lose any trade discount on the porcelain

Upzeecreek

He's not giving me the impression that he doesn't want the job. He has also included the cost of the porcelain else where in the quote!! 

Alter_ego

Are they including, preparing the land, removing old slabs, cost of skip?

Upzeecreek

Yes, patio down with hard core underneath at the mo. The hard core will need to be topped up I guess. Drainage is else where in the quote 

Rdwill

I've just paid £85 per square meter. For a 2.5m x 7m patio 100mm deep concrete. (About £1500). I did have an existing slab patio that was left insitu to act as a base. I supplied the porcelain, addy and grout. 

Ballymoney

That's a huge patio! The cost doesn't sound outrageous to me considering the amount of labour involved. How much is the entire quote including the porcelain tiles?

mkbmgli

Upzeecreek said:

He's not giving me the impression that he doesn't want the job. He has also included the cost of the porcelain else where in the quote!! 

We've just had 86m² patio layed with porcelain tiles the cost of the was £4500. The ground had to be raised up, so old slabs and gravel were used. Gravel had to be compacted down. The tiles were large so two people laying them. So as long as you have checked out the company / person/s, spoken to people for recommendations, feedback and reviews and maybe looked at some of their previous work and spoke with past customers, yes I would say that a fair quote for a 100m² patio which is very large. But that's only my opinion and above all else know the company/ people are trustworthy and honest. 
Good luck I hope you like the when they're laid. 

Anthony147

Upzeecreek said:

Just had a quote for laying a porcelain patio. £11500 to lay 100 m2..Now it's going to be laid on the diaganol so I know there will be more cuts and there will be the hire of the diamond blade cutter. But even so ...is ( allowing for all the sundries) £100 / sq metre taking the p**s?? ( based in NW if that helps!) And doesn't include cost of porcelain. Thanks 

If he’s asking for £115 per sqm for Labour only that does seem excessive.

I’d take a look at the total cost of the job and decide based on that - Porcelain is an expensive patio material so wastage and cuts he can’t use do cut into the margin on the job but it seems that’s a separate cost and may / may not be heavily discounted.

Given the absolute nightmare to get trades at the moment - You and only can decide if his work is worth what appears to be over £750 skilled and £250 labouring costs per day and if his material costs balance it in anyway as that MIGHT make it reasonable but I doubt it.

My view if I was given that as the Labour element would be very simply “No” it’s skilled and intensive hard work BUT come on….

On another note - Not quite sure how mkbmgli compares 86sqm for £4500 with 100 sqm for £11500 and believes it could be reasonable?