Quote for new porch

Clive_Woody

We had a local builder around a few weeks ago to quote for a front porch - brick walls, tiled roof, electrics for light, single window and door. Approx 3 x 1.5m, so not huge. Good access, with large driveway, nothing weird and wonderful requested (I don’t think).

Quote £20,200  -  it took a fair bit of chasing to get a quote, so suspect this is him politely saying he’s not interested….unless I’m missing something and my expectation on costs are way off. Limited detail in the quote, suspect he picked a number and added VAT.

He was highly recommended by the guy who fitted our kitchen who has done quite a few jobs for us. We have a second builder coming tomorrow to quote.

Any thoughts very welcome.

TELLIT01

He doesn't want the job!  That's  crazy price.  Our conservatory cost less than that.  Maybe half that price to be realistic?

Clive_Woody

TELLIT01 said:

He doesn't want the job!  That's  crazy price.  Our conservatory cost less than that.  Maybe half that price to be realistic?

Glad it's not just me. We paid around £36k for a 4x5m extension (with 2m deep foundations) around 7 years ago. I know cost of materials has gone up in the recent crazy times....but not that much 😮

WaywardDriver

Based on our slightly smaller porch, £k10 would seem reasonable.
Did builder mention that anything over 3 sq m external needs planning permission?

Rosa_Damascena

Clive_Woody said:

We had a local builder around a few weeks ago to quote for a front porch - brick walls, tiled roof, electrics for light, single window and door. Approx 3 x 1.5m, so not huge. Good access, with large driveway, nothing weird and wonderful requested (I don’t think).

Quote £20,200  -  it took a fair bit of chasing to get a quote, so suspect this is him politely saying he’s not interested….unless I’m missing something and my expectation on costs are way off. Limited detail in the quote, suspect he picked a number and added VAT.

He was highly recommended by the guy who fitted our kitchen who has done quite a few jobs for us. We have a second builder coming tomorrow to quote.

Any thoughts very welcome.

Then he should have been truthful.

Clive_Woody

Rosa_Damascena said:

Clive_Woody said:

We had a local builder around a few weeks ago to quote for a front porch - brick walls, tiled roof, electrics for light, single window and door. Approx 3 x 1.5m, so not huge. Good access, with large driveway, nothing weird and wonderful requested (I don’t think).

Quote £20,200  -  it took a fair bit of chasing to get a quote, so suspect this is him politely saying he’s not interested….unless I’m missing something and my expectation on costs are way off. Limited detail in the quote, suspect he picked a number and added VAT.

He was highly recommended by the guy who fitted our kitchen who has done quite a few jobs for us. We have a second builder coming tomorrow to quote.

Any thoughts very welcome.

Then he should have been truthful.

Absolutely, if he had just said I'm too busy and not taking on any more work I would have more respect for him. 

Slinky

He IS interested if you're willing to pay through the nose for it.

Rosa_Damascena

Slinky said:

He IS interested if you're willing to pay through the nose for it.

The OP is no patsy and any builder (or other professional) that sends out these silly-signals should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves.

Clive_Woody

Slinky said:

He IS interested if you're willing to pay through the nose for it.

No doubt, but I didn't come down with the last rain shower.

We've lived here for 14 years without a porch, it's a nice to have, but I can think of plenty of other things to spend £20k on 👍