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Quote for new porch
Clive_Woody
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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.
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.
"We act as though comfort and luxury are the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about” – Albert Einstein
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He doesn't want the job! That's crazy price. Our conservatory cost less than that. Maybe half that price to be realistic?
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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 😮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?"We act as though comfort and luxury are the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about” – Albert Einstein0 -
Based on our slightly smaller porch, £k10 would seem reasonable.
Did builder mention that anything over 3 sq m external needs planning permission?1 -
Then he should have been truthful.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.No man is worth crawling on this earth.
So much to read, so little time.0 -
Absolutely, if he had just said I'm too busy and not taking on any more work I would have more respect for him.Rosa_Damascena said:
Then he should have been truthful.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."We act as though comfort and luxury are the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about” – Albert Einstein1 -
He IS interested if you're willing to pay through the nose for it.
Make £2026 in 2026
Prolific £156.37, TCB £8.24, Everup £12.17
Total £176.78 8.7%Make £2025 in 2025 Total £2241.23/£2025 110.7%
Prolific £1062.50, Octopoints £6.64, TCB £492.05, Tesco Clubcard challenges £89.90, Misc Sales £321, Airtime £70, Shopmium £53.06, Everup £106.08, Zopa CB £30, Misc survey £10
Make £2024 in 2024 Total £1410/£2024 70%Make £2023 in 2023 Total: £2606.33/£2023 128.8%-1 -
The OP is no patsy and any builder (or other professional) that sends out these silly-signals should be thoroughly ashamed of themselves.Slinky said:He IS interested if you're willing to pay through the nose for it.No man is worth crawling on this earth.
So much to read, so little time.1 -
No doubt, but I didn't come down with the last rain shower.Slinky said:He IS interested if you're willing to pay through the nose for it.
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 👍"We act as though comfort and luxury are the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about” – Albert Einstein0
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