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No help with my Broken not fit for purpose front door

melissatoola82 · 2021-11-18 16:23:50

Advice needed please, in 2016 my front door was broken down looking for my ex partner on a drugs warrant, I was totally shocked and scared by this and obviously allowed the officers to carry out their duty assuring them they would not find anything under the category they were searching for including my ex partner, I had…

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Slinky Posts: 11,003 Forumite

22 November 2021 at 3:39PM

onomatopoeia99 said:

Slinky said:

That cost seems very high. I've just had a new composite front door installed, including new frame and fitting for £1350. Is yours a fire door (mine wasn't).

You've forgotten to add the mark-up for public sector procurement that gets creamed off the top. To be honest, three times the price would be low so I suspect it's a £400 door they're quoting nearly £4000 for.

That was the point I was making - there are much cheaper options than the overpriced council/HA quote

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