Pricing for retiling

Apollo22

I need some help please.  My kitchen needs re-tiling.  It’s approximately 1m high and 9m long in three sections.  I assume that is 9square metres?

the tiles I want cost 30sq metre, so that’s around £270 and say another £100, for odds and sods, is that correct?

thanks 

Rodders53

No.

You need to allow for cuts and matching any patterns  - 10-20% extra is typical...  9 sq.m to cover will -> 11 sqm to purchase.  Maybe more if there are sockets and switches in awkward locations wrt the pattern. 

Best to buy on sale or return to get the same batch / colour match so buy a bit more, possibly.

Speak to your tiler they will advise what they want/need/prefer and may even be able to get the same tiles cheaper as part of the whole job.

gzoom

Tilers will charge usually at least £30sqm for the work, so essentially double the cost of the tiles and you wouldn't be far off the total cost.

Albermarle

Rodders53 said:

No.

You need to allow for cuts and matching any patterns  - 10-20% extra is typical...  9 sq.m to cover will -> 11 sqm to purchase.  Maybe more if there are sockets and switches in awkward locations wrt the pattern. 

Best to buy on sale or return to get the same batch / colour match so buy a bit more, possibly.

Speak to your tiler they will advise what they want/need/prefer and may even be able to get the same tiles cheaper as part of the whole job.

When we did our bathroom, the tiler said if we went to a certain outlet, he had a trade account there, which would mean a good discount.
We actually bought them ourselves, but just mentioned his name and got the discount.

Silvertabby

Keep some tiles for future repairs.