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Decorate hall and extend downstairs loo

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We’ve had a quote to decorate a hall and extend/redo a downstairs loo. Any thoughts if it is reasonable?

The work involved is:

Decorating:
  • Remove Woodchip from walls upstairs and down
  • Make good any damage to walls
  • Hang lining paper
  • Paint walls
(Not a huge surface area, average 3 bed semi, maybe 50 sq metres, but awkward due to the stair drop)
  • Sand down all woodwork, make good, undercoat & paint in gloss - Seven doors (2 with glass panels), Nine door frames, Front door and surround, skirting
  • Sand and pint banisters and rails, window ledge and understairs cupboard
  • Paint ceilings
  • Replace two radiators (keep existing pipework)
Extend small downstairs loo:
  • Remove existing door and frame
  • Extend small partition wall approx 1 foot
  • Move electrical socket approx two feet
  • Cut wooden floor to new profile
  • Install new door and frame and join up to ceiling
  • Remove existing toilet and basin
  • Tile floor and walls
  • Install new toilet and basin (some small change to pipework)
The quote I have been given is £4200, which includes labour and all materials except the radiators, toilet, basin and tiles. There two men and they say it should take up to 10 days.

I’m in north London and they are travelling a fair distance, which might have bumped the price up a bit. However I have friends they have worked for before so I know they are good.

I’ve had a previous quote to just extend the loo at around £1800 (again not including toilet, basin and tiles), from someone else.

Thanks

Comments

  • Even if it included new loo etc I would say that was on the expensive side.

    Site unseen I'd guess that was about 10 -12 days work for one man not two. So you could work out that the labour seems out by a factor of two.
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