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Fencing Quote - Is this a fair price?
Hi there Just had some fencing put in and wondered if anyone could give me an idea as to whether they think the quote I have received is a fair price. Our original quote was £1190 total cost for 7 x 6ft bow top fence panels, 2 x 4ft panels and 5 x 3ft. Also included in the price was the posts, bases, materials and labour.…
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Kitchen fitting quote
I live in north/central London and have been quoted £2000 to fit a kitchen by a local handyman who was a recommendation from someone who's lived in the area for years. It's a pretty small kitchen, and everything is along one wall, but it involves moving all the plumbing and gas from where they are now, to somewhere…
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Tiles Under Bay Window
Hi All, I have been quoted £410.00 to replace the timber batons and renew all the tiles and new lead flashings under my bedroom bay window on the front of my house, does anyone know if this is a reasonable quote as I have no idea about this sort of thing. Any help much appreciated. :confused: Cheers
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Fitting downlights
I want to fit downlights in my ground floor flat. Roughly about 24 low voltage bulbs with transformers and dimmer switches. Access to the roof is from my flat only, making small holes into the ceiling. I have 3 different quotes - one for £500, one for £1000 and another for £2000. But they all agree that it would take 3…
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Getting reclaimed floorbards in north london
My flat in north London had all its floorboards taken out at some point before I bought it and replaced with something a bit cheap and nasty. I'm wanting to buy some reclaimed ones, something like Baltic pine or Victorian pine, and have an area of approx 28sqm to cover. I've just started looking and seen a price of around…
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Cost of new lawn etc
Just got a quote for our old lawn to be taken up,relevelled,topsoiled and new grass laid-approx 84 square metres.Three new fence panels and reinforced in areas where the dogs have weakened it.Stepping stone path...all materials and labour....£1800. Does that sound reasonable to any of you? Many thanks :beer:
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New boiler and remove hot water tank
Hello all We are trying to find a plumber to replace our old boiler with a condensing one, and remove the existing hot water tank. We just had a quote for around £3200. Sorry the details are sparse at the moment but to give a better idea, the hot water tank is in the kitchen and the boiler is currently in the garage…
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How much to chnage strip light?
We have bought a 3 bulb spotlight strip to replace the school type strip light we have in our new build! very odd considering a new house but still how much are we looking at? Also bought a lightswitch from focus and have lost the instructions..again how much to wore that up.. Many thanks
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Another new bathroom - what should it cost?
Like many others here I am trying to get a new bathroom installed in my house. I am keeping the existing plumbing but otherwise want the room completely refitted. It is not a large room, 220 x 210 including the bath. I want everything taken out and replaced with medium priced white units, (nothing fancy, no designer…
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wall hung bathroom suite
Is £679 a good price for a wall hung bathroom suite? Wickes Wall Hung Oslo bathroom suite £679. wall hung loo, wall hung basin and bath.
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painting and decorating
OK, a work mate has offered to: Strip and wallpaper front room, strip and replace skirting, paint ceiling [23'7 x 11'10] (7.19m x 3.61m) Strip and wallpaper bedroom 1, strip and replace skirting, paint ceiling [12' 9 x 10' 4] (3.89m x 3.15m) Paint ceiling and walls bedroom 2 & 3 [9' 1 x 10' 0] (2.77m x 3.05m) & [9'10x 7'8]…
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Room replaster/make good
(First post btw!) I'm looking for a reasonable quote to re-plaster my small front room, so put it out to tender. I've stripped the walls of paper and have found a variety of different plastering styles; from lath and plaster, plaster board, filling, brick and plaster: Two partition walls (270x230 and 170x230) are lath and…
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Fitting a new mixer tap
Hi all, Just been quoted £60 plus VAT (so 70 quid then) for the fitting of a new mixer tap on a metal kitchen sink. The tap is a monoblock mixer, with the two water pipes entering it side by side very close together. The old tap is the original one so the copper piping beneath the sink is solid and so may need…
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Door Hanging?
£25 per door to hang...is this fair?
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New Bathroom Installation
Hi I am going to remove my old bathroom suite and replace it with a new one. COuld anyone give me a rough sort of price that i would expect to pay (north of england) for the following: Plaster the wall Take out and remove old suite Install New Bath, toilet, basin, and shower cubicle Everything is staying in the same…
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Windows and Driveway quotes
Hi all, I'm starting from square one with this one :) I am looking for good companies I should ask for quotes for windows and driveways, preferably the same company. My friend was looking around for me and linked Anglian, these two pages: http://www.anglianhome.co.uk/replacement_windows_double_glazing.htm…
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Rough price to fix my gas heater in front room
Hi, any ideas of rough price to fix my gas heater in the front room. It was working last year but not used it for a while and cant hear the gas getting through. It was new about 4 years ago?
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B&Q installation tip.
B&Q grade their installers from 1 to 4. Grade 1’s the worst grade 4’s the best. Always ask you kitchen designer for a grade 4 installer. You may have to wait a while for him/her but it will be worth the wait. Your kitchen installation will run smoothly and apart from any product issues, will be finished on the first…
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Conservatory Quote
Anyone with any experience of buying a conservatory? Just been quoted £7800 for a gable fronted 4m x 3m conservatory. Decent quote?
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Starting the process of buying a new kitchen....
We have finally taken the plunge and decided to have a new kitchen. On Sunday we wisited a local kitchen company (independant) to get an idea of whats was available and what it would cost. Bear in mind that our kitchen is very small, comprising of just 6 base units (it's a galley so 3 either side) and 3 wall units (i.e.…