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Bathroom Refurb Quote
Hi Got a quote for a bathroom refurb I have a bathroom (2m x 1.7m) and separate WC (1.2mx0.8m) I am buying materials and labour through a local high street retailer (not a chain). The materials cost was very attractive (received 25% off). Labour was £5800 (3 weeks work) which includes the whole job - Gutting existing…
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Bathroom and Heating Quote
Hi I just wanted to get an opinion on whether the following estimate is fair: Bathroom (size is approx 6ft x 6ft) · Shut down hot and cold water services feeding the existing bathroom · Strip out the following obsolete bathroom equipment: o Bath o Basin o Toilet o All pipe work and cupboards not required for new…
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New boiler - SW London
Hello everyone. Had lots of useful advice so far from the users of this site so I was hoping for a bit more. We're in the process of modernising our bathroom (mouldy peach coloured fittings have never been our style...) but need to get the boiler sorted first. Essentially our current system is a regular boiler (Suprima)…
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Littlewoods Flexi Double APR
I recieved a letter today from littlewoods I have had a flexi account with them for many years basically from 28th June if I fall into any arrears they want to double my apr from 19% to nearly 40 %. I am not so bothered about that as I useally have no arrears but what as made me see red is if my credit falls basically…
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Decking Quote
Hi All, Am hoping one of you is ale to let me know what you think of the following quote. We are having some decking laid to the rear of our house, we were originally quoted by a local firm who work in conjunction with the garden centre and their quote came in at £4,600.00!! The husband of a friend of mine is a structural…
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Another bathroom quote
We are looking to have our bathroom gutted and redone. It's about 2m x 1.7m and contains bath/shower over bath, pedestal basin and toilet. All walls are tiled. It also has a standard radiator on the central heating circuit. The shower is a white power shower on the wall. A summary of the work we need doing is: Remove all…
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Decking
Hi there - I have been quoted £750 for decking of a 3m*3m area - just the flooring and one step... does this sound about right??? Thanks all.. :beer:
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Painting/Decorating quote
My mum just got a quote to do her hallway - now as far as I am concerned it is not very big as it is ex local authority. There is a small hall portion downstairs, the stairs themselves and a small top landing which is mostly doors to be honest. Sorry I don't know the measurements. She has been quoted to strip existing…
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Dog boarding fees paid in advance
Having paid £260.00 for dog kennel fees whilst my wife and I were to be on holiday I unfortunately sustained a broken ankle and therefore the holiday had to be cancelled. the fees were paid some three weeks in advance and as yet we still have not received either a reciept or the terms and conditions of boarding We…
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Room plastered
I used a local company (North East England) to plaster my room 12*8 approximately. They were clean and did a really good job (it looks it, this is my first home so I am no expert). I paid £330 for all four walls and the artex cieling. Was this a fair price? I need another room done almost equal in size but had a flyer…
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Kitchen Quote
I've been quoted 2k by a local builder to take out the old kitchen and put in a new one, including subbing the gas works, all the plumbing, electrics and tiling. Kitchen isn't very big, but Home base still wanted 3k to do it. He seemed to know what he was on about. Also, is it worth drawing a contract up with him, or do I…
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replacing pressure reducing valve
I've been quoted between £260 - £400 - 100 for the work and 160-300 for the part. The part in question is shown in the following picture: http://img398.imageshack.us/my.php?image=img2081rx4.jpg Is this fair? Thanks
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Bathroom Installation - Expensive?
I have been quoted £3900 for the following: 1. Knock through dividing (plasterboard) wall between bathroom and toilet to make a room approximately 1700x2600. Plaster board up one door to leave single door to room. This wall is just plasterboard that was put up (I don't know why) when an extension was put on the back of the…
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garage conversion
hi, we have had planning granted to convert our attached garage into habitable accomodation, i have 3 specific jobs i need quotes for - 1) brick up existing up + over garage door and add a 5 foot window then create an interior block wall and insulation to create a cavity wall. 2) at the rear of the garage - brick up…
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Kitchen Tiling
I've nearly finished fitting my kitchen (doing it myself) but I draw the line at tiling (want it to look professional). I'm going to start looking around for tilers but I thought I'd find out how much it will be first (approximately). I'll be suppling the tiles so it is only the fitting needed. The room is 2.7m long by…
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conservatory quote-advice on cost-negotiations?
I have had a quote from a local company for the following- 3m by 4 m conservatory-Victorian design. This work includes Knocking through existing window-no doors through -just opening 4 electric points 1 fan light (Viper) Double opening French doors Pikington k glass Moving manhole Foundations Moving water pipes and waste…
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inserting an rsj
hi all, whats a fair price to insert an rsj into a wall. i have had the calcs done by a engineer, the rsj will be 6 foot long and we will need 1 fitting into the external wall and one into the internal wall. we are in derbyshire
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Plastering Quote
Hi Having a nightmare getting a plasterer (Cheshire) to board and skim our conservatory wall (i.e. ex exterior wall of the house) Its a pretty standard size/shape, going round the patio doors from the dining room and into the conservatory, boarding over the old back kitchen door which has been bricked up, and then upwards…
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Moving the bathroom to create 2nd bedroom how much £?
Hello All, This is my first post so please be patient. I want to convert my 1 bed London flat into a 2 bed to increase the value either for resale or renting out. This means converting the existing bathroom and utility area at the back of the (split level - 7 stairs) flat into a new double bed of approx 10ft sq and moving…
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Quote for installing power shower
Dear all, I've been quoted around £500 for installation of a power (ie, pumped) shower to go over the bath at the tap end. As the tanks are on the same level there's insufficient pressure for any other kind of shower (unless someone can tell me of another way of doing it!). Is this a reasonable quote for the electrical…