So really I have two reason for posting this - firstly to find out if I'm being mugged by the guy who has already quoted for our bathroom refit. If we are being mugged, then I guess I want to know if anyone else has any recommendations of bathroom specialists in the SE London area?
My DP and I are buying our first house in South East London and the house we're buying is in reasonably good condition, but requires a total bathroom refit - the current bathroom suite and tiles need ripping out. We then wanted the fitting of a new bathroom suite in exactly the same place as the old, and we wanted an L shaped bath/shower, toilet, sink and vanity unit. Our bathroom is about 8 foot by 8 foot (ish).
My friend had her bathroom refitted two and a half years ago and the guy did a really good job. She showed me her full itemised quote and it was pretty similar to our requirements - it came in at £4,000 for everything including the ripping out of her old suite, and the supply and fitting of the new suite. She had to supply tiles, but he tiled the bathroom for her and she was even able to get a discount through him on her tiles.
PErfect, we thought. so we contacted him. We obviously had my friend's quote in our head, but did also expect to pay more because our bathroom is slightly bigger and we wanted a couple more bespoke things. We are willing to pay around £5,500 and we will supply tiles at an additional cost that will be separate.
Anyway, he has now quoted and had quoted £5,000 for the labour alone, and then £2,200 for the fittings. When I challenged him on why the labour alone was £900 more than my friend had paid for everything he gave me some line about costs having gone up by 15% since she had her bathroom done. When I said I'd have to get alternative quotes he said if I was to pay cash in hand he could knock £1,000 off the labour.
Does anyone think this is reasonable? Or am I being mugged off here?
Does anyone else have good recommendations of bathroom specialists in South East London? Or is there any way I can make this cheaper and make this come in at around £5,500? Or is my budget too small?
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Bathroom refit hell in South East London
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noidles · 08/07/2014 13:03
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