To feel a bit sick at this quote?

That sounds steep to me - we had ours done about 5 years ago. Four-bed detached house in South Wales. Can’t remember the exact cost but it was under £3k for sure. Including scaffolding, fascias, soffits and gutters.

I had all new guttering soffits , drain pipes etc, including brushes in the gutters to stop the leaves and birds. My house is a large 5 bed home with a detached double garage, we had the garage done to. Total cost £6200, took two days. 15k does sound rather excessive...

We had quotes I think around 3k 4 bed house, this still felt too much so we just got a builder freind to put treated timber on top of the old, probably cost a few hundred all in nd looks like new. Don't waste 15 k on soffits I'm sure there are far better ways to spend the money!

People have probably already come on to say about Anglican, they are awful. We had our first quote with them and had a similar heart attack at the price! Absolutely outrageous what they quote/ charge, nearly 3x as much as others. I think this company is actually quite shady and unscrupulous in how they operate and definitely use pressure selling and upselling techniques. They will literally keep hounding you. You will have to be very firm with refusing further contact from them and threat to report them if they don’t leave you alone.

I was quoted 4.5k plus scaffolding but managed to get a guy to do it for 2.8k and he didn't need scaffolding.

Actually he did 'need' scaffolding, he just was willing to risk his safety by doing the work from a ladder to make it cheaper and more likely that you would choose him.

I wouldn’t touch Anglian with a bargepole. They will harrass you for life if you're not careful (took me years to get them off my back). Definitely look elsewhere.

Keep in mind builders have a habit, if they are busy, instead of being honest and saying they can't fit you in, will throw out a ridiculous quote, nothing to lose as they are busy anyway. But if you say yes they will drop
whatever the are doing to fit you in.
Basically they are like those acts you used to see on the telly, running round , spinning plates on canes. 😯

London here. I was quoted 4.5k plus scaffolding but managed to get a guy to do it for 2.8k and he didn't need scaffolding. 3 bed semi. Done last month. There's two ways of doing it, either capping on top of the existing boards ( with the rotten bits removed) or replacing completely, which is more expensive. Loads of roofers do this kind of work so you'll get cheaper quotes elsewhere.

I'm in the process of building an entire house.

I bought the trusses and had them delivered and got a contractor to construct the entire roof for 5k cash.

I got the tiles put on for another 5k cash.

It's a seven bed huge house.

If a contractor doesn't really want the work, they will go in very high so it's worth it to them if they win it.

Faceache!?! 😂😂

Is that a Freudian slip? 😇

@EmoIsntDead I've had a slight roof leak in two places for two years, no dripping just small damp patches. I've had various roofers round to quote, - it was never urgent, so I bided my time.

I had four come round, all of them agreed it was due to disrepair of flashing around the chimney stack and also along one side of the roof slope (terraced house). All of them said it'd have to be full scaffold front and back.

Two of the four didn't get as far as a quote. One said he was too busy and another forgot to quote and said he'd have to return for another look. The two who did quote, it was in the region of £5,000.

And I thought WTF, it's just a bit of flashing and patching up with concrete.

So I waited.

Then, this year, I was recommended a roofer, by someone who said he'd gone to school with the roofer, and was shocked at the £5K quotes.

This roofer quoted £950 (no VAT), didn't need full scaffold, just a scaffold platform on top of a flat roof at the back. Scaffold cost £400, roofer labour £550.

He did the work in a day and a half.

Anyway, just to say, quotes can often be wildly unreasonable.

(A neighbour a few doors down [elderly female] stupidly paid £7K for repair of a small roof leak, the job took two days, she paid, and the roof still leaks).

Exactly This!!
Please please PLEASE don't get Checkatrade, they should be wearing masks! (Dick Turpin for the young'ns!) 😬
Can you let us know how you get on? 🤞

Or no one else wants to do it so here's our best price

Or if you live in East Renfrewshire it could be the "posh" area tax!

That's definitely a "we don't want to do this job" quote.

What's the break.down

We’re in central Scotland in a four bed detached house. We’ve just had our soffits and guttering replaced. First quote was £15K. After getting a few quotes we ended up paying £9K

I don't trust checkatrade for reviews of tradespeople they are fab for their articles on reasonable prices for jobs:
www.checkatrade.com/blog/cost-guides/fascia-soffit-guttering-replacement-cost/

Yes - Anglian are noted for this, along with Zenith who will not leave your house for hours on end until you sign up. Total PIA.

We are east coast Scotland, 4 bed detached house and had ours done 2 years ago. 4.5k using scaffolding. That quote is ridiculous

Anglian are notorious for this shit. I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole for any work whatsoever!

Which is still a crazy price

And they always come back for more money for something else. Just tell your paying them for what they quoted.

How old is the roof. That’s what makes the difference. Old roofs need total replacement of those but you’ll feel better for at least the next 30 years, hopefully

That’s either the “don’t want the job” price or maybe a mistake and should have been £1,500 rather than £15,000? 🤔