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To feel a bit sick at this quote?

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EmoIsntDead · 10/03/2025 18:33

We need or fascia’s and soffits replace round the roofline. Bits have rotted and birds are getting in under the wood. Got our first quote tonight - nearly £15k!! I feel a bit sick at the thought. My question is, is this a reasonable quote? I have nothing to compare it to (yet). Am I being unreasonable to think this is a bit much?

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MyrtleLion · 10/03/2025 22:09

EmoIsntDead · 10/03/2025 19:27

Funnily enough it’s Anglican that gave us our quote today 🙈

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Anglian are not selling windows, they are selling expensive finance agreements to pay for windows. Don't touch them.

jellyfishperiwinkle · 10/03/2025 22:06

Report them to trading standards. They sound like the types who go round scamming older people.

Lillipops · 10/03/2025 22:04

@EmoIsntDead try Heritage Roofing, they do gutters & facias etc and a very reasonable. Price includes skip & scaffolding. They did our roof 5 years ago and they've since done most of our street, they were great to deal with and did a fab job for a good price, would highly recommend

To feel a bit sick at this quote?
LivelyHare · 10/03/2025 21:58

Had this done last month on a four bed detached in Surrey and it came to £5,800 including scaffolding.

WomanInTheBoat · 10/03/2025 21:54

Following with interest as i need this doing. I’ve had one quote for 8k which was a higher than expected so going to get some more. 4 bed detached in North East.

albalass · 10/03/2025 21:33

Can I ask who people have used to do this type of work - is it roofers or builders that do soffits and fascias (need mine done too). Are the old wooden ones removed and replaced with UPVC?

Etten1 · 10/03/2025 21:25

Ask for recommendations from local builders merchants. They can sometimes be quite helpful.

mumda · 10/03/2025 21:25

EmoIsntDead · 10/03/2025 19:41

The initial quote was closer to £20k, a few phone calls and it came down.

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Go for local companies not franchise or national big companies.
Personal recommendation for quotes is good.

haufbiskiy · 10/03/2025 21:18

Bunniemalone · 10/03/2025 21:07

Get some more quotes from checkatrade, as they guarantee work. I had quotes recently to have outside of a detached bungalow painted. I had 4 quotes starting at £850... Highest one £12500🤣. Was same with a patio a few years back, starting at £3500, went up to £18000. You get a lot a chancers.

God don’t do that. Checkatrade is full of scammers and chancers. Avoid like the plague

TonTonMacoute · 10/03/2025 21:08

EmoIsntDead · 10/03/2025 20:25

That would be great, thanks 😊

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A good tip is to ask local builder's merchants for a recommendation, they know who is good or not.

The downside is that the best people usually can't get to you for several months!

Bunniemalone · 10/03/2025 21:07

Get some more quotes from checkatrade, as they guarantee work. I had quotes recently to have outside of a detached bungalow painted. I had 4 quotes starting at £850... Highest one £12500🤣. Was same with a patio a few years back, starting at £3500, went up to £18000. You get a lot a chancers.

Ebeneser · 10/03/2025 21:07

EmoIsntDead · 10/03/2025 18:33

We need or fascia’s and soffits replace round the roofline. Bits have rotted and birds are getting in under the wood. Got our first quote tonight - nearly £15k!! I feel a bit sick at the thought. My question is, is this a reasonable quote? I have nothing to compare it to (yet). Am I being unreasonable to think this is a bit much?

Get a few quotes. Sometimes when builders have too much work on and don't really want the job they will give you a silly quote. One roofer quoted us just over 10K to replace our roof. Other quotes were far more realistic and similarly matched at around £4700 - £5000ish

madroid · 10/03/2025 21:05

Have a look at Guttercrest and look at the roofline products

If you contact them you could ask them for a recommended installer in your area
https://www.guttercrest.co.uk/

Make sure you get a contract in writing from the installer and ask about guarantees (only worth having if insurance backed).

If you go with a roofer, make sure they are NFRC members: https://www.nfrc.co.uk

Aluminium Guttering | Gutters | Non-Combustible | Coping | Downpipes

Aluminium Guttering & Downpipes, Fascia, Soffit, Hoppers, Coping & Capping, Manufactured in the UK, Protects your home from rainwater and improves drainage.

https://www.guttercrest.co.uk

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EmoIsntDead · 10/03/2025 21:04

Thank you all so much for your advice tonight, I’m feeling much more hopeful that we’re not going to be bankrupted in the near future! DH has been trying to cancel but the salesman is trying to get him to sign a contract ‘to hold the special price’. He’s having absolutely none of it. Got lots of local recommendations to investigate.

You’re a good bunch, you lot ❤️

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EmoIsntDead · 10/03/2025 20:58

MsCactus · 10/03/2025 20:49

We had our soffit replaced when we lived in a smaller house - it cost £150. Are you sure your quote is £15k?!

Quite sure, thanks 🙄

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Doitrightnow · 10/03/2025 20:58

Doitrightnow · 10/03/2025 20:49

We had a first quote like that from Anglian Windows. Gave us a heart attack.

All other quotes were closer to £3k and all the others said we didn't even need new sofits.

PS I agree with pp that Anglian are scammers. I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole now, their prices were immoral imo. They also gave me the hard sell, the "limited time offer", the "ring the manager" etc etc.

Oh, they also told me scaffolding was essential and a legal requirement and really tried to scare me about it. I asked all the other people who quoted about scaffolding, as of course I would be happy to pay in that case, but all of them said it wasn't required for my particular job.

DoAWheelie · 10/03/2025 20:58

My dad was a builder. If he saw a job he really didn't want to do he'd overquote for it. Either they'd turn it down, which he wanted, or they'd pay, and the extra money made it worth doing jobs he hated.

You should always at at least three quotes for jobs anyway.

Cosyblankets · 10/03/2025 20:52

I'm in the north West.
4 bed detached
Gutters soffits and fascias with scaffolding all round i think we paid about 7k

MsCactus · 10/03/2025 20:49

We had our soffit replaced when we lived in a smaller house - it cost £150. Are you sure your quote is £15k?!

Doitrightnow · 10/03/2025 20:49

We had a first quote like that from Anglian Windows. Gave us a heart attack.

All other quotes were closer to £3k and all the others said we didn't even need new sofits.

Pinkstuffs · 10/03/2025 20:48

That’s insane, we had ours done last year for £4k, it included new guttering as well. 4 bed detached house and a porch, which they also clad. And this was oak effect plastic which is more expensive than white. Im in Yorkshire.

BobbyBiscuits · 10/03/2025 20:46

Don't panic. Just move on to another few firms. You'll often get one or two that seem strikingly rip off tastic. I'm sure you'll get it for a better price.

Lougle · 10/03/2025 20:45

EmoIsntDead · 10/03/2025 18:33

We need or fascia’s and soffits replace round the roofline. Bits have rotted and birds are getting in under the wood. Got our first quote tonight - nearly £15k!! I feel a bit sick at the thought. My question is, is this a reasonable quote? I have nothing to compare it to (yet). Am I being unreasonable to think this is a bit much?

My parents had their 4 bed house done with new windows as well for £12k.

Gonners · 10/03/2025 20:39

Anglian probably do want the job, but they are notoriously insane. Round here they used to send people knocking on doors to tell you that your windows urgently needed replacing. One told me that ours were not compliant with current energy standards - they had been replaced by a very excellent local firm the week before and were bang up to date. When I mentioned this, he accused me of lying. I wondered whether he thought that would make me want to buy from him.

Crispyturtle · 10/03/2025 20:38

When ours needed doing we got a quote from one of the big window companies (might have been Everest) and the salesman made a big deal out of it being half price before producing a quote for fifteen grand. I told him a flat no.

We got it done by a local building / property maintence company for about three grand (this was five years ago)