AIBU to think this tradesman was taking the piss

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Just had a kitchen fitter round to give a quote for our new DIY kitchen (fully built units). He asked for drawings from the kitchen company when he arrived and turned his nose up when I said I only had my own (which are well thought out and fully to scale). He said he worked out his price at £50 per unit and it didn't matter that they were fully built as he would need to remove the doors anyway. He quoted £1000 to essentially put in pelmets, plinths and back panels, as the work tops are be installed by the stone mason, no mention of removing the old stuff. AIBU to think he was taking the piss with this pricing methodology?

He is entitled to charge whatever he deems the job to be worth. On the flip side you are entitled to dismiss his quote and seek an alternative fitter.

Its not the price thats at issue, a grand isn't too bad to fully fit a kithchen, depending on whats included...

Sounds like he just didn't want your business.... always get three quotes and ensure they are itemised with everything you need including removal of waste etc

This is the trouble these days, trades only want the 'big' jobs. Its more to him to do the whole kitchen, rather than just a bit of fitting.

Its like you can't get a plumber to fix a leaking tap, they just want boiler installation jobs at £££.

Get some more quotes.

I think he did want the job, he was telling me how cheap he was and that his accountant told him to put his prices up (didn't tell him I was an accountant and actually the accountant probably couldn't care less as long as they're getting their fee). My husband is a plumber, but loves the little jobs, if anyone ever wants their taps fixed!!! Another joiner is putting together a quote for us (he's worked with DH before) so hopefully that will be more reasonable, he was definitely looking at the job as a whole rather than individual units!

£50 a unit seems a simple straight forward way of costing a job

I could see that if it were flatpack furniture, but it's fully built. He said he'd need to take all of the doors off anyway so it would be the same price as flatpack!

Price seems very reasonable to be honest. you could probable haggle a price with someone else for £500 but it depends if you want the risk of a bodge job - and if anyone is willing to do it for such a tiny amount, it would be good to question why that is.