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To ask if this quote for plastering sounds reasonable?

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CandleWithHair · 01/10/2018 21:09

Friend of the family doing the work, for ‘mates rates’. I’m having a bedroom replastered inc ceiling (c. 4m x 4m), entire upstairs landing inc ceiling and wall alongside staircase (double height), and downstairs hall ceiling (approx 8m long).
He’s also going to strip the walls of current wallpaper before he does the plastering, and paint all the walls/ceilings afterwards.

He’s quoted me £1800 and has estimated it’ll take him c. 2 weeks. I have zero clue about this stuff and the internet is far from clear on the answer!

I suppose I’m only asking as for some reason I thought it’d be less expensive than that, but then it IS a lot of work!

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BMW6 · 01/10/2018 22:29

Sounds like a really good price to me.

noego · 01/10/2018 22:37

Mates rates around here are £100 a day plus materials. HTH's

RamblinRosie · 01/10/2018 23:58

For quality work, I’d grab his arm off. Then I’d get in the best biscuits and drinks.

I once had a workman, snagging, do a load of “trivial” extras ‘cos I gave him good coffee and home made cake.

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