Moving an internal door

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Had a builder round to quote for moving an internal door. I will be providing the new door.
The quote is £1400 + vat.

Seems very steep to me? He doesn't want the job, does he?

hahaha!

I expect he is going to sub it out to a chippy and keep almost all of it!

If you can find carpenter or joiner, he would be hard put to spin it out into half a day's work. Depending where you live he might charge you for a day if unable to earn anything the rest of the day.

Round about 10% of the builders quote would be the right figure.

Do you mean closing up the original opening and making a new one? We had a wall removed (original external wall) and two steels put in for less than that OP so definitely steep.

Is it load bearing? Still seems like a lot.

Yes, a new door opening being made and the old one filled in. Not load a bearing wall.

I don't think its expensive if its a load bearing wall (very cheap in fact!) but it is if it's not load bearing.

Is it a solid wall ? We've had a door or two moved (all solid walls here) and it involved skips, blocks, plasterboard, skimming etc so more work that you might think.

If it's a stud, non load bearing wall, it does seem a bit pricey. What's the builder's day rate and is it just him or will he get someone else in to skim over ?

sorry I misunderstood the job.