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Door £8,000 quote?!?!?!

40 replies

BookishKitten · 10/04/2019 08:06

Has anyone had a front door fitted recently?
May I ask how much it cost you and could you recommend a company?
We’ve been quoted £8,000 for a composite standard door with side panel, with frosted glass on the top half. I know composite doors are more expensive, but this seems excessive.
Could you share your experiences, even if it’s UPVC door?
Thank you!!

OP posts:
Spicylolly · 10/04/2019 08:13

Our normal sized composite door in our old house was £800 fitted. We're looking at something similar to what you've described for our new house, the window guy said it would be around £1,700. So 8 grand is just crazy!

Swishswish26 · 10/04/2019 08:16

They are between £1000-£1500. Your quote is ludicrous, the firm/salesman is trying to rip you off spectacularly!

whatsthecomingoverthehill · 10/04/2019 08:16

Yet it should be under 2k.

Who is the quote by? If it is safestyle or someone of that ilk then their starting quotations are always ridiculous. I refuse to mess around with them and use local independent businesses that don't have the greasy salesmen.

Purpleknickers · 10/04/2019 08:17

wow! mine with side panel and fitted was £1300

MaisyMary77 · 10/04/2019 08:22

That’s crazy! Our composite door, two side windows and a pvc back door came to £2200. Have you tried a local company? When I was doing the windows on the back of my house (7 large windows) safe style quoted £17k, a local company did them for £3k. The difference in quotes was astounding. Although I did get lots of follow on calls from safestyle knocking more and more off the price.... In the end they offered the bargain price of £3.5k but I’d already signed up with the other company.

stucknoue · 10/04/2019 08:22

I paid £1500 including side panels and concreting

Wavingwhiledrowning · 10/04/2019 08:25

Our front door recently cost just over £2k. It's coloured composite with a fairly ornate glass insert, and it's a really big door. We also had a basic back door (top half glazed) and that was around £450. We use a local double glazing company. National firms tend to quote way more.

MummytoTw0 · 10/04/2019 08:30

Composite door with separate window at the top

£1300

BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 10/04/2019 08:33

Composite door with all fittings but no side panel
£1300.

BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 10/04/2019 08:34

Is your quote for a door with solid gold hinges?

Yogagirl123 · 10/04/2019 08:35

May guess the quote was from Anglian? I had them quote on roofline items that needed replacing, quoted £18k, got a local recommended firm in £3200!

BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 10/04/2019 08:36

If the OP is willing to reveal her vague location, maybe one of us could recommend a supplier for less than £1500

JuniorAsparagus · 10/04/2019 08:39

Was it a big national company? We were quoted £6,000 for a composite door with no side panel by Anglian Windows. Local firms are much cheaper.
We didn't get the door done and ended up moving anyway.

thecapitalsunited · 10/04/2019 08:39

I’m just about to have my front door done. Composite at the front, upvc at the back and a small window replaced for £2.5k. Your quote is insane. If it is with one of the big brands then I would look at a local independent. We found ours via the local fb group which has proved invaluable for finding trades.

Dvg · 10/04/2019 08:44

yeah door replacement should cost between 1200- 2.2k max

NicoAndTheNiners · 10/04/2019 08:47

I had a lovely composite door fitted a few months ago. £1400 with a frosted glass panel in the door and also a glass pane above the door. Would have been £1200 without that extra pane. It's a Solidor one.

BreakfastAtSquiffanys · 10/04/2019 08:48

I had quotes from big national companies for new windows years ago.
Once they started the "discounting" to reduce the price to still over the going rate, I refused to go any further. I don't want to deal with a company who freely admits that their opening price is blatantly ripping me off.

Pinotjo · 10/04/2019 08:52

I had new windows x 7 and patio doors for under £5k, local business, safestyle quoted £13k, shop around, or buy from b&q and get tradesman to fit

Hiddenaspie1973 · 10/04/2019 08:54

Should be 900 for door only
Side panels etc and door 1500 to 2000
I used to work in double glazing

Constantsarechanging · 10/04/2019 09:03

Had four quotes last year for a composite with side panel all ranging between £2200 -£4500 we went for a local firm and paid £2400, £8k seems crazy!

Cafeculture · 10/04/2019 09:09

I got the highest quality composite door fitted, larger than standard size with frosted glass on top half too and it was £2500. I thought that was a lot, though I must say it's been worth every penny.

HardAsSnails · 10/04/2019 09:09

Our RockDoor was under £2k.

cloudymelonade · 10/04/2019 09:10

That's ludicrous, just had ours done for £1800 and a composite stable door for £2300

KaterinaPetrova · 10/04/2019 09:10

Bloody hell. We had wood style UPVC half glass, arched framed set of double doors put in for £1700!

Try elsewhere.

TowandaForever · 10/04/2019 09:14

Why is a composite door better than upvc?