£3000 to fit laminate flooring, carpet and new skirting - is this reasonable?

[themummyway]

1930s house, 3 bed house in London. Large lounge.
Total area to be covered: around 95sqm

Job desc
New skirting throughout downstairs.
Carpet throughout upstairs.

Laminate flooring throughout downstairs.

labour and supply of skirting only
Supply of carpet and laminate, provided by me.

Is this a reasonable price?

Sounds about right maybe even on the cheaper side of things given its london

Wow, goes to show how little I know!
Thanks @R1R2

Whaaaat. That sounds insane.

No, I think that’s crazy for just fitting.

Insane. £30 a meter for fitting?

how long will it take him to do it

The price includes fitting the carpet and laminate and supply of the skirting throughout the house
The price does not include supply of the carpet and laminate
Skirting will have to be removed and wall prepped before new skirting is removed

New skirting is added*

Quote is for the whole house

I was referring to the lounge being large generally

I had my whole massive house done for £4000 with LVT which is fitted in the same way. I’m not in London though.

£3000ish for the LVT and insulation and £1000 for the fitting.

There was no skirting boards on at the time so that made it easier.

Expensive if it doesn't include the actual carpet or floor. SE London here and paid 3.5K for supply and fit of carpet to upstairs bedrooms, stairs, and living room and engineered floor to hallway and dining room.

@Lightsabre

Expensive if it doesn't include the actual carpet or floor. SE London here and paid 3.5K for supply and fit of carpet to upstairs bedrooms, stairs, and living room and engineered floor to hallway and dining room.

Thanks @Lightsabre Did you need new skirting too or could you use beading? x

Sorry just re-read - did you include the new skirting in the £3,000 cost?

@Lightsabre

I think that’s expensive considering it’s not including the carpet.

Have you looked into LVT/vinyl instead of laminate? You may not need to replace the skirting board if you use this so may save some money.

Laminate is really quick to fit. Two men, large living room plus hall took about 6 hours , incl removing skirting and putting it back. This was €1500 supply and fit in Dublin (expensive area generally) for good quality 18mm laminate. They have to take skirting off any put it back anyway - so can't see why supplying would add that much as it's not very expensive to buy.

Also why are you getting quote for carpet fitting when most places where you jut carpet fit it for free anyway?

I'd definitely shop around.

@Focalpoint

Laminate is really quick to fit. Two men, large living room plus hall took about 6 hours , incl removing skirting and putting it back. This was €1500 supply and fit in Dublin (expensive area generally) for good quality 18mm laminate. They have to take skirting off any put it back anyway - so can't see why supplying would add that much as it's not very expensive to buy.

Also why are you getting quote for carpet fitting when most places where you jut carpet fit it for free anyway?

I'd definitely shop around.

Thanks @Focalpoint

My skirting downstairs is in a state so I'd rather replace it entirely.

I wasn't aware the carpet fitting was done for free by carpet places... will look into that for sure!

I would expect that to include the carpet, fitting is not expensive

@WellIWasInTheNeighbourhoo

I would expect that to include the carpet, fitting is not expensive

Carpet fitting may not be expensive but the professional fitting of laminate plus the rip out supply & fit of skirting throughout the ground floor will be. Not to mention it sounds like a occupied premises which always leads to inevitable back and forwards with furniture.

Upstairs fitted with laminate

Took off old old 35 year old carpet

800 pounds including the flooring

That price is jnasane sorry

I live outside of a city btw

I paid half that for 45 sq m 2 years ago, including flooring and finishing strips. You can do better.

No prob, thanks all - thought it sounded insane!

Sought clarity three times and the price stayed the same so I'm scrapping it and will have CarpetRight pop round, measure up and fit the carpet.

Will see what the pricing is like for the laminate fitting by builder.

Property is unoccupied so there's no need to move around furniture or anything

£15 per metre plus materials. This included fitting new skirting boards

I wouldn't say this was reasonable. For context 65 square metres of Karndean, floors ground and screeded and fitting came to £3500. 70 square metres of carpet (including for stairs) with underlay, gripper rods and fitting was circa £1500.

Carpet Wright aren't great in my experience... is there a local carpet shop ... maybe slightly dearer that carpet right but often better standard ask on local Facebook?

What flooring is there ? Often 30's house have lovely parquet...