Have I been swindled? (Carpet fitting)

[pikachooooo]

I've never purchased a carpet before please bear in mind.
I need a carpet to be fitted within the next week in a 2.4m x 2.7m room. I visited a couple shops to get quotes but they didn't have "end of roll" options which is what we need otherwise there'll be too much excess.
I went to an independent shop who quoted me £220 which includes the underlay, carpet plus fitting. Is this a fair price? I don't have anything to compare it to!

@pikachooooo - If I am honest if that includes the carpet and underlay and labour for fitting I don't think £220 is out of line. Obviously you want to know this is the final price and you won't have to pay for offcuts ( or will they just leave them for you for mats - we've had this before )

But no - my opinion ( only ) you are not being swindled.

I'd say that's cheap!

Sounds cheap to me.

Independent carpet shops always work out more reasonably. The big chains charge too much for fitting and underlay. If you like the carpet you’ve chosen then go for it. We have used our local independent carpet shop for all of our carpets - they’ve been in business for years.

Very cheap

That’s really cheap.

Thank you ever so much everyone, I'm confident with my decision to go ahead 😃
Really appreciate the replies x

I'll keep this in mind and ask them on Monday, they're due to fit it on Tuesday, thank you for that point x

It's a small family run business so weirdly I trust them more than the big stores, I'm happy to support a local business. Even more reason to go ahead I guess x

That's ridiculously cheap!!

That's a decent price, we always use the same independent guy for our flooring and he's much cheaper than the big chains.

the independent carpet place weve got our carpets from charges a standard fee of £140 for fitting so youve got a bargain

RIP his arm off

Of course you aren’t being swindled they are giving and fitting a product how much did you think it would be

Do you know what the price per sqm of the carpet you’re having is? Or what it works out as, if you’re having an end of roll. And what sort of underlay? It’s good to get the medium one rather than the very cheapest.

As a rule of thumb, they say fitting and underlay adds about the same again to the price of the carpet itself (if it’s a moderately cheap one, not a mega expensive one).

It does seem incredibly cheap but you have not said the quality of the carpet. How much is the carpet per sq metre? As this makes a big difference to the price.

I would like to add, when looking at ‘end of rolls’ size and price, take a calculator,
ask the price of the carpet normally, as though you would need more and work out the charge for the roll.
Many carpet companies rely on ‘an assumption of bargain price’ when actually,
they will cut up pieces of a poorly selling carpet, roll it up, stick on a hand written label, or SALE, whenit is actually the same price you would pay for buying it off
the roll.

Caveat emptor !

OP this seems reasonable if not cheap

Fitted before Christmas as well, bargain!

Really cheap. Our carpet fitting cost as much as the carpet itself, and I was under the impression that this was normal.

Surely without knowing the quality of the carpet and how it's priced compared to other shops it's impossible to say?

It also depends on the quality of the carpet, the quality of the underlay and if they are supplying all the bits to fit the carpet i.e. adhesive / gripper / door bar/s etc.

But

I think you have a good price, a bargain !