House renovation (Staircase, bathroom, flooring)

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So recently I have received at quote from a builder about our planned modicfactions.
I have attached it below.
What do you guys think about theprice?
I am conccerend about the amount they are charging for disposal.

None of it massively surprises me OP and I would say it's good to have the quote properly broken down.
whether you feel it's worth it or affordable is up to you.
we would do all the stripping out ourselves and never paid for decorating as we are happy doing that ourselves and don't have the money to pay someone.

We've recently renovated what had been a derelict property, so alot more than you are having done. I assume you are getting further quotes too? Just some thoughts.

• you don't NEED to get the 1 company to do it all. You could get a carpenter to install the wooden flooring and do the staircase, a painter/decorator could also do many of the other bits. That 'might' be cheaper, but depends if you are paying for a project manager by going through 1 company alone?
• Disposal- it depends how large the skips, how large the stair case is and whether you can source skips locally yourself?
• We got an account with the local builders merchant, so in most cases, bought all suppliers ourselves and just paid day rates to the various trades. We had woodpecker, wooden flooring laid, and it was cheaper to buy it via the builders merchant, than from woodpecker direct! We found the same with velux windows, some of the plumbing supplies, guttering etc.

Yes, this is one from on e single builder and I am planning to get more quotes too.
I think we will be able to arrange a skip for sure in SW8.

We got an account with the local builders merchant, so in most cases, bought all suppliers ourselves and just paid day rates to the various trades. We had woodpecker, wooden flooring laid, and it was cheaper to buy it via the builders merchant, than from woodpecker direct! We found the same with velux windows, some of the plumbing supplies, guttering etc.

interesting & good to know!

How big is the house?

I think everything looks fair (ish) if it’s fixed quote? but the painting and decoration is very high in my opinion I work in about £175-£200 day rate and £4k is 20 odd days,

Who is supplying paint? Who’s buying the bathroom items taps, tiles, suite?

The disposal is about right as you have maybe 2/3 skips at £500 each, you may have a large floor space? So I would say that’s about right.

Building in profits and if you like and trust them I’d say it seems a fair quote.

I would hazard a guess they are contracting these out.

The house 106 sqm in total area.
And this quote does not include any material for bathrooms, just labour cost.
We are planning to buy the material ouseleves

Wow!! How much for decorating!!!
At that price I would be buying a spray gun and doing it myself if it's just all in white.
Your staircase sounds like it is going to be amazing though
I think I would be asking a few different grades to see what they come back with if you haven't already

We need a 6 yard skip for our kitchen refurbishment (average family home). The cheapest quote is £350 and that's usually arranging, so obviously they'll be a minor charge for arranging and paying up front.

Jesus mary and Joseph
That is a lot of cash...

I'd be stripping and painting myself its unskilled work. Frogtape and a youtube video or two and you could do it yourself.

I don't think it looks that bad, but it can depend on a lot.

Take £10K for flooring throughout. If it is 100 Sqm then the cheapest engineered flooring from UK flooring direct would be about £40 per sqm, leaving you with a £6K fitting bill. The more expensive professional stuff might be as much as £65 per sqm leaving you with a £3.5K fitting bill (this neglects underlay of course. If you are paying for materials 10K is a lot IMO.

£12,500 just for the labour for the bathroom?! That is daylight robbery.

We've just been quoted for a bathroom and en-suite, at quite a high price, and that was £10k and £9k including all supplies!

The decorating costs are extortionate, IMO. Painting is something you can do yourselves easily enough to keep costs to a minimum. Ditto removing laminate - that is easy as pie and you can take it to the tip yourself. I would not be paying somebody to do that at any cost! Removing from a bedroom took my husband and son 30 minutes.

I don't know if this is common, or just the builders merchants we went with. They didn't stock woodpecker flooring, or velux windows, but were able to source them cheaper than us going direct. We didn't realise till part way through the build, but its worth checking

Yeah thats what I was shocked to see.
London prices are absurd

We are in the London area and had a complete refurbishment of our bathroom just over a year ago. That included taking the entire bathroom back to bare bricks (old house, so that was a lot of work), new ceiling, lighting, new bathroom furnishings (good quality, not cheap stuff), complete tiling , all associated plumbing and electrical work and disposal of all the old stuff via a skip. The total cost was just a touch more than you are being quoted for the labour alone! And this was a local specialist bathroom fitters, not a general builder which yours seems to be. I'd definitely shop around.

We are london and we used one of the most expensive amtico floors (signature?) in parquet style (small styles are more expensive to lay) with floor relevelling and did a whole new kitchen and utility (£12.5k appliances £4k appliances), repainted 3 rooms, got a new vailiant boiler and rads for £65k 2 years ago so I didn't think I'd be easily shocked but yeah that quote is eye-watering.

I hope its the bathroom of your dreams for that price!!!

Are people missing the fact the quote is for 2 bathrooms?

I had mine done in 2018 and that cost £3k in labour back then. Trade prices have gone through the roof since then so 12k labour for 2 bathrooms doesn't seem bad to me

@Thisismyalterego can I ask who you used?

Would you mind giving the contact number of your builder?

Would you mind giving the contact of your builder ?

I'd be rolling my sleeves up and doing 75% of it myself at that price lol.

£2000 for skirting? They are having a laugh. Definitely shop around OP as you are paying way over the odds.

Bathroom looks very expensive, I hired tiler, electrician and plumber separately for downstairs bathroom and upstairs ensuite (shower over bath), labour was about 5.5 k for both. Usually it's 10-12k for a bathroom including materials, so I did it cheaper maybe by 40%. Project management has around 20% premium

I've been quoted 30k, for the following 3 bed house, knock wall down create 2 rooms into 1, remove existing kitchen, install new one, remove existing bathroom, install new one, wallpaper & paint each room, inc hall (6), panelling, move some electrics., stud & insulate walls, fit fixtures and fittings, sockets, light switches, curtain rails etc....

In London?

Our family have had 4 bathrooms in the past year so I can help.on price...

Cheapest was a small 800 x 700 shower, vanity unit with toilet, tiling, flooring, plastering, electrics and painting. However this room was fully stripped out and all disposal done. £6,600 exc VAT

Most expensive was a brand new ensuite so the room needed building too. Shower 1400 x 800, plasterer, electrics and lighted mirror, macerator toilet, pedestal basin, towel radiator, area for towel storage, tiling, door, painting and LVT flooring. £14,000 exc VAT.

Another cost £9k and another £8k. Exc VAT

These all included materials, labour and VAT.