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I’m at work but I’ll put a picture on tomorrow

Well I’ve managed to arrange for another quote.... so it will be interesting to see what price he gives me!

Haha! Well thanks, that’s the clearest advice I’ve had! I’ll definitely take it!

No! But I don’t want to say, just worried if the plumber I had round saw the post and put two and two together, and I’d feel awful then, he seemed a nice bloke. Although to be fair I’ve probably left plenty of identifiable info!

Yeah I didn’t start this to cast aspersions on tradesmen! I was genuinely a little surprised with the quote being more or less for labour only and wanted opinions. I didn’t account for the difference in prices in different parts of the country when I posted though.

I’m in the north of England. What most people would class as a deprived city!

Think You have completely misinterpreted that, I meant that I am ALSO a qualified professional, like tradesmen are qualified professionals, but I don’t earn anywhere near that amount of money. Meaning we are on a level with skills (in our own areas) except they get paid a lot more. And as I’ve...

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I don’t think the work will be quick easy and straightforward, had my kitchen completely renovated and definitely saw how complicated “simple” jobs could be! But I never paid anything like that in wages (or fees, whatever the preferred term is) to anyone. As an example, I paid 2 (self employed)...

yeah that seems fair, the debate was if 3 grand per week was excessive

Yes I agree, if that is what he charges then that is what he charges, regardless of if it is steep. I just wanted an idea of if this was reasonable, I’m concluding that it is on the high side but not a complete rip off. But I think I can get it done for less. After a lot of enquiries I am now...

He’s not using a plasterer, he does all that himself, just needed help with the electrics. So if it’s a weeks work then I just feel that £3000+ is quite a lot in wages to be honest. I know there are potentially reasons that I’m not aware of why such high wages are asked for, perhaps overheads...

I only wish I had the skills to do some DIY! Yes he mentioned that for the electrics he knew someone, but all the rest he would do himself. My friends husband offered to do the electrics for free but he didn’t seem too keen on me getting anyone else in for jobs. Didn’t want it to delay him...

Yes I’m not going to use him, I can’t actually afford to! And thanks for the tip on the flooring, he kept saying that tiled floors can be a problem, so I will take a look at the vinyl laminate!

Yeah, that is what I am with struggling here, he’s basically asking for £3000+ in wages, it seems steep! I don’t want to come across as though I want something for nothing but I also don’t want to get ripped off either.

yeah just keeping my crappy bathroom seems more appealing by the minute lol

Ah right, so either way can be risky.