Cost of new lawn

[joeandrews]

I was going to lay our new lawn myself but got a quote from a couple of local landscapers that doesn't seem too bad - £1800 all in, no vat.

The area is 100 sqm, they are going to 'scrape' the extg lawn and skip it, bring in new top soil (3 inch deep), and lay good turf.

They reckon the pair of them will be all done in 2 days.

If someone can tell me this is an alright price - I'll just go for it.

Thanks.

 

[Thermo]

christ im moving up where you live then if theyre charging those prices! they should be lightly rotovating whats left after the turf is removed to avoid any compaction on the old soil and future drainage issues

 

[pompeyal]

About £250 for Turf, £50 for soil, the 2 mens labour for 2 days @ £375 per day each = £1800, do you earn that.....????????

 

[joeandrews]

But they'll need a couple of skips I would think, I didn't realise 3" of top soil over 100 sqm would be just £50.

 

[Thermo]

no it wont. thats 7.5m3 to buy and move, more like 40-50 a m3 for decent stuff. all in all its not a bad price and two days is about right

 

[joeandrews]

Thanks for your replys gents, I'm a bit confused by the answers - is it a good price or not?

Thanks.

 

[Thermo]

its a bit higher than what i would charge, but its not too bad as long as its a top notch job with a decent grade of turf

 

[joeandrews]

Thanks for your help Thermo. I'll let them get on with it - cheers.