Cost to re-do back garden Patio?

[chris101]

2 years ago I had my house renovated and made the mistake of getting the same builders who done a good job within the house to carry out tasks they did not specialise in, like the back garden landscaping.

2 years on and we are having to do it up again with professional tradesmen that is costing us far more than we would have thought.

We have just been quoted to use the existing slate tiles, excavate the current patio, deep layer of Type 1 base material, compacted until solid, slates will then be relaid on a full mortar bed with all joints pointed with mortar. All spoil will be skipped this will require a new small skip with licence.

£2000 (3 days job with 3 on site)

Does this seem like a fair quote for the outer London area?

 

[r896neo]

For london it sounds about right. The benefit of slate is when badly laid it will probably come up quite easily. You should consider asking for it to be laid with a bonding/primer slurry to help adhesion but if these guys are good they may be planning on that already anyway.