this seems expensive? is it?

[Gasman77]

Hi Guys

Have been quoted £3000 + Vat to plaster my new bedroom and onsuite.Just to plaster, plasterboard is another £1600 +.

Rough size is 8m x 2.6m and its vaulted so 3.5 - 4m high. this also includes the ensuite most of which will be tiled so not much plastering in there.

Hope the details sre not too vague, what do you think?

TIA

 

[dextrous]

On the offchance that this is a serious question, £3k is somewhat steep.

 

[Gasman77]

Yea its a real question! its on the builder quote

 

[Richard C]

When you say new bedroom, is it in a loft conversion? It's biggish & awkward with high vaulting but the price seems very high indeed. You could dry line a small housing estate with £1600 worth of plasterboard, are you sure the price doesn’t include specialist boards & insulation?

Is the builder doing anything else? How many quotes did you get? 3 should be the minimum to get a good comparison!

 

[Gasman77]

Hi Richard,

Its a extension a bedroom and ensuite on top of a garage and no, its just standard stuff the insulation is an extra £400.

Its very difficult to guess i know ( i get this all the time) but how many days just to plaster this area? i appreciate its difficult to do but the quote still seems excessive.

We are in a delicate situation as its a friend doing the extension so we didn't get anymore quotes, i guess we should have

 

[external]

is your builder named dick turpin by any chance?i think your having your pants pulled down!the last house i spread onsite payed £1800 labour,three beds an the garadge lid,do the maths m8!

 

[roughcaster]

Hi Guys

Have been quoted £3000 + Vat to plaster my new bedroom and onsuite.Just to plaster, plasterboard is another £1600 +.

Rough size is 8m x 2.6m and its vaulted so 3.5 - 4m high. this also includes the ensuite most of which will be tiled so not much plastering in there.

Hope the details sre not too vague, what do you think?

TIA

Get a few more quotes from other plasterers,,,, don't mention/discuss other quotes you've had either. That particular quote sounds a total rip off!!!

 

[joe-90]

I guess Ken Dodd has gone into plastering.

 

[bradleigh1977]

when you got that quote. was the man wearing a mask, and on a horse?

£3000 would do an entire house from top to bottom.

Get some more quotes mate

 

[Richard C]

So are you saying the PB cost is £1600 but the insulation is only £400? Something doesn’t seem to quiet add up.

Difficult to cost without actually seeing it but given the room size, awkwardness of the vault, I can’t see it going more than 3 days including the ceilings (assuming the boards are up). Even at a rate of £200/day, that’s still only around £600 + materials I cant imagine would add more than a couple of hundred & that’s probably being generous. As the others have said, get some more quotes in but be careful, not everyone that says they are a plasterer can actually plaster to an acceptable standard!

He hasn’t been overcharged by a heating engineer at some time has he or perhaps he just thinks you can afford it!

 

[1john]

some buildrrs add 10% to the price given to them by the trades they sub in, sounds like his maths may have added 100% onto the price. even then that could be deemed expensive. I have a sneaking suspicion that your quote for all the work may make for some interesting reading....

 

[Micilin]

On the offchance that this is a serious question, £3k is somewhat steep.

Very restrained, dextrous!

It's back to the old thing, get a few quotes and see the work/get recommendations.

 

[dextrous]

On the offchance that this is a serious question, £3k is somewhat steep.

Very restrained, dextrous!.

When I read 3K, I thought it must have been a pi**take. Thought the op was making a point about something and thus i replied to let him complete it. I'm as bemused as everyone on here to hear that this was a genuine quote (unless it includes building the brick walls first and putting a roof on it )

 

[Gasman77]

To be honest i didn't think i needed too - a long term close friend! not just a bloke i say hello to down the pub.

I have payed else that looks excessive ( not a total idiot as im a self employed tradesman) this just lept off the page and i wanted some opinions before i spoke to him so thanks guys

 

[joe-90]

No doubt he makes big money getting it to the plaster stage so isn't really interested in the work.