How much am i looking at? - Costing

[shadow12345]

I am considering have a patio or decking fitted to the rear of my house.

The area in question is 6m wide by 2 1/2 m long. I have had a qoute to fit these for me at just about £2500. If it helps to know, the area is resonablely level with access to a skip with 10 metres from the work area.

The slabs themselves at costing around the £10/m. and are 400x400mm

What I am wondering is:
a: is that about right costing or am i over paying?
b: would I save much digging it out myself?


Any other details you need let me know....

(sorry if this the wrong section, i just went for slab)

[lutonlagerlout]

well over paying i would say
cost should be more like £12-1500 roughly
better to let the men that know how dig it out
LLL

[shadow12345]

sounds fair enough, ill call for some more quotes then.


is there an appoval mark or registration for this kind of work that is good to look for in the company doing the work?

[ilovesettsonmondays]

not really no .not many of us who type on here have a seal of approval .we have what matters the most, years of experience.ring a few people out of your local paper .ask to see their work .look out for work being done as you drive around .i think you would get a decent job done especially in the climate we are in for between 1000 and 1500

[ilovesettsonmondays]

and who ever is charging you 2500 is walking away with about 1700 in the pocket for 3 days approx work .

[shadow12345]

sounds like a plan... I thought it was a bit steep, he can whistle for it!

[danstan]

Also.. if i were you.. forget the decking... too bloody slippy. Stick with slabs.