Adsibob Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 a little pissed off by the prices I’m being charged for extras. We changed plans about a year ago (a couple of months after signing contracts) from a herringbone wood floor in a room, to a tiled terrazo floor. I only just got the price variation for this yesterday, a few days after most of the tiles had been laid (albeit the tiles have sat there for about 7 months waiting to be laid). I was credited £35 a m2 for not having to lay herringbone and debited £69 a m2 for laying tiles. The tiles are 600 by 600 whereas the herringbone was small pieces (about 85 by 280), so although the tiles need to be grouted, cleaned and then sealed I really didn’t think they would be such a big difference. Maybe I’m being stingy, but surprised the laying coat has suddenly doubled given one would need to seal the screed before laying a herringbone floor, si that would surely be equivalent to sealing the terrazzo. curious what @nod thinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMo Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Lesson learned, agree prices before approving a changes, they always cost more than you expect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adsibob Posted February 25, 2022 Author Share Posted February 25, 2022 23 minutes ago, JohnMo said: Lesson learned, agree prices before approving a changes, they always cost more than you expect. Very helpful, I really hadn’tspotted that at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMo Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 Thought it may be... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CotswoldDoItUpper Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 The expert on this is @nod… Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted February 25, 2022 Share Posted February 25, 2022 As a tiling contractor I would be doing cartwheels if I could get some of the rates quoted on here I can’t remember what size your floor was Sorry But probably quite a bit smaller than I’m used to There there would be some premium to be added For terrazzo laboure only We would be at £33-38m2 and would pay a tiler £22 m2 These are on good sized areas Ive also laid a fair amount of wood flooring and it would be marginally quicker than tiles Site guys will nearly always be quicker and neater than the private guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adsibob Posted February 26, 2022 Author Share Posted February 26, 2022 15 hours ago, nod said: As a tiling contractor I would be doing cartwheels if I could get some of the rates quoted on here I can’t remember what size your floor was Sorry But probably quite a bit smaller than I’m used to There there would be some premium to be added For terrazzo laboure only We would be at £33-38m2 and would pay a tiler £22 m2 These are on good sized areas Ive also laid a fair amount of wood flooring and it would be marginally quicker than tiles Site guys will nearly always be quicker and neater than the private guys So the rate I was quoted is high, but is it high for London rates? The area is about 15m2, so not huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markc Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Small areas will always cost much more per square metre. small areas are usually fiddly and take more time setting up and finishing off etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyT Posted February 26, 2022 Share Posted February 26, 2022 Doesn’t matter what the price is, you should always agree before work commences then you have no arguments. that’s the whole point of extras - that’s where the money is made. persimmon. Buy the bog standard house with centre light or pay £160 per downlight as an extra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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