Help please - biggest domestic quote yet!

[Grace'sDad]

Please help, I'm tired today!

Been to look at a job nearby tonight. 105 sqm onto a decent new (7 weeks) screed with water UFH throughout. Involves 4 rooms and a couple of fireplaces.
20mm Tumbled Classical Chenzira Limestone in a Classical Roman Opus pattern. There are no skirts but I'll have to trim archis.

I have not thought this through yet, as I've just walked in, but I reckon one day to clean and sort the stone, and one more day to sort the layout and avoid as many silly cuts as possible. Working alone, it's probably going to take around 7-8 days to complete? (I may take a helper on for this to speed it up)

What do you think time-wise, and what would you charge bearing in mind 105sqm. (I think the customer paid just over 3k for the stone, which seems cheap to me).

Also, is Ditra a neccessity with UFH like this? I have a feeling this is a customer who wants a "cheap" job, but I've been wrong before. UFH has been run up and down twice already.

Thanks in advance.

 

[Gazzer]

I would deffo be using Ditra or Dural Ci and i reckon thats quite quick for 105 m2 inc sorting, setting and laying Ditra etc

 

[Grace'sDad]

Thanks Sir, It is quick ,but as someone on here once said - I do work with my undies on the outside! (that's also not allowing for Ditra installation).
The supplier is insisting it's not necessary - great eh!?

 

[Gazzer]

Is the supplier going to guarrantee it?

 

[brian c]

i would try and insist on using the ditra on limestone for obvious reasons and as for pricing i would go in at around£4000 including all materials.

 

[TilingLogistics]

I think thats too cheap if you are supplying the Ditra as well I would be going in at £4500 don't forget it will want sealing as well.

Kev

 

[Fred]

4K for me for the experience.........................

 

[davy_G]

4K and they supply everything for me.
However, we get laughed at trying to charge 35 for trav over here, infact a mate couldnt get a job by the m2 as the client thought he was taking the pi$$ so he did it at dayrate of 120, cheep IMHO, and was then insulted after the job as being a rip off merchant!

 

[kilty55]

i quoted an almost identical job sizewise with limestone 3 days ago with a similar price and was gobsmacked to hear what they were willing to pay for it.......try cutting 4 grand in half couldnt beleive it

 

[Grace'sDad]

Thanks Kilty, that is my gut feeling with this one too.
I reckon he'll have a small fit when he sees my quote....
I think he's hoping somewhere around 2k all in.

 

[kilty55]

it was phase one of a 3 phase refit for a local property developer,all up 2 flights ,,no parking as centre of town also,,ufh in 2 of the rooms and skirts all round also,,total 100 sq metres limestone i went in at 30 sq metre was told 17 was the top budget,,ta ta :huh2:

 

[kilty55]

seems the drop in site work and housing market will push lower prices....developers expecting much lower quotes and also much more tilers looking for work is a bad mix for keeping prices sensible,,suppose it depends what your willing to work for but even as a newbie im not willing to lay stone for that price.

 

[monty]

I posted i similar thread a month ago, tiler quoted 3 grand for 100 m2 600 x 600 limestone 20 mm thick inc mats and ditra matting..

 

[kilty55]

my price was labour only he was supplying mats,,wasnt just floors was full bathrooms so even more time up ladders as well,oh well:whatchutalkingabout