What’s a reasonable cost for paving 11sq m? Quoted ~£5500
Looking to take up the concrete path, remove the slate, and replace with sandstone slabs. Area is only 11sq m yet was told by a well reviewed contractor that it’d be about £5500 - front terrace, outskirts of London with “majority of cost being labour”. This comes out to £500 per square metre which seems extortionate.
Is this a “we don’t want the job” price? I was expecting something more in the region of £2.5-3k, but if £5.5k is indeed reasonable I will likely look to do it myself.
Looking to take up the concrete path, remove the slate, and replace with sandstone slabs. Area is only 11sq m yet was told by a well reviewed contractor that it’d be about £5500 - front terrace, outskirts of London with “majority of cost being labour”. This comes out to £500 per square metre which seems extortionate.
Is this a “we don’t want the job” price? I was expecting something more in the region of £2.5-3k, but if £5.5k is indeed reasonable I will likely look to do it myself.