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If there’s a discount, your chippy will be putting it in his pocket. Plus he’s probably already got a better rate and will be paying cash but charging you the VAT.
That’s life.
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Yup fair enough!
I've been quoted £2500 incl materials for replacing 30 m^2 of floorboards. Is that about reasonable? I've not got a feel for this, but if it includes VAT and includes oiling or whatever finishing product, it seems ok. To be fair, most other contractors I've spoken to haven't been willing to quote as they're too busy. It feels a bit rash not having a comparative quote, but I can't wait very long so I've probably painted myself into the corner...
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I'm about to pay for new 28mm thick timber floorboards. Enough to cover about 30 square metres.
My local timber merchant has 4.5m long 137mm x 28mm boards for £15.22 each. Is this a reasonable price? I kinda assumed that there might be some bulk discount but they don't mention it online. I probably need about 60 boards which comes to around £900 at that price.
The contractor is doing the actual purchase, so I'm just wondering what to expect. They will do the calculation of wastage rates.