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Oooooshuaia
It's a pretty full price for second hand wheels. But those rims are expensive new. I don't know much about Hope hubs but they are expensive too, so they're probably good wheels. Might cost £800 to have them built new, without looking anything up.
If I was going to make him an offer I'd start by googling the components and add £xx for building to see what they would cost new as a starting point.
Edit: just did google it:
£250-ish for the hubs
£280 for the rims (if you can get them)
£130 for spokes (£2.40 each x 28 or however many there are x 2)
So £660 for materials
Tyres another £80
Total = £740
Building, £100?
Postage, £20?
So £800 wasn't a bad guess, maybe a bit more new. So he's asking 50-60% for one year old. Probably he paid a bit less pre-Covid, but doesn't sound too bad!