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Depends how much stuff they'll have to smash up and remove, but suspect you might be looking at £2-£4k depending on the materials you use.
DIYable if you've got the time to do it and are reasonably comfortable with working with exterior wood and the tools to chop it up and fix it together.
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Don’t get a general builder in, use someone who specialises in decking. It’s not that difficult if you have general woodworking skills, but someone who does it for a living will do it in about a quarter of the time it would take you to do it.
As always, speak to @Colin_the_Bald before choosing anyone.
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Has anyone had any experience of getting a builder in to install a decking project?
I've got a crazy paved patio in our back garden, about 5m x 3m, which looks ugly as hell, and slopes away from the house and down to the grass via a shambles of loose breeze blocks and concrete semi circles. I'd like to replace the whole thing with decking, with a proper staircase down to the garden, and ideally a frame for putting up a pergola / gazebo.
It looks like a huge project and while I like woodwork, I'm not sure I've got the skill to achieve it. Is it worth getting someone in? Anyone have any ideas of cost in That London?