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Having received a few quotes recently for my kitchen, I can only surmise that a lot of these guys are being overcautious on timings and adding fat to everything for uncertainty, forgetting that the total is going to end up unjustifiably high.
Quoted 41 man-days of work by one contractor, which is at least double the amount of time it would take me to do the work they've priced for (on my own). I have no issues paying someone a giant day-rate to do a job better than I can but if it's actually taking that long then they're obviously not spending the whole time on my job and that's not acceptable either.
Not sure what the answer is other than DIY!