How do I bathroom / kitchen / extension? etc.

We used imperial and thought they were great. Bit of an unorthodox setup but there's no denying the quality from templating to cutting to installation is 100% there.

The big issue is they will likely want to template themselves so it’s 2 trips.
Definitely go local though, I had a quote for about 10m of plain corian windowsills from one of the big online places and the fancy quartz from Imperial was less than 2/3 the price. If we had picked from the offcuts outside it would have been even cheaper.
I would do some drawings and go and visit a few, possibly not the high st showrooms but the trading estate ones.

That's great, there are a couple of well-regarded ones not too far away so once we've got the rough layout and measurements we'll get in touch about visiting.

We’ve had ours for about 4 years now…the new water softener kit seems to last longer.

Bear in mind that filters for the Cube last about 6-9 months and are about £80 to replace. CO2 cans are £70 for 4 and 4 will last us 9-12 months. The water softener filter will need to be replaced between 12-18m and is I think £90. Also worth doing a service and descale yourself with the service kits you buy from Quooker.

All in, it’s a great bit of kit, but not without on going costs.

I’ve fitted a couple of them, I think the boiling water is class and the filtered drinking water but the sparkling both people don’t even use it now as they can’t be arsed to get new tanks

I need a few bits and bobs doing at my house, the biggest thing being a new front door. I had this quote from someone who redid the bathroom a few years ago (which I'm happy with). I have absolutely no idea if this is a reasonable price so was hoping someone might be able to sense check it for me. This is in Leeds, not London.

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Seems reasonable

Thanks! I trust your judgement. I was hoping someone would tell me it was a massive rip off because I can think of much more exciting ways to spend 5 grand.

It's a bit more than I'm paying for a new back door in the Fens, so I'd say it's about right. Maybe a bit heavy on labour but within ballpark.

What are the £150 of materials for taking the rubbish to the skip? I'd say the guttering looks pretty expensive too. Quotes when broken out like that can end up being funky looking though so could just be that

Feels good to be finally getting some tiles up! Still long way to go.

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Yeah, I picked up on the materials to remove stuff as well. I guess it'll take a few bin bags and petrol but not sure how that comes to £150.

The guttering is quite a lot less than a separate quote I got for that recently but useful to hear that it's not as much of a bargain as I initially thought!

I'm assuming that the cost detailed there contributes to their (your) waste disposal costs? It's not free - even if for now they're just adding it to their existing pile they'll have to pay to get rid of that eventually, and some of that is from your project

Yeah, that's a good point. I guess the fact that the skip won't be sitting outside my house doesn't mean that they're not paying for the skip.

Not sure what’s it’s like in Leeds but it’s very expensive to get rid of waste as a professional in London.

Wouldn't a builder need a waste transfer licence too?

Waste disposal is not cheap! I used a small firm and the minimum charge was £70 and usually it was £150-£175 for a 1/4-1/2 load of a transit type van with a caged flat bed.
Otherwise you deal with it and ruin your car plus queuing for half an hour and throwing rubble sacks around.

Plus trade waste is weighed and you pay by the Kg for disposal

If you mean a Waste Carrier Licence, then yes.
Really any trade who moves even the smallest amount of trade waste should have one as they're about £1 a week and remove any chance of getting a fine.
It's just a card you apply for, it's not something you have to qualify for

We had a quote from Magnet for a not-massive L-shaped kitchen with an island. No appliances.

£28k.

This would be approaching £40k kitchen territory for the full thing.

I need to get better at the DIY Kitchens designer quickly.

Get a supply-and-fit quote from a local joiner if you can, using Magnet etc layout designs. Go with their supplier recommendations if you're not massively bothered one way or the other.
Magnet initial prices will be huge, they're a big company, with lots of overheads to cover.

Not a full extension but getting a quote for work to a living room - floor sand, insulate underneath, plus some other bits. We've got the following quote but seems high to me, plus is celotex what we want under floorboards?

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£950 for chasing cables is insane - as making good is a separate line item

Silly question but what do you get for item 1, insurance etc?

I don't think it is a silly question.

We have a drive but they seem to be trying to charge for a skip licence...

I feel like the floor sanding stuff seems ok but there are a bunch of other/sundry items which are extortionate

Seems a lot..

We are 3/4 way through our bathroom which was completely stripped out to bare bones

Velux fitted, walls plastered, plumbing, toilet moved, new soilstack, new external waste pipes, blocking up of old window, tiles across 75% of walls, new subfloor, floor tiled, new electrics (ceiling light + wall light + extractor fan + dual fuel radiator), basic 2x4 storage cupboard built next to bath (I will be adding the door to avoid additional carpentry costs), waste removal

£9,000 total (6.5m2 room)