Quote question about price

[JB1992]

Hello guys. My friend is currently having a house refurb. He's been quoted for converting vented to unvented. Relocating boiler and cylinder to garage together. Worcester 35cdi system and a 300ltr cylinder.be done in plastic piping with a zone valve to serve underfloor heating(they're not including doing the underfloor heating in the cost though) install nest controls. They have quoted £7k inc vat. I get that it's an impossible question but does that sound like an ok ballpark?

 

[gmartine]

Tell your friend to get more than one quote.

 

[JB1992]

Tell your friend to get more than one quote.

He's in a bit of a pickle as it's a big project and it needs doing within the next two weeks but I feel like he's over a barrel

 

[JB1992]

So his boiler is moving approximately 6 foot onto another wall into the garage, and the unvented cylinder to be sited next to it. The stop tap/incoming supply is also in this area, so the major work would be supplying the outlets with the mains.

 

[Harvest Fields]

He's in a bit of a pickle as it's a big project and it needs doing within the next two weeks but I feel like he's over a barrel

Good luck with that.

 

[rpm]

He's in a bit of a pickle as it's a big project and it needs doing within the next two weeks but I feel like he's over a barrel

Should of planned better then he wouldn't be in a pickle.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Sounds cheap but plastic ooo

 

[gmartine]

He's in a bit of a pickle as it's a big project and it needs doing within the next two weeks but I feel like he's over a barrel

Let's just say that quote seems reasonable, still "feel" he's over a barrel?

 

[Jim Goodenough]

Is the whole heating system being repiped? What size house? Have the mains water pressure and flow rates been checked that unvented will operate properly?

 

[Riley]

It seems reasonable but it’s difficult to be specific without eyes on the job

 

[Rob Foster]

It’s dead easy ...get a quote from British Gas , then halve it, then call back get the dummy back , reduce it to bare bones
Then give to 1 out 3 who give you a written QUOTATon , not an estimate . centralheatking

 

[Riley]

Ha ha

 

[Harvest Fields]

It’s dead easy ...get a quote from British Gas , then halve it, then call back get the dummy back , reduce it to bare bones
Then give to 1 out 3 who give you a written QUOTATon , not an estimate . centralheatking

You been drinking again mate?

 

[king of pipes]

It’s dead easy ...get a quote from British Gas , then halve it, then call back get the dummy back , reduce it to bare bones
Then give to 1 out 3 who give you a written QUOTATon , not an estimate . centralheatking

This dont make sense Rob would you clarify what you are stating here.

Seems reasonable to me ask the installer for a breakdown on his price see what your actually getting and what's been allowed for , I would advised he have a new boiler they don't like being moved the install can be completed in the garage and that just leaves a day or two for the change over. Kop

 

[Rob Foster]

This dont make sense Rob would you clarify what you are stating here.

Seems reasonable to me ask the installer for a breakdown on his price see what your actually getting and what's been allowed for , I would advised he have a new boiler they don't like being moved the install can be completed in the garage and that just leaves a day or two for the change over. Kop

What we used to say to some customers is get a quote from BG them call the salesperson back and negotiate a lower price. Then show us their final quote. We would usually then be able to half it and make a profit. Then the op should get a fixed price quotation not an estimate from 3 outfits and not nec take the cheapest. Make sure it’s not a mick mouse boiler instead of the original one quoted.....centralheatking

 

[king of pipes]

Why would you tell your customer to get a price from BG other than gain a vastly inflated price, their your potential customer don't make sense to me sell yourself and what you can do for them charge a fair price and communicate well with your client , make sure they know exactly what you are pricing for personally i never give quotes i always state my pricing is a estimate and give a breakdown and the planning for the project you can so easily be caught out. kop

 

[Rob Foster]

That’s what we used to do and it worked for us, our commercial,world was fixed price especially the medical gas work so the transition to do at a domestic level was a winner for us. Beating a BG quote gave our customer confidence in the specification. Mainly did this with new customers regulars trusted us anyway. centralheatking

 

[king of pipes]

I worked in the commercial world for 30 years for various outfits doing health authority , school and university projects, I was commercial gas qualified often worked along side the med gas boys it's a whole different world, and I don't regret jacking it all in and going it alone should have done it years ago . Kop

 

[Rob Foster]

We did men in vans doing hospitals all over uk on bank holidays and Xmas this was when I was in between wives
centralheatking

 

[Welder]

Tis odd how we all differ. Personally I'd not be interested in how anyone else does it or quotes. I do (did) it properly to the best of my ability. If it was cheaper or more then that was simply as it was. So far as I was concerned, no one else cared about doing it the way I did it.

Personally I'd hate to intro BG to a job as often they'd sell using the FUD factor vs an independant and the advertising BS often wins people over - the fools

 

[Harvest Fields]

I do things my way and at the minute it’s working as I am stacked out. I also do not worry about anyone else.