Can't find it?
The search box is not the whole business
What you can search here is the work we get asked to price most often. It is a long way from everything we do — extensions, loft and garage conversions, new builds, kitchens, bathrooms, structural alterations and a fair number of one-offs are not on there.
Those are not missing because we don't do them. They are missing because a number typed into a website for an extension is a number that will move, and a price that moves is worse than no price at all. For those, book a free site visit: forty-five minutes, an evening that suits you, and a written itemised fixed price a few days later.
Straight answers
About the estimator
Is this a quote?
No. It is an estimate, and it is honest about being one. The quote is written, itemised and fixed, and comes after we have seen the job or the photos.
Why is a range shown rather than one number?
Because the same job genuinely costs different amounts depending on access, ground conditions and what is already there. Quoting one number off a website would mean picking the high end to be safe, and you would be the one paying for that guess. The range is honest about what we don't yet know. The written quote is a single number, and it is fixed.
Will you still want to come and look?
For some of it, yes. Anything where what is underneath matters — a driveway, a floor, a roof — we would rather see before we fix the price. The visit is free and there is no obligation at the end of it.
Is there VAT on top?
No. We are not VAT registered, so what you see is what you pay.
Why is there a minimum on small jobs?
A van, a journey and a morning cost the same whether we hang one picture or six. Make a list — the second and third jobs are nearly free once we are there.
Does the price include materials?
Yes, unless the job says otherwise. Doors, handles, curtain poles, shelves, TV brackets and flat pack you buy yourself — those are a matter of taste and there is no sense in us choosing them. Everything else — fixings, sealant, blocks, timber, flooring, paint — is in the figure. On doors there is a separate line if you would rather we supplied the ironmongery too.
My job isn't in the search. Does that mean you don't do it?
Almost certainly not. Send us a couple of lines and we will come back with a price or a straight no.
Happy with the number?
Send it over and we will turn it into a written fixed price.