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iainment
iainment Posts: 8,039
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We want to get a new Victorian style front door. Today I was quoted £3500 for a made to measure one. 
After I got up from fainting I told the guy I’d let him know tomorrow.
Is that a good price? I haven’t a clue what the going rate is.
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  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    3.5k seems a bit rich. Door should be about £1k, fitted should be max price of about ,£2k, but then I am in West Sussex.

    May be worth posting here for recommendations.

    Https://forum.charltonlife.com/group/12-marketplace
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    That’s what I thought. About £2k, still a lot of money though.
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    £3.5k is too expensive  (although it depends on how big the front door is!) you should be looking at £2.5k max inc fitting. 
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,035
    They’re bloody expensive, when we moved into our new house I wanted one. Once I saw the cost (I honestly thought it would be a few hundred quid) decided to just repaint the existing door!
  • addix
    addix Posts: 1,183
    Sounds too high to me but then we were quoted £17k for a replacement porch.  Needless to say we still have the old one in situ until we get a fair price.
    Today been quoted nearly £6k for fitted wardrobes in one bedroom.  Pretty much just 3 full height wardrobes with fascias etc. Andy that's just to supply - fitting is extra!
    Where do these people get their prices from?
  • se9addick
    se9addick Posts: 32,035
    addix said:
    Sounds too high to me but then we were quoted £17k for a replacement porch.  Needless to say we still have the old one in situ until we get a fair price.
    Today been quoted nearly £6k for fitted wardrobes in one bedroom.  Pretty much just 3 full height wardrobes with fascias etc. Andy that's just to supply - fitting is extra!
    Where do these people get their prices from?
    Was it Sharps that quoted on the wardrobes? If so just wait until their next sale when they will offer massive discounts. Bizarre business model. 
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,883
    addix said:
    Sounds too high to me but then we were quoted £17k for a replacement porch.  Needless to say we still have the old one in situ until we get a fair price.
    Today been quoted nearly £6k for fitted wardrobes in one bedroom.  Pretty much just 3 full height wardrobes with fascias etc. Andy that's just to supply - fitting is extra!
    Where do these people get their prices from?
    Where abouts do you live. I can recommend a guy, charlton supporter too.
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    Todds_right_hook said:
    addix said:
    Sounds too high to me but then we were quoted £17k for a replacement porch.  Needless to say we still have the old one in situ until we get a fair price.
    Today been quoted nearly £6k for fitted wardrobes in one bedroom.  Pretty much just 3 full height wardrobes with fascias etc. Andy that's just to supply - fitting is extra!
    Where do these people get their prices from?
    Where abouts do you live. I can recommend a guy, charlton supporter too.
    Is that for the fitted wardrobes? We’re in the market for that too.
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,024
    I spoke to my son who is a door/window fitter. His advice is as follows.

    £3,500 is expensive but it could genuinely cost that depending on a number of issues: the quality and make of the door, whether you're getting sidelights or toplights fitted, whether the fitting will cause issues to surrounding areas that have to be put right - most often the flooring by the door, whether the old door will 'be a bastard to get out'. He said he'd normally expect it to be in the £1,500 to £3,000 range depending on what you're getting, but that £3,500 might not be unreasonable.

    His advice: Get a couple of quotes from smaller, Fensa registered, companies. Do not under any circumstances use Everest who always overcharge.  Do not under any circumstances use Crystal, whose consistently shoddy work, provides my son with most of his business.
  • Mendonca In Asdas
    Mendonca In Asdas Posts: 22,650
    3.5 grand for a door, at that price I’d expect a doorman thrown in!
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  • clb74
    clb74 Posts: 10,824
    iainment said:
    Todds_right_hook said:
    addix said:
    Sounds too high to me but then we were quoted £17k for a replacement porch.  Needless to say we still have the old one in situ until we get a fair price.
    Today been quoted nearly £6k for fitted wardrobes in one bedroom.  Pretty much just 3 full height wardrobes with fascias etc. Andy that's just to supply - fitting is extra!
    Where do these people get their prices from?
    Where abouts do you live. I can recommend a guy, charlton supporter too.
    Is that for the fitted wardrobes? We’re in the market for that too.
    Have you won the lottery Iain?
  • Todds_right_hook
    Todds_right_hook Posts: 10,883
    iainment said:
    Todds_right_hook said:
    addix said:
    Sounds too high to me but then we were quoted £17k for a replacement porch.  Needless to say we still have the old one in situ until we get a fair price.
    Today been quoted nearly £6k for fitted wardrobes in one bedroom.  Pretty much just 3 full height wardrobes with fascias etc. Andy that's just to supply - fitting is extra!
    Where do these people get their prices from?
    Where abouts do you live. I can recommend a guy, charlton supporter too.
    Is that for the fitted wardrobes? We’re in the market for that too.
    Yes, he fitted L shaped wardrobes. 3 double hanging, 1 fully shelved and a hanging with drawers for just over 2k. Pm me if you want his details
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    clb74 said:
    iainment said:
    Todds_right_hook said:
    addix said:
    Sounds too high to me but then we were quoted £17k for a replacement porch.  Needless to say we still have the old one in situ until we get a fair price.
    Today been quoted nearly £6k for fitted wardrobes in one bedroom.  Pretty much just 3 full height wardrobes with fascias etc. Andy that's just to supply - fitting is extra!
    Where do these people get their prices from?
    Where abouts do you live. I can recommend a guy, charlton supporter too.
    Is that for the fitted wardrobes? We’re in the market for that too.
    Have you won the lottery Iain?
    No. It’s my pension lump sums from a couple of employments being put to use.
    If I won the lottery I wouldn’t be fitting new doors in Plumstead!
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    Stig said:
    I spoke to my son who is a door/window fitter. His advice is as follows.

    £3,500 is expensive but it could genuinely cost that depending on a number of issues: the quality and make of the door, whether you're getting sidelights or toplights fitted, whether the fitting will cause issues to surrounding areas that have to be put right - most often the flooring by the door, whether the old door will 'be a bastard to get out'. He said he'd normally expect it to be in the £1,500 to £3,000 range depending on what you're getting, but that £3,500 might not be unreasonable.

    His advice: Get a couple of quotes from smaller, Fensa registered, companies. Do not under any circumstances use Everest who always overcharge.  Do not under any circumstances use Crystal, whose consistently shoddy work, provides my son with most of his business.
    This was the London Door Company. The doors look fantastic and are probably worth it.
  • soapy_jones
    soapy_jones Posts: 21,353
    edited August 2020
    iainment said:
    clb74 said:
    iainment said:
    Todds_right_hook said:
    addix said:
    Sounds too high to me but then we were quoted £17k for a replacement porch.  Needless to say we still have the old one in situ until we get a fair price.
    Today been quoted nearly £6k for fitted wardrobes in one bedroom.  Pretty much just 3 full height wardrobes with fascias etc. Andy that's just to supply - fitting is extra!
    Where do these people get their prices from?
    Where abouts do you live. I can recommend a guy, charlton supporter too.
    Is that for the fitted wardrobes? We’re in the market for that too.
    Have you won the lottery Iain?
    No. It’s my pension lump sums from a couple of employments being put to use.
    If I won the lottery I wouldn’t be fitting new doors in Plumstead!
    Ahem!  Iainment, if you won the lottery you'd be buying Charlton right?  The ground and training ground bit, not the £1 bit. I'm buying that, just gotta move to Manchester!
  • HardyAddick
    HardyAddick Posts: 1,637
    Where are you based? Used a good firm in Eltham
  • O-Randy-Hunt
    O-Randy-Hunt Posts: 10,645
    I too also thought front doors were a couple of hundred quid up until a few weeks ago. The in laws got a new one fitted and tbh its pretty smart and that was nearly 2.5k.
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    HardyAddick said:
    Where are you based? Used a good firm in Eltham
    Plumstead
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    soapy_jones said:
    iainment said:
    clb74 said:
    iainment said:
    Todds_right_hook said:
    addix said:
    Sounds too high to me but then we were quoted £17k for a replacement porch.  Needless to say we still have the old one in situ until we get a fair price.
    Today been quoted nearly £6k for fitted wardrobes in one bedroom.  Pretty much just 3 full height wardrobes with fascias etc. Andy that's just to supply - fitting is extra!
    Where do these people get their prices from?
    Where abouts do you live. I can recommend a guy, charlton supporter too.
    Is that for the fitted wardrobes? We’re in the market for that too.
    Have you won the lottery Iain?
    No. It’s my pension lump sums from a couple of employments being put to use.
    If I won the lottery I wouldn’t be fitting new doors in Plumstead!
    Ahem!  Iainment, if you won the lottery you'd be buying Charlton right?  The ground and training ground bit, not the £1 bit. I'm buying that, just gotta move to Manchester!
    I’d love to but I’d only have half of any winnings.
    So I’d have to win a mega jackpot.
  • guinnessaddick
    guinnessaddick Posts: 28,625
    When you say Victorian, do you want a wooden door or composite?
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  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    £3,500, bloody hell my dad's house only cost him £1.200 new.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,480
    iainment said:
    We want to get a new Victorian style front door. Today I was quoted £3500 for a made to measure one. 
    After I got up from fainting I told the guy I’d let him know tomorrow.
    Is that a good price? I haven’t a clue what the going rate is.
    Why not nick one.🧐
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    SoundAsa£ said:
    iainment said:
    We want to get a new Victorian style front door. Today I was quoted £3500 for a made to measure one. 
    After I got up from fainting I told the guy I’d let him know tomorrow.
    Is that a good price? I haven’t a clue what the going rate is.
    Why not nick one.🧐
    Who/where from?

    Will you be the getaway driver?
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    guinnessaddick said:
    When you say Victorian, do you want a wooden door or composite?
    Preferably wood.
  • eaststandmike
    eaststandmike Posts: 14,956
    I paid £2k for a good composite door 6 years ago if that helps. It had security bolts that extended into all four sides of the frame when locked making it very hard to get past. 100% draft proof including the letter box and a 10 year warrenty.

    After they had fitted the frame the price included re-plastering where it got damaged and installing a new censor for the security system for the door entry/exit.
  • HardyAddick
    HardyAddick Posts: 1,637
    iainment said:
    HardyAddick said:
    Where are you based? Used a good firm in Eltham
    Plumstead
    We used 

    https://www.diamondglasslimited.co.uk/

    I was happy but get 2 or 3 quotes though to be safe.
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    Hi all,

    this is why I love this site

    many thanks

    Iain
  • Phantom_User
    Phantom_User Posts: 655
    edited August 2020
    https://www.justvaluedoors.co.uk/composite-doors.html

    Composite doors, but good value

    Edit: sorry, they don’t usually cover SE18, but it’s just down the road from a DA postcode so might be worth giving them a call
  • orpingtonRED
    orpingtonRED Posts: 3,474
    eaststandmike said:
    I paid £2k for a good composite door 6 years ago if that helps. It had security bolts that extended into all four sides of the frame when locked making it very hard to get past. 100% draft proof including the letter box and a 10 year warrenty.

    After they had fitted the frame the price included re-plastering where it got damaged and installing a new censor for the security system for the door entry/exit.
    Thats a very fair price for all that work.
    3.5 k for a wooden door seems a lot to me but its most  likely the width is an issue and will involve a lot more than just rendering. Sounds like a solid wood for that price too id hope...you would be surprised how much the price can change just for the door alone depending on type of wood.
    Victorian style doors look lovely but for security they are a no no.
    Get a few more local quotes as advised already ian

  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,024
    iainment said:
    guinnessaddick said:
    When you say Victorian, do you want a wooden door or composite?
    Preferably wood.
    A quote from our kid.  "Even a cheap wafty plastic door is always better than wood, big difference in insulation".

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