Fascias, so

[ray von]

I've just had a quote for replacing fascias,soffits,guttering, all wood off, tiles pushed back and the rotten felt that hangs out the bottom of the tiles replaced with some sort of super dooper membrane and a bit of cladding on a 4 bed detached house.
Now I must be out of touch here as the quote came in at £8500 I've just priced up all the upvc that is required, 70metres, and it comes in at £2300. I appreciate firms make profits and I couldn't do the job, but approx £6k labour for 4 days work.
The guy mentioned scaffolding being expensive but not this much surely?
Should have known it was going to be high when he said one of the fitters was a certain C. Tevez

[roofer]

Real cost should be nearer 3k fitted if board is no more than 200mm deep and standard squareline gutter. Eaves felt will only need replacing with a decent membrabe which isn't dear. They wouldn't scaffold full house, they'd use Easi Deck or similiar.

[Ledaig]

Just to give you a true idea of trade costs for materials...

My brother in law does this for a living, he recently did our place a 3 bed semi with all of the above. He priced it up with his local supplier oop North and then came down to do the job. The materials were supplied by the local branch of the same company (Eurocell) and the all in cost for materials - well under £400!

[swiftpete]

I was about to say the same thing, it won't cost a fascia company anywhere near £2300 for the materials. Saying that, there's a fair bit of work on a 4 bed detached. Where abouts are you?

[ray von]

I'm in Durham. I realise that trade costs are substantially lower, I just wanted to show the price I could actually get it for. Just had another quote for £6500, a bargain
Also these are just local builders not the usual suspect nationals.

[CO2000]

ray von said:

not the usual suspect nationals.

Please get a quote from Everset ! 6.5k will seem really cheap !

I'd look for a local trusted & established door/window/roofline company that can undercut the nationals with lower overheads. Avoid the bottom end, the kind that spring up for a year or two go bust & then comeback under a different name (& appear on Rogue traders or have Dom chasing them down the street)

[Farmerpalmer]

your original quote is robbery. when we got some quotes a few years ago, they were very diverse, varying by nearly 100%.
As quoted, the materials are fairly cheap. A decent small local company may be your best bet for price. Eurocell is widely used and carries a 10 year guarantee - no more painting ;-)
(stay away from the traveller type)
for a 4 bed house up't north £3-4k fitted is about right.

[swiftpete]

I'd be happy to give you a price for the job if you could give some more details. I've been fitting fascias for years!

[furtive]

I'm getting all mine done shortly. 4 bed detached plus double garage and getting some mock tudor woor replaced with more modern paneling on the front of the house. Got several quotes, none of which were more than £5k.

I'd shop around a bit more if I were you