ᐅ Is a price of 83 euros per square meter for tile installation reasonable? Any experiences?
Created on: 17 Jul 2018 08:36
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Pädda
Hello.
We are currently considering whether to entrust all the tiling work of our new build to the main contractor. In his quotation, he states a price of 83 euros per m2 (9.2 sq ft) for installing tile formats of 30x60 cm (12x24 inches), 60x60 cm (24x24 inches), and 80x80 cm (32x32 inches), including grouting and base tiles. The cost of the tiles themselves, which we will select later, will be added on top. Is this a fair offer that we should accept? Do you have any experience with this?
Best regards
Peter
We are currently considering whether to entrust all the tiling work of our new build to the main contractor. In his quotation, he states a price of 83 euros per m2 (9.2 sq ft) for installing tile formats of 30x60 cm (12x24 inches), 60x60 cm (24x24 inches), and 80x80 cm (32x32 inches), including grouting and base tiles. The cost of the tiles themselves, which we will select later, will be added on top. Is this a fair offer that we should accept? Do you have any experience with this?
Best regards
Peter
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readytorumble17 Jul 2018 10:03To understand how these huge differences come about, here is a little story from my experience:
Our original tiler (self-employed, with only one assistant) had to travel back to his home country on short notice due to a death in the family.
We then faced the challenge of finding a new company about three weeks before the work was scheduled to start. My sister, through her job at a hardware store in the plumbing/tiling department, has many contacts and reached out to around 20 (good!) companies for us. Of those 20 companies, only one was able to start the work within the next six weeks. All the others had fully booked schedules and could not fit us in.
Our original tiler (self-employed, with only one assistant) had to travel back to his home country on short notice due to a death in the family.
We then faced the challenge of finding a new company about three weeks before the work was scheduled to start. My sister, through her job at a hardware store in the plumbing/tiling department, has many contacts and reached out to around 20 (good!) companies for us. Of those 20 companies, only one was able to start the work within the next six weeks. All the others had fully booked schedules and could not fit us in.
