[Inked]

I'm currently in the middle f buying a new house and the building company have quoted me £3900 to tile the flooring from the entrance of the house (tiny) through into the Kitchen (approx 24ft X 11ft) through the utility room into the downstairs cloak (approx 3.5ft X 11ft) which seems a tad on the high side.

I'm just wondering if anyone has any idea before I start ringing around flooring companies whether this is high and what sort of price I should be looking at.

I'm looking for shiny black ceramic tiles.

Cheers

[scottie50]

Just had our kitchen floor tiled with shiny black porcelain, we bought the tiles and sealer and paid the tiler £20.00 sq metre. Hope that helps give you some idea.

[THE AMATUER]

Originally Posted by Inked

I'm currently in the middle f buying a new house and the building company have quoted me £3900 to tile the flooring from the entrance of the house (tiny) through into the Kitchen (approx 24ft X 11ft) through the utility room into the downstairs cloak (approx 3.5ft X 11ft) which seems a tad on the high side.

I'm just wondering if anyone has any idea before I start ringing around flooring companies whether this is high and what sort of price I should be looking at.

I'm looking for shiny black ceramic tiles.

Cheers

That sounds very expensive to me. Is that the price just to tile or does that include all the tiles, grout etc....?

Get a couple of quotes from recommended decent tilers. They would probably do a better job for a lot less money.

[loz]

Originally Posted by Inked

I'm currently in the middle f buying a new house and the building company have quoted me £3900 to tile the flooring from the entrance of the house (tiny) through into the Kitchen (approx 24ft X 11ft) through the utility room into the downstairs cloak (approx 3.5ft X 11ft) which seems a tad on the high side.

I'm just wondering if anyone has any idea before I start ringing around flooring companies whether this is high and what sort of price I should be looking at.

I'm looking for shiny black ceramic tiles.

Cheers

It all depends on what type and quality of tiles they are supplying.

That price is over £100 a sq metre.

As you can see here, tiles alone can approach that price
http://www.justtiles.co.uk/floortiles.phtml

But equally you can go to wickes and buy them for £4.99 a sq metre.
http://www.wickes.co.uk/Floor-Tiles/...icat/ftceramic

So, what are they selling you? Finest Italian Marble, or the current special offer clearance at wicks?

[Inked]

Its a price for everything but i'm pretty sure the tiles are not of the highest quality. (Definitely closer to the Wickes tiles than the top Italian Marble)

I don't mind the quality of the tile as they are the same as the ones I have had in my current kitchen for the last 2 years and they look good, it just seems a hell of a lot of cash for the job.

The silly thing is, the building company originally wouldn't budge on the the cost of the house (they were matching the price reduction we put on our house) but have now dropped the price of the new house by a further 5k (possibly to try and get me to let them do the floor) so the cost is easily within budget but i'm being tight so that I can put more cash into getting a new TV for the kitchen and wall mount that and the current TV in the main living room.

[Dony]

I just had my bathroom tiled last week. I got it done on mates rates and was charged £7 / sq yard. He supplied the adhesive, grout and chrome strips for edging and the whole thing (35 sq / yards) cost me £400 (tiles extra).

He told me that he normally charges £15 sq/yard.

[THE AMATUER]

Originally Posted by Inked

Its a price for everything but i'm pretty sure the tiles are not of the highest quality. (Definitely closer to the Wickes tiles than the top Italian Marble)

I don't mind the quality of the tile as they are the same as the ones I have had in my current kitchen for the last 2 years and they look good, it just seems a hell of a lot of cash for the job.

The silly thing is, the building company originally wouldn't budge on the the cost of the house (they were matching the price reduction we put on our house) but have now dropped the price of the new house by a further 5k (possibly to try and get me to let them do the floor) so the cost is easily within budget but i'm being tight so that I can put more cash into getting a new TV for the kitchen and wall mount that and the current TV in the main living room.

I strongly advise that you buy the tiles yourself, don't let someone else pick them. Even if they show you an example tile you will pay more for them than they did, thats for sure.

You can get some big savings from tile shops, especially by paying cash. Ask them what their best price is, you almost never have to pay the price they are marked up, and then knock the price down. I got almost £200 off the last lot of tiles I bought just by haggling with them, promising I'll be back to buy more when the bathroom was decorated blah blah blah.....plus I got them to give me the trade price on the grout and cement plus free spacers.

Remember cash is king and its a buyers market !!!

[Inked]

Well, been to a couple of tile shops this morning and it seems i'll be looking at between £1300 to £1800 for the tiles etc, (depending on style and finish of tile) so it looks like I should be able to beat Bryant's total quote of £3900 by a reasonable amount.

[THE AMATUER]

Originally Posted by Inked

Well, been to a couple of tile shops this morning and it seems i'll be looking at between £1300 to £1800 for the tiles etc, (depending on style and finish of tile) so it looks like I should be able to beat Bryant's total quote of £3900 by a reasonable amount.

You will do, did you try haggling with them?

[Inked]

Originally Posted by THE AMATUER

You will do, did you try haggling with them?

Not yet as I'm not moving into the house for another few weeks, so in reality the floor probably wont get done until July. The assistant did offer to knock 10% the cost of the tiles if I buy the grout etc. from them too.

[Inked]

Decided to get White / Cream tiles instead, went to porcelanosa and can get the tiles I want for a total of approx £1350 (waiting for a 10% discount voucher to come from them)

Got a local pro in to give me a quote last weekend and received it in the post yesterday, unfortunately he has quoted me £2900 PLUS VAT, to do the job NOT INCLUDING THE TILES!!

From speaking to him when he came round and from seeing his work, I know it will be a quality job but there is no way I can justify spending £4k on replacing the flooring.

Does anyone know of anyone in the Aylesbury area that may come in (quite a bit) cheaper?

[27neth]

£2900+ vat Is he going to redocorate your full house also in that price What is it 3 days work at most..

John.

[Inked]

The quote included removing the old flooring, taking the breakfast bar out as well as the toilet and basin in the cloakroom (and then putting them back on top of the tiles) as well as removing and replacing the skirting in the kitchen, but it does still seem a lot.

[funkyspider]

I would advise you to take look at Amtico range of vinyl flooring as an alternative to ceramic/stone tiles. I've just had it fitted and it's excellent. When I first heard about it I wasn't convinced. I just had a image of old fashion lino in my head, but it's nothing like that at all.

I went for the cheaper spacia range wood 'traditional oak' which comes in 'planks', but the tiles are lovely too. Basically they take really high res images of real flooring and recreate it. The range of tones and grain across my floor is very realistic. It's warmer under foot than tiles, has a 15yr guarantee, costs considerably less than the figure you mentioned and wont crack when you drop something on it. I will definately be using the stone effect tiles when I do my bathroom.

If you're in Northwest I can also recommend a superb supplier/fitter.
Might turn out not to be your cup of tea, but have a look, and get some free samples ordered from the web. There is also Karndean which is pretty much the same


http://www.karndean.co.uk/
www.amtico.com/

[27neth]

Hi,
Removing the old flooring is not expensive work, anyone can do that. Taking out the breakfast bar, toilet and basin and refitting is simple as all the pipework will just refit.You just need to drill a couple of holes through the new tiles to refix.
The skirting board, half a day (max) unless you have lots of bay windows and its 12" skirting.

John.

[27neth]

Hi Funkyspider,
I agree with the Amtico, i have it in my lounge and my bathroom

John.

[Inked]

Originally Posted by funkyspider

I would advise you to take look at Amtico range of vinyl flooring as an alternative to ceramic/stone tiles. I've just had it fitted and it's excellent. When I first heard about it I wasn't convinced. I just had a image of old fashion lino in my head, but it's nothing like that at all.

I went for the cheaper spacia range wood 'traditional oak' which comes in 'planks', but the tiles are lovely too. Basically they take really high res images of real flooring and recreate it. The range of tones and grain across my floor is very realistic. It's warmer under foot than tiles, has a 15yr guarantee, costs considerably less than the figure you mentioned and wont crack when you drop something on it. I will definately be using the stone effect tiles when I do my bathroom.

If you're in Northwest I can also recommend a superb supplier/fitter.
Might turn out not to be your cup of tea, but have a look, and get some free samples ordered from the web. There is also Karndean which is pretty much the same


http://www.karndean.co.uk/
www.amtico.com/

Cheers, we sell Amtico at work so I will have a look but really had my heart set on tiles again.

Originally Posted by 27neth

Hi,
Removing the old flooring is not expensive work, anyone can do that. Taking out the breakfast bar, toilet and basin and refitting is simple as all the pipework will just refit.You just need to drill a couple of holes through the new tiles to refix.
The skirting board, half a day (max) unless you have lots of bay windows and its 12" skirting.

John.

Thats what I thought, its not even like the floor will need work doing to it as its a new build with concrete floor.

[suniil]

Did we discussed this ealier? if not, please follow my sig.

Both living room tiles (biege colour) and Kitchen tiles are polished porcelean. Kitchen ones are dirty cheap b&q ones and living room tiles are bloody expensive Tilemagic stuff.

We've very rough use of the B&Q tiles that used in Kitchen & common corridor, but not seen even a single issue with them. Looks brillaint & neat. Alltogether the floor costed me £1000 (yes, £500 for tiles/adhesive & £500 for tiler)

[Inked]

Finally had time to go down to our flooring department this week to check out the Amtico and have to say I was very impressed with it.

I like the look of a couple of the main Amtico tiles and also some of the Spacia range, and another bonus is that I can get 25% discount on flooring purchased from work (not fitting though) so should work out considerably less than the quotes i've had for ceramic tiles!

Very happy and just wanted to say thanks to all those that contributed to the thread.

[shodan]

Originally Posted by suniil

Did we discussed this ealier? if not, please follow my sig.

Both living room tiles (biege colour) and Kitchen tiles are polished porcelean. Kitchen ones are dirty cheap b&q ones and living room tiles are bloody expensive Tilemagic stuff.

We've very rough use of the B&Q tiles that used in Kitchen & common corridor, but not seen even a single issue with them. Looks brillaint & neat. Alltogether the floor costed me £1000 (yes, £500 for tiles/adhesive & £500 for tiler)

Stunning kitchen Sunil!

[suniil]

Inked: don't forget to show the pics once you done the kitchen

Thankyou matey, that's just £3500 worth Ikea kitchen [95% DIY]

Originally Posted by shodan

Stunning kitchen Sunil!