Sounds like a reasonable price to me if he does good work.

Even better if he's reliable about it.

When we needed to take out a 2-story brick chimney a couple of years
ago, several people looked at it, none actually bid at all, and I ended
up having to do it myself. Took it apart brick by brick with an air
chisel to avoid damage to the surrounding structure. It's a long, slow,
unpleasant job.

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