"The Natural Philosopher" wrote in message
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tim (not at home) wrote:
"Phil L" wrote in message
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Eddy wrote:
Are there any people who can give me the ballpark cost of getting the
likes of MFI, BnQ, or Homebase to put in a new bathroom? (New bath
with shower-doors, toilet, bidet, basin, tiling and flooring.)
About 500% more expensive than getting someone proper to do it.

This is not my experience (of both bathrooms and kitchens).

The MFI/B&Q quotes were less than a 'professional' wanted.

That's because they use monkeys.

Well they didn't use the best guy in the book, but he was good enough. And
if you don't like it you don't give them the final cheque.


And of course, what you find out is that most of what constitutes what you
would think of as an installation, is in fact not included..

The did everythng in the price that I expected


The Sharps/Dolphins/etc do charge 5 times as much.

Sure. The overhead of running those showrooms, the onsite visits, the
planning and drawing up..costs money.

and so do MFI. The difference with Sharps is that 50% of what you are
paying go into the pocket of the sales staff.

tim