Hi Everyone,

My husband and I are building our home and we are at the stage where we are needing quotes for timber flooring. We are after blackbutt in 130mm x 19mm, standard grade. We need 162sqm.

We have had 2 quotes and they have ranged from expensive to "jaw dropping". We know that if we were to go for the lesser grade that it would be cheaper but we don't like the look of the character grade.

Can anyone give us an average price/indication as to what we should be paying? Both quotes have added an extra 7% for wastage - isn't that a bit high?? I was thinking it would be the 3-4% range.

What are peoples experiences with Ebay or Gray's Online - I have heard that with the amount of un-usable timber its almost not worth buying through them considering that you have to pay a buyers premium which can range from 10-15% and then the transport/delivery cost as well.

Would any of the timber mills deal direct with us or would we have to go through a flooring company?? Any suggestions on who we could deal with?

Our wallets are thanking you already

Cheers
Lids



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