Tile installer offer plausible and fair? Experiences?

Hi!

Our planned interior fitter sent his offer today. To me, it seems very, very expensive just for laying the tiles. Is that plausible and market-appropriate?

The tiles to be laid are 60x60 in the basement, 40x80 on the ground floor, and 45x90 in the bathrooms.

He also offered painting services, which are definitely okay and therefore I am not posting them here.

As a layman, I unfortunately cannot really evaluate this. What I find especially difficult is checking whether the correct square meters were indicated everywhere. He will have software where he can calculate everything based on the floor area and ceiling height, but calculating it all myself is hard for me.

The prices are all net.

I will still provide floor plans and sections.

Corner profiles for tile edges are still missing. The removal of the screed edge strip is also often charged on top. Calculate with 250m of silicone work.

The mysterious software is probably called "Floor plan * pi roughly + 10%."

Prices are, in my opinion, within the range; quantities will still increase in the end.

There was also a thread here about the surcharge for large-format tiles.

Hey, listen, with that price and as a graduate in business administration, you should be able to multiply length * width, right?

It doesn’t matter whether it’s wall or floor.

Or should we do it now??

The only issue is waste, where he generally adds 5-10% on top.

Cuttings don't have to be calculated at all. As I understand the offer, they have to be provided by the [Auftraggeber].

What makes me rather suspicious are the many 1m or 1sqm items.

Just the silicone pulling alone involves nearly €2000 in costs.

Even if it doesn't quite fit the question right now: I can only recommend having the baseboards installed flush with the plaster, if that's possible for you.
For this, the plaster needs to stop at the bottom so the baseboard can be integrated, then it's plastered again afterwards.
It costs extra because it's more work. Our plasterer built spacers from insulation boards which were as high as the future baseboard + floor covering + 1cm buffer. He then always placed a plaster strip on them and fixed it to the wall with mortar. This always created a straight edge.

It looks really great and above all, you don't have that annoying dust edge on the baseboard anymore.

We had it done here because especially my wife wanted to avoid the dust edge. We're very happy about it.

Price-wise it probably doesn't help you much if I now tell you our prices, but well:

- Prepare floor: €5/m²
- Lay and grout floor tiles (60x60): €35/m²
- Cut and install baseboards: €12/running meter
- Finish plaster around baseboards: €3.50/running meter
- Apply silicone joints: €2.80/running meter
- Small wall niche with insulation: €170
- Large wall niche with insulation: €320
- Prepare wall: €5/m²
- Lay and grout wall tiles (60x30 and 60x60): €35/m²
- Flat rate for cuts per bathroom: €270
- Install drain channel: €85

We are very satisfied with the work but also know that the price was great. He is the in-house tiler recommended by our architect. For a new construction project from the architect, he didn't have time; the competition wants €65 instead of €35 for laying.

We would probably still have the screed inside today...