baldyman27
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To be fair, no insult at all intended towards your brother-in-law, QS rates aren't always up to date, especially if their main experience isn't in housing. An example, a friend of mine is a QS and he priced a housebase for me that I was tendering for. The spec. of the floor insulation was on the drawing and he had the same spec. in his Bill of Quantities, priced at E6.50/m2 supplied and fitted. When I rang the builder's providers, the purchase price alone was E17/m2. Expensive mistake if I hadn't checked it.
It would make things a lot simpler for both the client and the builder tendering if the client paid a QS to do a take-off of the drawings, spending the time to go through the details to come up with a comprehensive Bill of Quantities. This then could be sent to the builders to price and they would be made aware that any contract would be based on this BoQ. Then you should get accurate, honest and comparable quotes in.
It would make things a lot simpler for both the client and the builder tendering if the client paid a QS to do a take-off of the drawings, spending the time to go through the details to come up with a comprehensive Bill of Quantities. This then could be sent to the builders to price and they would be made aware that any contract would be based on this BoQ. Then you should get accurate, honest and comparable quotes in.