What’s a Reasonable Cost for a Patio and Deck?

Lbenerrol on 25/06/2020 - 20:18

Hi all,

Long time lurker and first time poster.

After some thoughts and experiences on quotes for new deck and patio setups.

We had a quote for a flat Stratco Sanctuary and timber/plastic composite deck this afternoon ~21 square metres fully installed with all approvals etc taken care of for around $20,000. In Wyndham area just outside of Melbourne installed over a slab on flat ground.

We’re in the process of sourcing some more quotes but this first one struck me as being more expensive than anticipated. Does anyone have any thoughts or recent quotes they’d like to share?

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Comments

  • MS Paint on 25/06/2020 - 20:33

    Do you have a breakdown of materials and labour?

    • benerrol on 25/06/2020 - 21:47

      Not on this quote, unfortunately. We’ve got the quote sheet which is the sum of labour and materials.

  • adgnetworks on 25/06/2020 - 21:07

    Do you have details of the build? diagram?

    • benerrol on 25/06/2020 - 21:50

      Covered patio, attached to one wall. Diagram from the quote here: https://ibb.co/hXDfNtD

      Quoted price is for the 7.2m width (red on diagram)

  • [Deactivated] on 25/06/2020 - 21:08
    +8

    How do you know what price was your anticipated lol. Get 5 quotes and play them against each other till you get the cheapest, then post thread re dodgy job.

    • benerrol on 25/06/2020 - 21:50

      Yeah, fair call. More anticipated/guessed…

  • Godric on 25/06/2020 - 21:22

    A slab and a cheers mate

  • elgrande on 25/06/2020 - 21:25

    Is that covered or uncovered?

  • conan2000 on 25/06/2020 - 23:48
    +1

    When we were building our house I got some external quotes for a wooden deck of 4mx10m. Two of them were around $40k and the 3rd was $120k (this one was pouring concrete slab etc as well). The builder ended up doing the concrete and alfresco cover for about $23k, and it cost us about $10k for tiling. So $1k per m2 isn't too bad from what I have seen.

    If the slab is already there, then it seems pricey, but the timber plastic composite was a fair bit more expensive than wood. Lower maintenance, but we have a western facing deck, and the composite apparently gets extremely hot, so we discarded it as an option.

  • Duckie2hh on 26/06/2020 - 07:38

    Is the high cost due to permits and all? I have heard that patio covers, steel can be as low as $3,000 for 16msquared.

    Decks are around $10k with permits for the same area size.

  • NumberEight on 26/06/2020 - 07:50
    +2

    Our 28m2 merbau deck with two steps around each side was ~$10-12k.

    Included concrete stumps and a handrail on one side. I stained it myself.

    I’d recommend getting on Instagram and checking out some people’s work. We definitely found that people who had the pride to run an Insta page and show off their work had a pretty good product!

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