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Fair price for Indian Stone flags...

Posted by David Cox on May 19, 2010 at 11:01pm
We've been offered some Indian stone flags at a clearance price of £18 per Sqm, from a building supply yard. We went in browsing at prices to do a quote for a family friend, and were offered these from a canceled order.Is this about right for these, or is it a little too cheap/ something wrong?
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  • Kieran Ray May 19, 2010 at 11:59pm
    I buy mine at £15 per m2 as a normal rate. have you tryed other supplyers as you can get cheeper and still a good quality. Were are you in the country?
  • Lawncare-4u.co.uk May 20, 2010 at 12:32am
    are they the womans on here ? !! (sorry name forgotten) .........
  • Kieran Ray May 20, 2010 at 12:37am
    Do you mean my sandstone Rob?

    Robin Ainsworth said:
    are they the womans on here ? !! (sorry name forgotten) .........
  • Lawncare-4u.co.uk May 20, 2010 at 1:16am
    who had the scratched / faulty ones? trying to get refunded?
  • Nick Donaghey @ Garden Gurus May 20, 2010 at 6:56am
    No - they were sawn yorkstone - certaintly not something you'd get for £18/m2!

    £18/m2 is a reasonable price for hand-cut Indian sandstone, though there are direct importers who charge less - check out Manjit Yadav and Naman Sethi - both on Landscape juice.

    Robin Ainsworth said:
    are they the womans on here ? !! (sorry name forgotten) .........
  • Dave Sewell May 20, 2010 at 7:45am
    David,
    I'd expect to pay £18/m for a decent indian stone. Trade price. can I suggest if they are offering it at 'clearance' rates that you pitch in at more like £12/metre otherwise you are simply stocking up on a product at the price you would normally buy it at. Doesn't help your cash flow.
    Dave
  • David Cox May 20, 2010 at 10:30am
    Round here (west yorkshire / harrogate / york / leeds triangle) we seem to get quoted 30-50 per Sqm for Indian Flags!
    Hmm the flags are a good 3" thick and large but seem to be non standard sizes.
    The builders (wholesale) merchant we would otherwise use charges about £65-£70 per Sqm for yorkstone and 50 for indian.
  • Dave Sewell May 20, 2010 at 10:58am
    David,
    You need to start looking elsewhere. £50/m for Indian stone is a crazy amount of money.
    If the flags you're being offered are 3" thick and non-standard sizes then they're not Indian stone. Surely the merchant knows the difference? If it's York stone then it might be a more viable deal however remember that you've still got to load and transport it and store it - the time and money all add up and that £18 can soon turn into £65.
    Dave
  • David Cox May 20, 2010 at 11:04am
    Thanks,
    It looks like indian stone, I dont think we'd ever bother stocking up on materials unless we were large enough to know we could shift them.

    We've only done crazy paving up until now (2 jobs) so felt it was worth testing the water. The guy at the yard was probably looking for a mug me thinks.
    He knows about our first attempt at Crazy paving with a Crazy price.... £776 for 29Sqm laid.
    We had to swollow and do this one at a huge loss (still hurts).
  • Dave Sewell May 20, 2010 at 12:42pm
    David,
    I think you're very wise.
    Dave
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