Is this estimate for a fire pit and patio pavers low?

[Anonymous]

We have an existing deck with back fence. We are planning to get a round fire pit and a 12 feet by 12 feet square patio around it in the back side lawn area. Two estimates that I got were in the $1500-2000 price range. We are in the Herndon area.
Was thinking it will be more expensive.

[Anonymous]

Wow that is cheaper. We are paying 15k for a 18 by 23 patio with sitting walls and a walkway.

[Anonymous]

Yes. Your estimates are missing a zero.

[Anonymous]

What type of pavers? That will affect price, but even with cheap Home Depot pavers I would’ve expected 3-4K simply because of the excavation that needs to happen for the foundation.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What type of pavers? That will affect price, but even with cheap Home Depot pavers I would’ve expected 3-4K simply because of the excavation that needs to happen for the foundation.

the contractor will probably have day laborers dig down 8 inches- the biggest cost for the contractor the whole thing is removing the soil they dig out

[Anonymous]

This seems low. I guess I should be getting couple more estimates then

[Anonymous]

don't build a fire pit like that get one you can move around because they take up so much valuable room. get a solo stove

[Anonymous]

If they do it right, they need to dig down a 8", fill it with gravel/sand and put pavers on top. Materials will be around $500 ($100 for a fire pit, $200 for pavers, and $200 for gravel and sand). I would expect a motivated 2 man crew with a pickup truck to be able to bang this out in a day if they can get the truck close and you get the materials delivered in advance. If they have to haul the dirt and materials a ways or pick up the materials, then it could take 2 days.

[Anonymous]

Wow that does seem low. We paid around $10K for something similar, flagstone patio and 4' wide fire pit. Did they give you much detail on materials & how it would be constructed?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If they do it right, they need to dig down a 8", fill it with gravel/sand and put pavers on top. Materials will be around $500 ($100 for a fire pit, $200 for pavers, and $200 for gravel and sand). I would expect a motivated 2 man crew with a pickup truck to be able to bang this out in a day if they can get the truck close and you get the materials delivered in advance. If they have to haul the dirt and materials a ways or pick up the materials, then it could take 2 days.

so u think its a reasonable estimate? Could be that work is on the slow side these days, so they are pricing it low.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow that does seem low. We paid around $10K for something similar, flagstone patio and 4' wide fire pit. Did they give you much detail on materials & how it would be constructed?

will get the details and then will post here.

[Anonymous]

Really low. Depending on the pavers, that could be half or more of the cost. Makes no sense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they do it right, they need to dig down a 8", fill it with gravel/sand and put pavers on top. Materials will be around $500 ($100 for a fire pit, $200 for pavers, and $200 for gravel and sand). I would expect a motivated 2 man crew with a pickup truck to be able to bang this out in a day if they can get the truck close and you get the materials delivered in advance. If they have to haul the dirt and materials a ways or pick up the materials, then it could take 2 days.

so u think its a reasonable estimate? Could be that work is on the slow side these days, so they are pricing it low.

not pp, but if you're using cheap pavers, it seems reasonable to me. There will be no skilled labors - all they have to do is dig out soil, haul it away, put down sand, tamp it and then put down pavers and your pit. It's not hard work.

[Anonymous]

Thinking of getting couple more estimates. Let’s see how it goes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If they do it right, they need to dig down a 8", fill it with gravel/sand and put pavers on top. Materials will be around $500 ($100 for a fire pit, $200 for pavers, and $200 for gravel and sand). I would expect a motivated 2 man crew with a pickup truck to be able to bang this out in a day if they can get the truck close and you get the materials delivered in advance. If they have to haul the dirt and materials a ways or pick up the materials, then it could take 2 days.

so u think its a reasonable estimate? Could be that work is on the slow side these days, so they are pricing it low.

not pp, but if you're using cheap pavers, it seems reasonable to me. There will be no skilled labors - all they have to do is dig out soil, haul it away, put down sand, tamp it and then put down pavers and your pit. It's not hard work.

I am the poster that thinks it could be reasonable, but you are talking about the cheapest pavers and the least amount of gravel/sand (if any) with uninsured, cash only, labor.