Prices, Quotes and Site Visits
We are lucky enough to receive many enquiries from schools and other establishments who are looking to buy our products or kind of products. We will always endeavour to get back to you within a couple of days from your original approach and we do appreciate also that schools are sometimes at different stages of the buying or selection process – some are a bit unsure of what they want or where the product would be best suited at the site perhaps – whereas other enquiries can be a lot further on down the line, know exactly what they want and have the funding in place.
We will always help at whatever stage your school are at plus you can benefit from our 23 years of experience in this area – it is very rare nowadays that we cannot help or at least point you in the right direction. And of course we can offer alternative suggestions to what has already been proposed if we think this would be beneficial.
Of course the first question we get asked is – can we have some prices? For some of our product range, we do have specific set price lists which we can easily send out to you but a lot of the work we carry out is tailored to the school’s individual needs where we can pull on our modular build process and our broad range of options. So in this respect it is quite difficult to “package” a price list per se as every job is different. But we can certainly get a budget price to you and send you lots of relevant photos of previous jobs once we have established the following from the school:
- The address or post code of the school – we need this information in order to be able to work out a delivery and installation (if so required) price
- Details about the site itself – what is the existing surface we would be installing onto (eg grass, tarmac, existing safety surfacing etc) and is it fairly level
- Access – how near can we get our transport truck to the designated site (we usually allow for a 40 – 50m carry as anything over that is classed as bad access)
- Budget – is there a budget or budget level we should be aware of
- Timescales – when are the school looking to have the product delivered or installed
Once we have had a conversation too about what product you are wanting or are able to go through and consider the various options your school are wanting, we can usually at this stage give you an indicative price – this can be presented in a formal quote if so required with corresponding photos or drawings.
Assuming the school wish to proceed further (usually after the project has been greenlighted by the Board of School Governors), we would then typically undertake a site survey in order to firm up on our quotation and provide drawings/layouts etc if so required.
Once this firm quote has been accepted, we send out an order acknowledgement confirming the agreed price and specification. Once this has been signed, the contract is fixed.
We do try and make the whole process as simple and enjoyable as possible.
For further information on our range, please call 01832 275902 or email info@hideouthouse.com
