NEW MESSAGE ADDED 07/02/25 (following on from below)
Please find your Proposal below Chris:
Proposal created on 02/02/'25 Valid until: 02/03/'25 STIMPSONS GPDB LTD. Tim Stimpson.
Hello Chris,
it's Tim from STIMPSONS GPDB LTD.
As promised, please find your proposal of works for all the new Garden work seen below.
If you're happy with the proposal, we will send you a fully detailed quotation.
The Quotation will be followed by our FREE drawing.
please click >*read more as you scroll down the pages... as it's a very long message on WhatsApp! as the text is condensed.
If you would rather have a phone call instead, please text me back once you have looked over all the details here.
There's a lot to go over, I have many after care options that can be added on to look after your investment, and I can help you with any questions by arranging a call instead.
*As the text is compacted on this WhatsApp message, I have also included a PDF version that should also open on kindle or a similar phone App.*
Please note: If opening on the kindle app, it will be easier to read. However, the links might work, whereas PDF reader should become active.
I have a couple of really nice Paving Materials in mind and it would be great to provide you with the basic concept drawing to show these to you and how this would look, the drawing would be FREE on receipt of a refundable £250 booking deposit, this is to make sure you have some space booked with us, and also covers the design fee's - as each one takes around 4-6 hrs to draw this up for you (FREE on Completion of your Project)
Once all the work has been completed, we'll fully refund the £250 deposit for you, and this will be deducted from the final invoice we send.
The proposal cost consists of the following : ...
Main proposed paving work for the new Patio, Lawn, Paving restoration (to be shown on your FREE drawing) - I'll include the whole garden in the drawing as I feel it will help you see all the available space!
Back Garden :
- Completely clear the Garden, including any unwanted sheds, buildings, shrubs, and small trees.
- Level existing ground and remove any unwanted soil/materials.
- All waste (arisings) will be professionally removed and disposed of, we have a waste Carriers license (so no bulky skips taking up room on your drive) - we collect and dispose of the waste using our trucks.
- Deep clean, restoration, and re-point of the patio at the bottom of the garden. Optional - We could include a small retaining edge around the perimeter to keep back the soil, for additional costs.
- Steps for a small restored patio will be rebuilt removing the ramp this will include repairing any loose brickwork.
- Additional large Patio. A new Patio for the rear of the property, this will include a step design (already have an idea, connecting the two steps with a large sweeping step)
I will create a curved Patio, with no additional cost if booked in for March (as it's just before we get busy, and hopefully help you out)
- A large area of natural lawn, costs below to include a mowing strip (making the lawn edge easier to maintain) Did you know? We can also offer lawn cutting and maintenance as well as paving cleaning!
- Costs to frame both the New Patio and the Lawn with an antique cobble edge. This could also be used to frame other areas of the garden and stacked up to create small retaining walls, for additional costs.
• Low Maintenance SLAB type, rustic traditional Paving throughout the Main area's based on the paving shown below.
Please also consider my monthly weed guarantee that can be put in place however we can reduce costs if you opt out.
I would personally recommend the Raj Blend colour.
I can change this for block paving cobble type paving for slightly less costs, around -£1,000.00 (as blocks are less labour/time to install)
If you want Porcelain, please check out the following supplier that we've trusted for many years:
https://www.londonstone.co.uk/porcelain-paving/
We have allowed £40 + VAT per meter.
We only start from £40 per meter as some of the budget slabs can have slightly less grip (not slippy) however, we want the best for out customers, especially as we specialise in garden conversions - to low maintenance.
All the above paving types will be covered by my extremely strong GUARANTEE'S for you:
Let me go over them below once again:
My first one ... (assuming you don't opt out of our monthly built-in sweeping service for reduced costs)
🚫 NO WEED'S (BRAND NEW FOR '24.)
GUARANTEED ... ✅ ... PROBLEM FREE PAVING.
3 / 5 Years or Lifetime Warranty.
For New Paved Driveways and Gardens - Even Block Paving. ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
If Weeds grow after we finish, we'll come back and remove them FREE - it's all included within our written Guarantee - we can offer this level of service as we have our own maintenance division in place with specialist weed removal equipment.
- This would also provide you with our sweeping service AS STANDARD once a month visit for 3-Years, so this doesn't just STOP WEEDS as you will also receive the level of cleaning service from me and my team for FREE as seen below, it's already within my costs:
🚫 NO MOSS (Guaranteed)✅ 🚫 NO DIRT(Monthly)✅ 🚫 NO LEAFS " 🚫 NO LITTER "
Never Sweep or have weeds on your Paving while using this service (You can also renew this every 3 years if wanted.)
Alternatively:
Just as a one-off, I have included our opt-out cost, *as we understand you might not want this service, especially if you wanted to clean and sweep yourself.
So you could opt in for our once-a-year visit instead (annual cleaning) * this option also provides you with the upgraded 5-year workmanship guarantee if cleaned for 3 consecutive years - However we wouldn't be able to add our NO WEED - guarantee doing this, also dirt and leaf debris 🍃 will still build up in-between our yearly visits.
That's a lot to take in ...
So, hopefully, the following makes it clearer to understand:
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*3-Years years as standard guarantee with built-in WEED free guarantee * _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
BASIC WEED-FREE GUARANTEE - Sweeping/cleaning service: (Main Patio) £980 - this cost has already been included in your quote.
Opt out of WEED free guarantee for revised costs if wanted
-£980 (Removes the weed-free guarantee.) If that's what you want.
BRONZE PACKAGE 🥉 5-YEAR GUARANTEE + YEARLY DEEP CLEAN.
- You can add this with or without the WEED FREE sweeping service add on if wanted. ...
£252 + VAT per year Adds our Once-a-year visit to deep clean (with/without) the WEED FREE monthly visits whether you take this off or kept on - You can still have it cleaned once a year for 3 years and then get 2 years EXTRA guarantee added on. Gutter clean included _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SILVER PACKAGE 🥈 LIFETIME GUARANTEE + UPGRADED MONTHLY VISITS:
*This Service Combines the WEED FREE service and the BRONZE package. Best of both it combines them together to create a unique Maintenance Service for you.
You will have to deduct the WEED FREE sweeping service cost first, and replace it with the upgraded version *The SILVER Service allows your guarantee to last as long as you want as long as you're using our SILVER service.
Additional £35 + VAT per month.
So add this enhanced Monthly "SILVER" visit to get all the options below:
- Monthly visit (WEED FREE) - Once a year, Wet Clean - Sealer every 3 years Gutter clean included _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Bespoke costs - so we will need another visit to take details.
Everything in Silver, however, we'll include Lawn care/cutting and window cleaning all added on - including Gutter cleaning every month and roof moss removal every autumn/winter! Everything is looked after for you !! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Just to confirm:
_I will show everything on my FREE drawing for complete clarity for you if you decide to build the new Garden
A few more unique build details are below: • Heavy duty basic retaining edging - to stop lateral movement for all Paving, you can upgrade to a decorative edge for costs further on.
• Sand FREE laying method for blocks! No ants /Settling blocks from wet Weather.
• Strong Granite & Cement - Semi Porous Sub-base (No sinking - all covered on our strong guarantee choices) ...
We are Brett registered installers for complete peace of mind
If sourcing the paving from our BRETT manufacturer and using any of these below, you would also get their independent 5-year workmanship and 10-year Product guarantee directly from BRETT being Approved Contractors:
www.brettlandscaping.co.uk
If not using BRETT and using one of my recommendations at the top of this Proposal, you can have peace of mind knowing that we offer this with all our work as standard:
• Long Workmanship guarantees and maintenance options available that further my WEED FREE Guarantee already seen above with my SECOND one ... also, my Structural Guarantee is below for you:
🚫 NO PUDDLES. 🚫 NO DIP'S. 🚫 NO CRACKS. 🚫 NO LOOSE EDGINGS/SLABS/BLOCKS. 🚫 NO LOOSE POINTING. GUARANTEE'D ... ✅ ... PROBLEM FREE PAVING. 3 / 5 Years or Lifetime Warranty. (Depending what you choose below) ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
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Standard 3 - Year Guarantee (As Standard with all our work)
Let me know if you want costs and details to upgrade the guarantee and get regular maintenance options that can be found with our BRONZE, SILVER, AND GOLD services.
MAIN BUILD COSTS:
There's a lot to go over. However, please now find the costs to provide you with the high level of workmanship and guarantee we can offer along with the additional services we can add on to your investment.
I hope you can follow the Main costs involved with the builds - just contact me if you're not sure, I'm here to help every step of the way.
The cost to provide the NEW Garden, Modifications: Clearance, Restoration, Lawn, Patio, Steps/Brickwork, Edgings and restoration (FREE drawing to follow after booking deposit)
So, all work discussed will be shown on the *FREE drawing.
- Transferable ownership Guarantee, It's built to last and will act as your investment, stay, or go, you're covered either way.
Costs for everything discussed on our site visit, including our Monthly sweeping service for patio paving:
Total for above works Before discounts: £23,818.19 Inc all VAT. --------‐-------- Breakdown of costs (inc VAT) :
• Main large Patio £16,990.00 (including WEED FREE GUARANTEE)
• New Lawn £1,680.00
• Provide decorative edging/mowing skip for the new Patio and the new Lawn **£3,139.99 (optional upgrade or we'll default to concrete edging).
• Completely clear out Garden and remove all waste £1,590.00 -------------‐----
£23,818.19 TOTAL COST FOR ALL WORK Including the VAT (Inc) Start - Finish.
Discounts:
We really want to provide you with long term Paving that's hassle FREE, please have a good think before opting out of our leaf/moss/weed and dirt removal (don't forget we will include your roof gutters as well)
Please deduct: *£980.00 ... deduct from the quote above to opt out of our 3-Years worth of monthly Leaf, Weed, Moss and Dirt Sweeping service, our Weed FREE Guarantee -that runs alongside the structural 3-Year guarantee, However - If you did ...
I would then highly recommend at least having the 5-year upgrade, SILVER🥈 (YEARLY Clean) - if doing this and then just pay once a year to keep your project clean and tidy!
I've attached many photos and videos on here to show you what to expect from me and my team.
If my standard was to fall below the images you find attached, then I would invite you to send your honest review here:
(I simply wouldn't allow our standards to slip, I simply can't afford to - we are only as good as our last review)
I would love to build this for you, Chris - I have a clear vision of how this would look / improve / add value to your property and what me and my close-knit team and I can achieve for you.
I hope this is within your anticipated costs for your High Quality installation built by us.
Please view the quality of our work at :
www.pavingchelmsforddriveways.net
If you noticed the date at the top of this Proposal, you would have seen there that this proposal expires in 1 month (because materials are constantly going up) we have to do this.
If you leave your refundable deposit within this time, I'll secure your space and also offer a one off discount!!! - a genuine 5% OFF spring discount, and I'll reserve the materials with the merchants at todays prices.
BUILT-TO-LAST !* WEED FREE GUARANTEE ! or we'll remove them for FREE.
Kind regards,
Tim STIMPSONS GPDB LTD.
P.S. Let me know if you would like this sent as an email instead. (Without all the attachments) I know there's a LOT of info to take in. 😊
NEW MESSAGE ADDED 07/02/25 :
Hi Chris.
Just to say that I've sent a couple of requests to view some jobs. I'm waiting for a reply.
Please tap "Read more" as you scroll down, as once again this is quite long !
I've provisionally said SATURDAY, the 22nd.
Obviously, it's going to be hard to organise with everyone. I just wanted to check if this date is OK with you?
I can take you in my Car, or if you feel more comfortable, you can follow me.
1-2 in Springfield. 1 near Miami - roundabout. 1 opposite your property.
So potentially 4 to view.
Also, when I meet you, I'll also bring my sample box of slab pieces and leave them with you.
Also, I'll bring some bigger slabs and provide a demonstration of joining types.
Just to clarify everything we said (or it'll get confusing) ...
Please take a look at the slabs at:
https://www.londonstone.co.uk/porcelain-paving/
I've allowed for 42 SQ.M @ £40 + VAT This equivalent to £1,680.00 + VAT
I'm going to pass my contractor discount over to you ... 20% off the slabs only !!
So take a look.
For example only: (not the slab colour) -
The first slab seen on the site above,
Let me do a breakdown of cost/discount for you based on that one...
Mint Porcelain Paving. £ 39.50 + VAT M2
You need roughly 42 M2
SO, £39.50 + VAT @20% = £47.40 Inc VAT
42 (YOUR PATIO) x £47.40 (CST WITH VAT) = £1,990.80
I will give you my contractor discount (20% OFF = £398.16)
You get the slabs for £1,592.64
your allowance in costs was £40 + VAT (£48 inc)
42 x £48 = £2,016.00 allowance in costs.
£2,016.00 - £1,592.64 = £423.36
You get £423.36 off the cost!
Alternatively...
If you went for Sandstone I can get this down to £23.00 per meter with contractor discount!!
your allowance in costs was £40 + VAT (£48 inc)*
42 x £48 = £2,016.00 allowance in costs.
Sandstone cost 42 (Patio) x £23.00 (Sandstone) = £966.00