On Thu, 22 May 2008 09:10:22 +0100, Adam wrote:

Hi Everyone

I would like to have a pond in my garden, and I've just had a quote from
a pond specialist which strikes me as rather expensive. It's for a pond
approx 11 x 9 ft, about 2 foot deep, surrounded with rocks and with a
filtration system, at a cost of about £10,000. The chap who gave the
quote sounded very knowledgeable and showed some lovely photos of other
ponds he'd done, and I'm sure he'd do a good job, but it strikes me that
this could be a lot more than is sensible to pay for what I would have
thought was a reasonably straightforward job.

Am I underestimating how much work is involved in digging a pond, or is
this quote really very high?

Any thoughts gratefully received. Also any suggestions for other pond
specialists in the south London/Surrey area gratefully received.

Thanks


That does sound a lot, but remember that there's a lot more to it than
just 'digging a pond'. After the excavation it will need a sand bed, a
butyl liner and surroundings, plus the filter system with a suitable
pump and its electrics wired back into the house. Those parts are all
quite expensive.
With a job of this size I would in any case get three quotes from
different contractors so that I could compare them.