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I just got an estimate for an iron security gate/door for under the stoop from someone who’s done ironwork for me in the past and I’ve been extremely happy with his work.

The door would be a popular diamond pattern instead of straight bars (we’re landmarked so we have to) and would be curved at the top to accommodate the top of the frame.

The estimate is $3,700, which seems very high because it’s almost 3 times what we paid for a straight-bar gate for the back door.

Does this seem totally out of whack, or normal? I know it’s impossible for you to really judge an estimate with so little info, but does that seem totally weird, or within reason? I’m wiling to pay a little extra for someone whose work I really like, but don’t want to be taken advantage of.