The direct answer
A meaningful louvered pergola price covers the specified structure, options, delivery and site work. Compare the same dimensions and configuration first, then calculate the installed total. A price per square metre alone cannot show what is included or whether the proposal fits your site.
What changes the product price?
Ask for the model, overall roof dimensions, clear post spacing, mounting arrangement, finish and roof controls. Multiple bays, different post layouts or additional screens can change the scope. Keep optional lighting, sensors and side enclosures as separate line items so you can compare the base system.
Build an installed-cost worksheet
Use separate rows for product, packing, transport, destination charges, site preparation, assembly, electrical work and drainage connections. Mark each amount as included, excluded or awaiting confirmation. Record the quotation currency and validity. A missing amount is an unresolved cost, not a zero.
Compare evidence and service scope
A lower total may refer to a different configuration or a narrower service scope. Match the drawing revision and product documents to the offer. Ask who addresses transport damage, installation adjustments and replacement parts, and which labour or travel costs remain yours under the proposed warranty.
Send a brief that can be priced
Send a dimensioned sketch, site photographs, delivery location and your preferred mounting type. Name essential options and separate them from future upgrades. Request an itemized proposal against that exact brief; leave structural dimensions and anchors for confirmation through the agreed design and site review.
Before you request a quotation
- Same roof dimensions, model and drawing revision
- Itemized installed total with exclusions
- Written warranty coverage and service responsibility