paulfromcamden
Baffled
The fact is, many tradespeople have increased prices far more than inflation. Have you tried shopping around for a trade recently and haggling on price?
Our flat is shared freehold. We now have major repairs that were shelved pre-covid coming in at substantially more.
Looking at the number of skips in the neighbourhood there's no shortage of work for trades so I guess it's partly supply and demand.