I'm going to get some more estimates. I just wanted an idea if this was a reasonable number or not.
It sounds way high........as you already are aware, hence the question. When a job is relatively small it's more understandable, rather than square foot pricing to break it down into "man days" including skilled and semi-skilled labor.
remove furniture (appliances?)
remove quarter round (putty &paint?)
demo existing engineered floating hardwood (the easy part)
are there cuts/transitions into existing wood to remain or other types of flooring transitions?
dry existing subfloor--------fans/mop/TIME
repair any damage subfloor
install new engineered floating hardwood
Install new quarter round (putty & paint or stain and finish?)
Install transitions to existing floors/doors/stairs
Replace appliances and furniture.
They may be allowing for some work-----half a day to a day for repairs to the subfloor.
Staining/painting/putty and/or clear stain on quarter round can be tedious and time consuming.
I would assume a two man crew but it's much more about breaking the work down into hours or days per task. As you know popping up a floating wood floor is easy enough. But if that wood needs to be cut somewhere net fit or laced back into remaining and matching wood that's pretty detailed work.
Let's figure $100 an hour. So the work could take 118.4 hours or 14.8 days? (8 hrs per)
It's an exceptional flooring installer that commands $100 an hour. But I've made more piece working on occasion. Normally my average was closer to $75 after I paid my helper. Of course that's 20 years ago in Los Angeles area. I don't see that job taking 14.8 "man days".
Generally I agree with the opinions above. Someone who's quoting this price has doubled the labor and will make that profit + just for referring you to his subcontractor and then guarantying the repairs. If you can cut out the middle man you stand to save quite a few thousands of dollars.