hello all

[tomcat]

hello my names alan im from swindon.

been plastering about 5 years now, taught by my dad and i used to work for him up untill a month ago.
well i still do jobs for him but im now self employed so he does jobs for me also

my aim is to get into buying and selling houses and renting a few out also but for now ill use plastering as my income.

come across the site by accident but thought i would check it out, glad i did read some interesting stuff already.

and will be good to chat to other plasterer's.

cheers aj.

 

[craig81]

Iya Alan,

I've bin plastering since april last year alongside my other job. I'm qualified n bin out with experienced plasterers with 20 years+. Went all out beginning of this year n jacked ma job in n registered as self employed. Work is coming in dribs n drabs, was it like this for u wen u first started?

 

[tomcat]

cool nice one mate

ive been doing the odd job here and there for mates and my names got around like that, so i get quite a bit of work through word of mouth, and i have been on the internet (car forums mainly) for ten years so i know alot of people and again get alot of work that way, so i guess i have been lucky really.

i still do a fair bit of work for my dad also so this helps aswell.

working 7 days a week at the moment have been for the last month. bloody knackerd lol.

 

[Danny]

Welcome to the forum,

Nice to see you taking part, the forum has not been going long only around 8 months ish, and already its a thriving community.

word of mouth is definiately the way to go but business cards and flyers is a also handy, I have T shirts with my name and contact details which I wear at every opportunity along with drinking in my local pub which also keeps me in work.

Once againhappy posting

Danny

 

[tomcat]

cheers mate

my dad had tops etc but i have not sorted that out yet, but i will def be looking into it very soon :d

cheers aj