richardbrown said:
I went to look at a job yesterday.
Average double bedroom,sparky had knocked the S*** out of it so i priced to hardwall up chasings, skim all walls, patch in new plasterboard in artex ceiling, skim ceiling and repair coving. I guessed 2 days and already had the materials so i said £400 for cash.
He called in 2 other firms who both priced the same job at between £200 and £ 240 through the books.
so £240 less tax £ £190 less materials £ £50 they would be working for £140 to do the above job.
Wankers !!!!
Rich
you gotta watch some customers too..
some of em come across all 'duncan bannatyne' and think that if they say theyve had a dirt cheap quote youre gonna try and beat it..
bloke round my way got 'we will beat any quote' on his ad.
i been doing 10m artex ceilings for 80 quid, straight in and out like..
did a room tuesday, 9footx10foot, no reveals (flush window) artex ceiling (quick scrape), walls were painted board with a few dings in here and there...
prepped the lot, had the ceiling and 1 wall 1st set, other 3 second set, materials 30 quid, priced at 180, p'ssed it in a day but thats still site rates innit..
now that is dirt cheap, i know, but id like to see old matey killin himself for less...
when you gotta start dropping ceilings, removing material, loadsa prep work you can stick a young lad in and make money off him but i belive that in the building trade theres only so much you can make off yer own back... the way to make money, serious money is to sub out at lower rates, employ subbies and mek money off em without liftin a finger, its the only way to scale it up..
i do talk some shite though..
