pristineplastering
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Went to price a job last week, medium sized lounge ceiling and long thin hallway ceiling, both artexed, customer wants them both skimmed.
I gave her a price of £160, days labour I thought and a couple of bags of multi. She looked at me in sheer disbelief expecting a price of nearer £500 and snapped me up to do the work which I did on Tuesday.
Anyway, cut a long story short it turns out she's just split up from her husband of many years and she hasnt got a pot to piss in - I felt a bit sorry for her so pullled out all the stops, even mopped the parrquet floor after cos my dust sheets had left some dust on it
She comes home and nearly bursts into tears thanking me so much and its better than she thought it could ever be blah blah blah...
Turns out she wants the whole house doing and she's booked me in to pull the old kitchen ceiling down and re-board at the end of the month.
Anyone else go the extra mile for certain customers or am I just being a soppy old sod
I gave her a price of £160, days labour I thought and a couple of bags of multi. She looked at me in sheer disbelief expecting a price of nearer £500 and snapped me up to do the work which I did on Tuesday.
Anyway, cut a long story short it turns out she's just split up from her husband of many years and she hasnt got a pot to piss in - I felt a bit sorry for her so pullled out all the stops, even mopped the parrquet floor after cos my dust sheets had left some dust on it
She comes home and nearly bursts into tears thanking me so much and its better than she thought it could ever be blah blah blah...
Turns out she wants the whole house doing and she's booked me in to pull the old kitchen ceiling down and re-board at the end of the month.
Anyone else go the extra mile for certain customers or am I just being a soppy old sod