What does he mean? Double it and add 30!
How many people put a mark up when supplying materials?
Yep! That’s what trade discount is forHow many people put a mark up when supplying materials?
Yep 15%How many people put a mark up when supplying materials?
If your working for builders then they should be supplying all the materials mate. You just tell them what you need and when!It’s just I get builders say to me you price up the materials and I’ll see if I can get it cheaper. What really mean is you spend your time measuring everything up and tell me what I need . Oh and if you get it cheaper you can Fetch it too . They are cheeky daft
Half the builders I work for try to screw you on price so if I get the gear I stick my bit on top to get my money back . And sometimes go over the top with the materials and carry it forward to another job . If they want me toIf your working for builders then they should be supplying all the materials mate. You just tell them what you need and when!
Sounds like you’ve got it sussed geez!Half the builders I work for try to screw you on price so if I get the gear I stick my bit on top to get my money back . And sometimes go over the top with the materials and carry it forward to another job . If they want me to
Spend my time measuring up gear for them ill
Get my bit back one way or another
builder said to me today “where you get your boards from “ ?
I said “Wickes cheaper than most merchants “
He said “ I’m sure I can get them cheaper “
I said “Go fetch them then in your Ford Focus estate and have them here for 7.30am tomorrow then “
You all know what his reply was
We all do to an extent. We're in the wrong trade for making any decent money on materials though. Sparkies and chippys can get away with murder on materials. My brother in law's a chippy and he makes thousands per kitchen from Howdens for doing nothing. I make about £10 a dayHow many people put a mark up when supplying materials?
Mmmmm nope , its part of my hours if I have to collect materials , keep beads , PVA and scrim on van , for my convenience and don't like charging £5 for a wickes stop bead when their delivered to my door for a quid , your all greedy b.ggers lolEveryone does!
How many people put a mark up when supplying materials?
Any chance of an interest free loan to buy some more tape?Mmmmm nope , its part of my hours if I have to collect materials , keep beads , PVA and scrim on van , for my convenience and don't like charging £5 for a wickes stop bead when their delivered to my door for a quid , your all greedy b.ggers lol
Howdens are terrible my mates a joiner and they give him an invoice for the customer and a separate invoice for him . Obviously a lot lessWe all do to an extent. We're in the wrong trade for making any decent money on materials though. Sparkies and chippys can get away with murder on materials. My brother in law's a chippy and he makes thousands per kitchen from Howdens for doing nothing. I make about £10 a day
This is by far and away the worse trade in the building game for any easy money.
I have 2 plasterers and 3 renderers pretty much 80% of the year in any other trade I would be minted.
I'm still the 1st out of the van every day and the last 1 to leave work, have no days off and price up weekends and evenings.
Busy fools that's all we will ever be, as for all the Harry Enfield loads of money characters on here your either dilluded, liars or never worked through a recession!
Yeah Howdens just ask the chippy what price they should give the customer. Shouldn't be legal tbh. He can make 3 or 4 k in a week fitting a bulk standard kitchenHowdens are terrible my mates a joiner and they give him an invoice for the customer and a separate invoice for him . Obviously a lot less
Why don't you just price high, lose half the work but make a mint on the other half and just keep 1 or 2 guys on?This is by far and away the worse trade in the building game for any easy money.
I have 2 plasterers and 3 renderers pretty much 80% of the year in any other trade I would be minted.
I'm still the 1st out of the van every day and the last 1 to leave work, have no days off and price up weekends and evenings.
Busy fools that's all we will ever be, as for all the Harry Enfield loads of money characters on here your either dilluded, liars or never worked through a recession!
There’s one thinking making an extra few quidYeah Howdens just ask the chippy what price they should give the customer. Shouldn't be legal tbh. He can make 3 or 4 k in a week fitting a bulk standard kitchen
Why don't you just price high, lose half the work but make a mint on the other half and just keep 1 or 2 guys on?
Yep I don't think I could do it tbh, although maybe I'm giving myself to much credit. If I had my time again I'd definitely be a chippy, Ponce around with a pencil behind my ear. Most of the skills gone out of it aswell, they just rely on 5k of kit that pretty much does it all for them. Theres one who always seems to be in travis the same time as me, gels his hair every day and stinks of aftershave the ponceThere’s one thinking making an extra few quid
For picking some bags of skim up , but making £100s on every job is wrong especially when they are making good day work . You
Never see a chippy breaking sweat
They are the new sparksYep I don't think I could do it tbh, although maybe I'm giving myself to much credit. If I had my time again I'd definitely be a chippy, Ponce around with a pencil behind my ear. Most of the skills gone out of it aswell, they just rely on 5k of kit that pretty much does it all for them. Theres one who always seems to be in travis the same time as me, gels his hair every day and stinks of aftershave the ponce
Exactly even if I put a £1 on a bag of skim most I’m gonna make is £40 a week . Which about covers the fuel for fetching it . Not including my time out the house tooBought 2 kitchens from howdens in last yr and both times they call and ask what fiddle do you want putting on top of customer invoice. Apparently £300/400 markup is the norm .not bad if your fitting 3 a month
Exactly even if I put a £1 on a bag of skim most I’m gonna make is £40 a week . Which about covers the fuel for fetching it . Not including my time out the house too