£8 Per Metre

[Peter]

Went to look at a job yesterday. Fella on the phone said that he had tilers there doing a bit of work downstairs but he wasn't happy with it, so could I finish that and then start a 30m bathroom and a 25m bathroom upstairs. He also said "The other tilers were £8 per metre, could you match that". Certainly not, but I'll have a look at it for you. Not seen such bad fixing in a while, even by Northern Ireland standards.

Kitchen floor - 600x600 polished porcelain, straight onto floorboards, using a single part flexi, with a bed about an inch thick. There was about 14m of the 18m floor done and it took the two 'tilers' four days. Told him I wasn't going to stick a tile down anywhere near it but would have a look at for him in a few months when it all needs redone.

Downstairs WC - 600x300 porcelain onto bonding, about 15m took the two of them three days. Floor and bottom course wasn't done, so wanted me to finish that too.

Subsequently no floors were overboarded upstairs and all the walls just had a bonding coat as specified by the previous tilers. Read him the riot act and gave him a 'not worth the hassle' price but I have a feeling that someone's going to come in and tile it anyway. :mad2:

Shame, would have been about 80-90m of good tiling in it otherwise, but don't think even I could have competed with his £8pm expectations. :lol:

Goes to show you that whenever you're undercut that much by another tiler then it's obvious there are some serious corners being cut. Just sorry I didn't take a few pictures of it to show future potential customers the dangers of 'cheap quotes'.

 

[DHTiling]

He's not happy with this cowboys yet he wants you to match their cowboy rates..oh FFS.. tell him to do one.

 

[dave l and l]

i have dealt with the same recently. two tilers travelling about 30mile a day and fixing for 8 per m2. when asked how much i wanted i was to no chance, i wouldnt budge on price, the two tilers were tiling straight onto chipboard, went back recently to have a look and all the floors were failing, however builder died so i am guessing he doesnt care too much

 

[swanman]

So many cowboys

 

[Andy Allen]

when will these people learn to chose a trademan on there ability reather than price..:incazzato:

 

[radim]

he gets what he pays for. will need retiling soon.it means new tiles,proper substrate prepair, and pro to do it right.probably rich enough to get cheap "tilers"

 

[Tony73]

newer heard of £8 PER SQ.M :yikes: Lowest ever done was £25 (years ago):incazzato:

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

I got the offer of a commercial job today £11.00 per m2, no bloody thanks, I was earning £12.50 per m2 twenty years ago. What is wrong with this industry?:mad2: I would rather sit at home.

 

[Tony73]

Got same offer 5years ago £12.50. I think 99,9% of commertials is that rate, am I wrong? :incazzato:. Ohye i did Bloomberg office toilets, in east London 5-6 years ago, but much better rate.

 

[Peter]

You only get £12-£15 over here but you can still make it pay if you work efficiently. Must have cost the other boys money, 30m at 8pm split two ways over six days work.

 

[radim]

had offer for commercial job £11 per metre.and question :can u start tommorow? 11 quid before tax, where is diesel, tools, digs etc...shocking.....:mad2:

 

[Tony73]

You only get £12-£15 over here but you can still make it pay if you work efficiently. Must have cost the other boys money, 30m at 8pm split two ways over six days work.

Sorry Wingn, didn't realy think when red your post. but then £12-£15 is realy low and people still expect even lower rates :mad2:. So soon tilers will have to pay to the client for letting tile they bathrooms? :incazzato:

 

[Peter]

You wouldn't think £15 was realy low over here. In fact, if you price a job at £15pm, unless you've been personally recommended or doing something rather fancy then you'll be undercut by up to a fiver a metre.

But as long as you can do 10m or more a day you can cover yourself and still get a decent wage at the end of the week after tax.

 

[Brian the Tile]

I think the problem here is that there is to many jack of all trades master of none cowboys about doing everybodys job,i see vans were i live and its a case of what they dont do sign wrighting on them ,i am a time served tiler been doing the job now for forty years and have never known things to be so bad,i to would not and will not work for that kind of money folks know things are bad at the moment and a few are trying to take advantage,ive had the calls where a mess has been made then its can you come and make things right for us ,no thanks get the right people in in the first place people who know there job and should get paid accordingly

 

[Andy Allen]

your spot on there brian....