A WEE bit of help needed with pricing, exact figures not Necessary :D

[High Peak Tiling]

Re: A WEE bit of help needed with pricing, exact figures not Necessary

£110 per day is cheap you will do loads of bumpy whites at that price

Bumpy whites? I don't know that expression

 

[prceramics]

Re: A WEE bit of help needed with pricing, exact figures not Necessary

they are white and bumpy and cheap

 

[High Peak Tiling]

Re: A WEE bit of help needed with pricing, exact figures not Necessary

Its pointless imo to have different rates for everything,what happens if you spend the morning prepping then spend the afternoon finishing a wall and starting a floor ?Spend time in assesing the job before you give youre price in (how many days it will take) and times it by youre day rate.Often you will find that you either finish a job earlier or in my case later than you allowed for.Part of the game i suppose

Yes Bri materials on top.
Thats good words there mate, as another said £110 is cheap.. So if I go cheaper for prep and base jobs around the £110 day rate mark with small adjustments for timing etc as I am happy with £110 a day.
average job @ £110 day rate - tax leaves £88 a day.. -ni/fuel.. Doesn't leave me much better off than minimum wage...

 

[Alan.P]

Re: A WEE bit of help needed with pricing, exact figures not Necessary

Yes Bri materials on top.
Thats good words there mate, as another said £110 is cheap.. So if I go cheaper for prep and base jobs around the £110 day rate mark with small adjustments for timing etc as I am happy with £110 a day.
average job @ £110 day rate - tax leaves £88 a day.. -ni/fuel.. Doesn't leave me much better off than minimum wage...

Welcome to the real world, a lot of people think a lot of trades make a fortune, guess again

 

[High Peak Tiling]

Re: A WEE bit of help needed with pricing, exact figures not Necessary

Well at least I wasn't torn apart for being over priced

 

[Dougs Third Go]

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also don't forget that stone and porcelain rates will be significantly higher metreage rates than standard ceramics.

 

[Peter]

Re: A WEE bit of help needed with pricing, exact figures not Necessary

I dont really bother with anything set in definite. Need x amount per week so if three days on a big floor earns my weeks wages then cam be competitive on the other two days as a means of filling the diary and further big jobs usually come from small jobs. As long as you price fairly and are not greedy.

 

[Andy Allen]

Re: A WEE bit of help needed with pricing, exact figures not Necessary

as others have said, I don't think many customers will pay you x amount of pounds a day, you will need to look at the job, work out how many days it will take, then times it by your day rate and give them a total price....... so if your just starting out and your slow then you could be making next to nothing to begin with, and when you think some pro tilers are working for next to nothing now you may find it hard to make a living........believe you me its not all a bed of roses, and were not all earning 50k a year...

 

[High Peak Tiling]

Re: A WEE bit of help needed with pricing, exact figures not Necessary

I know serveral different going rates of my areas. For example: a cleaner can charge 8-12£ an hour... & minimum wage is 6£ an hour... taking any of my prices close to a cleaners rate is taking the 'mickey' !
So a cleaner does 7 hours actual cleaning they'll get £70ish for the day.
I think £80-85 for prep work is reasonable

 

[Gazzer]

Re: A WEE bit of help needed with pricing, exact figures not Necessary

If you set your prices low it will be very hard to get them up in the future. If you set higher you can always adjust.

 

[High Peak Tiling]

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Without delving into your company could you tell me, the prices I have listed previously Are 'low' 'high'
thank you

 

[Gazzer]

Re: A WEE bit of help needed with pricing, exact figures not Necessary

I would say low.

 

[steve187]

Re: A WEE bit of help needed with pricing, exact figures not Necessary

You need to think of a price that you are happy with for day work,add to that wear & tear on van/tools + fuel + business profit, that will give you your day rate regardless of what you are doing, for tiling you should think of a metreage price, some you will come out on top and some you will lose a little, but in my mind you should always try and earn more per day on a meterage rate than on day work.

all the best

 

[AliGage]

Id get out of your head having prices for individual aspects such as prep or repair.
I've never charged a day rate. I view a job, plan the works and figure out how long it will take me to do. Then put a price on that time. Your time. If its going to take two weeks then it needs to earn you 2 weeks overheads plus some play money.

 

[High Peak Tiling]

Re: A WEE bit of help needed with pricing, exact figures not Necessary

Id get out of your head having prices for individual aspects such as prep or repair.
I've never charged a day rate. I view a job, plan the works and figure out how long it will take me to do. Then put a price on that time. Your time. If its going to take two weeks then it needs to earn you 2 weeks overheads plus some play money.

After puzzling and Quizzing of various friends/mates in other traders as well as ours. and a re-think of the whole pricing issue...
I have just completed a full bathroom installation for a family member for free. 14m2 on walls (250x330 ceramics) 3m2 floor (ceramic 360x275)
Cost roughly £105 on materials, Family member bought tiles.
Took me 4 1/2 days to complete.
If I was to price the walls at £22 m2
Price floor @ £25 m2
= 383+ £105 materials

5 days, walls & floor Inc Materials £488 (would of cost)
Sound anywhere close?