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cheyne&burrells
Hi guys, just a little note to let you know my story. (Sorry if it bores you).
I was in the corporate world for all of my working life until the age of 36. I basically decided there must be more to life than work and money. The cost to me was I didn't see enough of my children or wife. I handed my notice in to the shock of my company and waited eagerly for the 3 months notice period to come round. In this time I booked mtself onto a 9 week tiling course in Hainalt. The day came when I swopped my company Jag for an Escort van and I am telling you the sense of relief was amazing. I completed my course and did really well. I realised that a 9 week course was never going to make me a pro tiler but it gave me a lot of the basics. I then went and worked for 3 months on a building site in Brightlingsea to gain more experience. I have to say I felt like a new boy at school going on this site with my brand new tools. I know the other tilers took the pi s but I didn't care, I had finally broken free.
To cut a long story short I ran my business for 8 years and thoroughly enjoyed it.
2 years ago I had a call from my old company to go back and take up a uk sales managers role. In a moment of weekness and the offer of a very large wage packet I gave in and went back.
My aim is to finish at Christmas this year and start tiling again. I have concerns and am nervous ref the advances in tile sizes etc. I am sure I will soon get back into this. If there is any Essex Tilers out there that I can pass work onto if jobs to big for me let me know. Anyway thanks for reading. I have kept up to date with this forum and enjoy reading the comments daily. Many thanks Dean.
I was in the corporate world for all of my working life until the age of 36. I basically decided there must be more to life than work and money. The cost to me was I didn't see enough of my children or wife. I handed my notice in to the shock of my company and waited eagerly for the 3 months notice period to come round. In this time I booked mtself onto a 9 week tiling course in Hainalt. The day came when I swopped my company Jag for an Escort van and I am telling you the sense of relief was amazing. I completed my course and did really well. I realised that a 9 week course was never going to make me a pro tiler but it gave me a lot of the basics. I then went and worked for 3 months on a building site in Brightlingsea to gain more experience. I have to say I felt like a new boy at school going on this site with my brand new tools. I know the other tilers took the pi s but I didn't care, I had finally broken free.
To cut a long story short I ran my business for 8 years and thoroughly enjoyed it.
2 years ago I had a call from my old company to go back and take up a uk sales managers role. In a moment of weekness and the offer of a very large wage packet I gave in and went back.
My aim is to finish at Christmas this year and start tiling again. I have concerns and am nervous ref the advances in tile sizes etc. I am sure I will soon get back into this. If there is any Essex Tilers out there that I can pass work onto if jobs to big for me let me know. Anyway thanks for reading. I have kept up to date with this forum and enjoy reading the comments daily. Many thanks Dean.
