flat rate?

[CLAYS TILES]

TFS, got me thinking on a previous thread!

how many of you guys have set price for jobs (eg)
bathroom floor £150,bathroom walls £250, kitchen splashbacks £175 etc etc
well ya get the hint!!

 

[davy_G]

Not me. I see where you are coming from, ie i know for a normal semi bathroom floor im looking 100 if the sink and toilet are removed and about £40 a m2 for 10 x 10 on a kitchen splashback with socket cuts but each job is priced on its own merits or problems. And how far from home it is, if i spend and hour driving there thats 2 hrs less a day i am working, so longer the job takes me!

 

[IvegotsTILE]

Every job is different for me but sometimes I know the job will only take a day so £120-£150,if longer I just go on what I'm happy to earn.

 

[brian c]

good comments guys.I like Ivegots price every job differently.

 

[tiler tom]

How can you have a standard
price for everything when no two jobs are the same.

Comes down to basics. How long it is going to take. Any difficulties in the way X time so just base the pricing on that.

Put another way a square conservatory floor could take a day to lay and grout 1 x day rate could work out better than Sq metre . Then a
bathroom that will take 4 days because of layout and obstacles. 4x day rate could work better than the Sq metre.

 

[grumpygrouter]

Pricing is job dependent for me too!

Grumpy

 

[tysfoot]

does all depend on the area your in aswell. there are nice posh areas and scruffy areas all not far from where i live so if i was quoting in a scruffy area i would price less than a posh area only if i wanted the job

 

[grumpygrouter]

does all depend on the area your in aswell. there are nice posh areas and scruffy areas all not far from where i live so if i was quoting in a scruffy area i would price less than a posh area only if i wanted the job

Jobs a job. The pricing should be the same for an identical job whether the people are "posh" or not. If the less well off can't afford your estimate price they can go somewhere less expensive.

Grumpy

 

[mwss77]

I always price the job as I see it. Agree that no 2 jobs are usually the same.

 

[CLAYS TILES]

I always price the job as I see it. Agree that no 2 jobs are usually the same.

i agree to say no 2 jobs the same, but bathroom,kitchen etc are more or less the same,hence why i asked if you guys would say a set price in mind b4 you see job,then amend to your liking after???:mad2:

 

[grumpygrouter]

i agree to say no 2 jobs the same, but bathroom,kitchen etc are more or less the same,hence why i asked if you guys would say a set price in mind b4 you see job,then amend to your liking after???:mad2:

Don't really agree with your comment there Clays! Kitchens can be radically different. My first one had 15 sockets to cut around and was tiled with 100x100x10 (floor) tiles. My next kitchen is using 100x200x6 in brickbond and only has 10 sockets and smaller area. Fixed pricing schemes wouldn't work in situations like that.

Grumpy

 

[tiler tom]

So how does that work clay? Somebody rings you up and says I have a bathroom I want tiling its about 8ft by 6ft and 8ft tall and I want a 200 x 200 tile. So you say thats about 20 sq metres i'll do it for 400 and when you gfet there it is really 24 Sq metre with a border and trim loads of boxing in and a big window to tile and it takes all week. Theres no such thing as standard.

 

[CLAYS TILES]

So how does that work clay? Somebody rings you up and says I have a bathroom I want tiling its about 8ft by 6ft and 8ft tall and I want a 200 x 200 tile. So you say thats about 20 sq metres i'll do it for 400 and when you gfet there it is really 24 Sq metre with a border and trim loads of boxing in and a big window to tile and it takes all week. Theres no such thing as standard.

touchy! i was only saying did anyone have a price in mind b4 they get there,then add on extra once they've looked over the job! not by saying to them on phone "oh that'll be £***.00" NOW that would be stupid!:stupid:

 

[brian c]

clays,theres nothing wrong with you setting standard rates per m2 i.e.20walls,25floors and working of that but really its not viable to have set rates for jobs like toilets etc but splashbacks i could advise you charge a minimum of 120 because you normally have to go back next day and grout up etc,this would be beneficial to you im sure m8,Bri

 

[tiler tom]

Not at all touchy just trying to point out that it is not possible too work out a standard rate. Some work to the principal of " i charge 25 per metre floors, 20 walls but at the end it comes down to how long the job takes. So maybe it is best to have a day rate in mind and if that person describes a 20m bathroom that you could do in 3 days then you have 3x 120 in mind but when you get there you can see it will take 4 days then a figure of 480 if accepted is a bonus.

Keep on tiling .

All the best. :joker: