Going rate for tiler in Glasgow

[steveboy]

I have my set prices for tiling psqm prices & for the smaller jobs a day rate.

I am curious as to what others are charging so I know if i'm not charging enough or to much.

Whats your price for

Ceramic
Porcelain
Natural Stone
Mosaics

or if its a small job that would take a day what would you charge??

 

[DHTiling]

So what are your set prices then


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[steveboy]

Im currently charging labour only

Ceramic @ £20sqm
Porcelain @ £23sqm
Natural stone @ £25sqm
Mosaics @ £28sqm

Are these about right??

 

[DHTiling]

Just about but IMO stone should be the higher price 30 quid easy


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[tfs]

I think you should be charging more for porcs and stone mate

 

[tfs]

as for the day, I would charge what ever you need to make per day e.g 120, 150 or 200 whatever you need to earn. If you need £600 per week charge £120 for a days work and so on.

 

[steveboy]

tfs whats realistic for those??

as for the day rate I kinda judge it when I see the area tobe done, not sure if im right indoing that? or should i just be ruthless & have a set price regardless how long it could take in the day?

Cheers

 

[steveboy]

Another quick question

do you charge out for labour only + materials required

or have 2 seperate price lists??

1 for labour only & 1 for labour & materials psm??

 

[tfs]

I personally have expectation of what I should earn in a day regardless of whats involved but thats what works best for me mate. (no set rules)

I would be looking at charging around £30 for stone and the same for porcs in most cases if sealing etc is required. If the porcelain is gonna be an easy job I will do it for less.

9 times out of ten I dont even give a mtr price, I always preffer to charge a fixed price that I base on how many day I think the work will take.

In my experience it tends to be other tradesmen and insurance contractors etc that try to pin me donw to a sqm price. I always avoid it where possible

 

[tfs]

the price would be different in both cases, I try not to give two prices. This is generally a customer clrearly trying to find out how much you can get materials etc.

This can make it hard to make money on materials, unless you have no problem in making it clear to the customer that you are making something off the materials.

Again this is just my opinion and the way I preffer to work. I will always supply adhesive and grout but would only consider supplying tiles if I were t make a decent profit by doing so.

Positive Cash flow is an essential part of my business and I will not put out large sums of cash unless it will benefit me by way of healthy profit.

 

[tfs]

Oh, forgot to say dont tell the customer you are charging them a day rate. They might be chancers and ask you for a discount when you do the job in 3 days when you estimated 4. lol

 

[Stewart]

Oh, forgot to say dont tell the customer you are charging them a day rate. They might be chancers and ask you for a discount when you do the job in 3 days when you estimated 4. lol

And so they should if your on a day rate......(;0)


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[Andy Allen]

And so they should if your on a day rate......(;0)


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and if it took five days they would pay you more.....without a fuss...

 

[Mike]

if i do a job on day rate, i may estimate the job to take 5 days but if it takes 6, the customer pays for 6 days, or if it takes 4 days, i charge for 4 days. if a customer insists on a quote i'll give a quote based on worse case scenario, i may still give an estimate of how long the job may take me and if i do it a day quicker then i still charge the quoted price

 

[Andy Allen]

i think that was piont tfs was making, when you quote a job for 'x' amount of pounds, and the customer asks how long will the job take, you say about 4 days.....you finish it in 3 days ,and they expect a discount....

 

[Stewart]

i think that was piont tfs was making, when you quote a job for 'x' amount of pounds, and the customer asks how long will the job take, you say about 4 days.....you finish it in 3 days ,and they expect a discount....

Lol... It doesn't read that way to me!

IMO you either give a day rate with an estimate of how many days it will take.

You give an estimate for the works to be carried out, but it's only an estimate.

You give a metre rate....

Or my favourite.... You give a fully itemised quote for works which is set in stone. You can only charge extra for works not on the quote and only if discussed with the customer before the extra work has been carried out!


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[tfs]

Thats exactly what I meant Andya mate!

I work it out based on how many days I think it will take,

I need to earn £600 a week to make my effort worth while due to fuel, insurances, advertisement etc as well as all the time we spend working the non productive hours (quotes, banking any payments, going to the suppliers for prices etc)

So if I think a jobs gonna take four days I would quote £480 if I finnisht the job in three I still want £480, I dont tell my customers ' I will do it for a day rate' I just calculate my price based on a day rate.

Thats the point I was trying to make fellas!

 

[tfs]

i'll give a quote based on worse case scenario, i may still give an estimate of how long the job may take me and if i do it a day quicker then i still charge the quoted price

thats the way I alway preffer to do it, it can work in your favour if you get it done quick but at the same time, I would not want to ask a customer for more money if it takes me a bit longer.

Most dommestic customers dont want to pay a day rate anyway, they preffer to know what it will cost before they let you start work.

 

[Mike]

thats the way I alway preffer to do it, it can work in your favour if you get it done quick but at the same time, I would not want to ask a customer for more money if it takes me a bit longer.

Most dommestic customers dont want to pay a day rate anyway, they preffer to know what it will cost before they let you start work.

i don't think it would be right to ask for more money because you've underpriced the job, it would be a case of biting the bullet and learning from it.

 

[Gall.B]

Agree with Stewart's post.

Day rate is something I dont normally do

Think your prices across the board are cheap for a pro but not for off apart from porcelain, the stone price is very cheap especialy if profiling etc is involed