Help My First Estimate

[ohnofire]

Got my first estimate to do, went and measured up

5.2 m2 wall tiling nothing special or hard just ceramic

2.5 m2 floor same again ceramic nothing special
floor needs plyed

can someone give me a price they would charge for this including materials - grout adhesive and need a couple of white trims. Going to give an all in one price as I dont have a clue how much the materials will cost me. it would be nice if someone could let me know how much grout and adhesive I will need for this and how much it would cost roughly

wall tiles are 6 x 8

 

[wivers]

I'd price up on a daily rate mate coz of the size.

How many days u think it'll take ya?

 

[tiler tom]

You will probably need a 10l tub of wall adhesive costing anything up from £6 depending on the product and if you have a trade card and a 20kg bag of flexible adhesive for the floor costing between £10-£20. A bag of grout for each costing around £10. As for pricing to fix it depends on the surface and the size of tile so like wivers said you have to decide on your day rate and judge how long the job will take and then estimate accordingly.

 

[IvegotsTILE]

Wivers would be there a week dong that lol

 

[Varley]

If you can do it in 1 day I would charge around £180 + materials, if it will take you two days then 2 day rates + materials.

 

[ohnofire]

I'm not the fastest so would probably take me 2 days.
Decided to give them a estimate of £200 all in they didn't seem that impressed.
asked if they had others they said one guy had said £150 althought they admitted they didnt like him , the husband reckond he had escourted him to prison (works for Reliance) and another said just over £200 which I think they thought was really expensive. Sounds like they are not willing to pay to get it done and may do it themselfs

cheers for the replies if i do get it I will let you know

 

[McP77]

I think you're in the right region. Do they realise what it will cost them in materials if they decide to buy them themselves?

 

[IvegotsTILE]

I personally think your a bit cheap,you'll probably spend 40-50 on materials,you should have it all down in one day and then have to grout the next,let them do the bloody thing themselves.
I hate these bloody customers who think we're gonna work for nothing

 

[alberttrotter1]

ohnofire,
Listen to ivegotstile - I've got a mate who wanted a shower/toilet fully tiled and didnt like the price and dont see the point of tanking. They also think that because i work in security full time that i should be doing for about a quid a metre including materials. I worked out the materials they would need and included that in the price, but they have decided to hold back for a bit to see if they can get the materials cheaper - Fine by me - i will be able to get some fishing in during the time i was going to do their room and when they do except my price, due to the rate of inflation its gone up £60, just for the sake of it. Tight wads

 

[IvegotsTILE]

Good lad!

 

[stumac]

I'm not the fastest so would probably take me 2 days.
Decided to give them a estimate of £200 all in they didn't seem that impressed.
asked if they had others they said one guy had said £150 althought they admitted they didnt like him , the husband reckond he had escourted him to prison (works for Reliance) and another said just over £200 which I think they thought was really expensive. Sounds like they are not willing to pay to get it done and may do it themselfs

cheers for the replies if i do get it I will let you know

if you dont have a trade account yet to buy mats and you get the job give me a shout or pm me and you can use mine i am only in falkirk 20 mins away

 

[DHTiling]

very generous of you stumac...wish there was more like you mate....

 

[ohnofire]

Thanks very much Stumac will let you know whats happening but not heard anything back from them yet

 

[falkirktiler]

just read your post today, don't know if you have a Tilestar in Cumbernauld but I went in to the one in Falkirk to set up a trade account and all you need is a business card! No reciepts , invoices or anything ,but they only stock Mapei adhesives / grouts .