hi, need some info

[aussie dave]

hey guys,
i'm a tiler living in australia at the moment. I'm married to an english lass and she wants to come back to england and live for a while, so i need some info on working here. I've been tiling for 15 yrs, have my own business employing 9 tilers which o've just sold. most of my experience is in the commercial field, having done tiled hotels, warehouses, shoping centres, apartment buildings, airports etc.
have laid everything from cheap chinese wall tiles to granite cladding and everything inbetween.
I would like to know if there are any large commercial companies around the london area i could contact.
Also what the pay is like over there. Is it paid on meterage laid, if so how much, or hourly, if so how much?
I have also spent time working in Fiji, supervising tilers building hotels and i also work in a supervisory capacity at the moment, so i wouldn't mind working as a supervisor. i'd rather work on the tools though as you get a lot more job satisfaction if you do it yourself.
Any info at all you guys could give me would be greatly apreciated.
thanks for your time

aussie dave

 

[Dan]

Hey Dave,

Welcome to Tilers Forums.

Sounds like you've done it all to me, I'm pretty sure it's going to pay well at your level whatever country you're in to be honest mate.

I don't know of any contractors personally but London is where it all happens.

Some contractors will pay by job, some will pay by meter. I'll have a look around and see if I can find any, but try [DLMURL="http://www.yell.com"]Yell.com the UK's local search engine - search for UK businesses[/DLMURL] and do a search for tiling contractors in London and call a couple to see what they say. I'm sure you'll find work.

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[aussie dave]

hi,
thanks for the quick replay. I'll give yell a go and see what i come up with.
thanks again
aussie dave

 

[Dan]

Did you ever find anything mate?

 

[tony TLC]

hi aussie most pricing is done on meterage i do lots of trade work too,cant say for sure london prices but in wales my prices vary from £15per sqmt(bog standard trade over 250 sq mts)up to £25 psm for wet cutting (private work top class)
i would think london prices would be higher

 

[tony TLC]

hi aussie most pricing is done on meterage i do lots of trade work too,cant say for sure london prices but in wales my prices vary from £15per sqmt(bog standard trade over 250 sq mts)up to £25 psm for wet cutting (private work top class)
i would think london prices would be higher

hope that helped a little:wink_smile: