How is work in your area...

[DHTiling]

whey ey man..

 

[TT Tiling]

all good here ,took my first booking for january today , slate floor in a barn about a weeks work , turning alot way at the mo ,takeing the jobs i like ,and having my weekends off at last ,or there if i need them lol

 

[The Legend; Phil Hobson RIP]

I can't grumble work keeps coming in, glad to hear most are busy

 

[david campbell]

not turning anything away yet but steady improvement and things do seem to be getting better!

 

[jamie B]

I'm finding there's LOADS of it all at reduced prices!!...getting an awful lot of remedial offered as well thanks to the recession and desperate people trying their hand at tiling...really hard to gauge where it'll be going over the next year..the new build work has reduced by a third for me..except HA (housing association) which seems the only growth area in my neck of the woods...a sign of things to come eh??

 

[doug boardley]

there's not the work that there was a couple of years ago, but trundling along okay considering I'm only doing school hours

 

[MTiler]

Im ticking along nicely. Have a new contact who installs steam rooms and doing the first job for him in Oct and a bigger job in Nov. Also a guy who installs Ikea kitchens, our paths crossed on a job, and he liked the idea of giving his customers the option of a female tiler. So keeping my fingers crossed.

missyT

 

[united]

I'm starting my new job on Monday so I have been busy this week with a nightmare of a bathroom, I'm gonna be there all weekend trying to get it finished before Monday morning

 

[jamie B]

Im ticking along nicely. Have a new contact who installs steam rooms and doing the first job for him in Oct and a bigger job in Nov. Also a guy who installs Ikea kitchens, our paths crossed on a job, and he liked the idea of giving his customers the option of a female tiler. So keeping my fingers crossed.

missyT

Never really though about that before Missy, but do you find there is a niche for female trades? and if so what is the demographic so to speak?

 

[SandyFloor]

Busy busy busy but I seem to be one of the few in my area.

 

[DHTiling]

Never really though about that before Missy, but do you find there is a niche for female trades? and if so what is the demographic so to speak?

You not thinking of cross dressing are you jamie..

 

[jamie B]

damn..you read my mind Dave....my next question was 'is the meterage higher for females?'...ha ha ha!

 

[hillhead]

I have found domestic work has basically dried up around my area,i had 14 jobs in my book 2 months ago.I have 3 now !!
A developer i work for has plenty for me at the minute with another full house to start mid weeks or so.
Monday i have to travel to mid Ireland for a one day job in a animal testing/insemination centre that i tiled a few months ago.
The local tile shops seem to having it rough too,i only do work for one and i told them last november to stop handing my number out as i was too busy,i told them over a week ago they can start to hand it out again,not a call yet.
Big turnround needed here for sure.

 

[DHTiling]

NEVER tell anyone to stop handing ya number out FFS..

 

[hillhead]

NEVER tell anyone to stop handing ya number out FFS..

Thanks dave,good point but when you tell people you could be 3 months what chance have we,lol.
It never stopped me sending loads of customers to them and my account is there so there is no probs with them,3 weeks ago i was sitting behind their desk showing them the JOTM competition.They love seeing the pics.