How Much Would You Charge for this Tiling Work??

[tileman2]

Just for future reference. When you go to quote, take a few receipts for materials with you and show them what sort of price real adhesives cost.

You really have to show the difference between your skills and materials and the cheapest guy in town. Don't always say bye. Walk round the job with the customer and give them options and sort of get them to imagine you doing it cheap and what could go wrong (can't give you examples but a window wall is easy to waffle about in front of a customer, you could say look at this set out, then look at this one, now imagine if I was rushing, what would that look like? etc etc etc).

Dan, i never just said bye alhough it does read like that in the post, I explained that he must not have much work (was going to do it 5 days later so obviously hasn't). and like Darren said is probably a dole waller lol.

Thing is if you do them cheap thats the reputation that sticks, so when you do eventully up your prices your rep dgoes down the swanny.

I don't need the work, so i aint going to do cheap jobs although it would be good practice and i could to be honest undercut anybody and do it for peanuts, i currently work full time earning decernt coin.

 

[Concept PHT]

I had the classic one just yesterday....

Mr Smith calls me to quote a bathroom wall/floor tile and a diner floor.

I get there to Mr Smith explaining that he has been let down 4 times now by 'tilers'. THE JOB IS AN ABSOLUTE DREAM, newly skimmed walls etc....

The problem is, he has had his bathroom fitted before it was tiled, so potentially there was going to be cuts from hell to do. But when I explanied to him that I would remove all the sanitary ware / radiator etc, tile then replace it all back - including putting his shower in and handrails etc, he was delighted.

I verbally run through the scheme of work with him and basically told him his bathroom would be A1 by the time I had finished. Plumbed, tiled, the lot. He then went on to telling me that the other tilers he had round to quote couldn't tile behind the radiator and didnt really seem to know what they were talking about etc....

I then called him that night with a price as he requested.

My price was double what he had been quoted, but he took it on as I had been the only tiler to go through the whole job with him and answer questions fluently. He will also get it in writing by Tuesday morning.

The classic '4 day cowboy' strikes again......

P.S Not knocking your courses there Darren, as I know your method of delivery and course content is completely different to the others I am talking about