How much would you charge

[CJ CERAMICS]

hi all

Quoting on a job for a plumber friend of mine and would like to know if you think wether this is a fair price or not.

description of work to be carried out.

Bathroom and toilet
Remove non supporting stud wall between bathroom and toilet to create one room.
remove 20 sqm of existing tiles.
supply and fit 32sqm of plasterboard
build small stud wall to extend chimney breast to create wall for shower.

labour and materials for tiling 32sqm of walls
to include tanking system for shower enclosure
and 5 aluminium profiles.

My price is coming in at £1600

do you think that this is a fair price?

i will reply after football training tonight

thanks all

chris

 

[Ian]

Very competetive, a little cheap maybe.

 

[poynton phil]

As above a bit on the cheap side.

 

[nybor62]

imo got to be worth 1900 or there abouts, but works work

 

[DHTiling]

bloody good price.. i agree deffo cheap,

 

[kilty55]

id be nearer 2000 cj

 

[Stewart]

It all depends on the prices you can get in your area. For me around here, I would say that's a very low price.

 

[Andy Allen]

how long do you think it would take you to do?

 

[Mike]

seems a bit on the low side to me too, a lot of work involved and as for the plasterboarding i guess you'll need a helper which will cost you too. a lot of work involved/time consuming. it could depend on how desperate you are to get the job but you don't want to buy work.

 

[simonb43]

Spot on for me mate. 10 days labour @ £120 per day is £1200, leaving you £400 for materials. 2 weeks work for a wage that most would work a month for !!!!!

 

[trevortine]

It is a bit on the cheap side though its nowhere near two weeks work. Most of my work is stripouts and redo. Is there any plumbing work involved? If not thats 5 or six days work which then makes it a good wage.

 

[doug boardley]

tooooo cheap imo Chris, I'd be near to £2k for that.

 

[CJ CERAMICS]

thanks guys
i know now that it's perhaps is a bit on the cheaper side but the plumber thinks its a bit steep!
to be honest though the way things are here customers are very reluctant to spend money, because they go to bargain tile shops and pay £7.99sqm for the tiles they think that they should only pay that for fixing them.
they also only take in to consideration the cost of the plasterboard and not the time and effort of fixing it.
and they SERIOUSLY believe that taking the old tiles off the walls is part of the job and should not be charged for.

chris

 

[Time's Ran Out]

I'd say it was a fair price for 32 mts of tiling onto your own prepared walls.

 

[charlie1]

ceramic, porc, stone??,, if ceramic, i would be about £1600