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[White Room]

You know you can't do enough for family members:yikes:

 

[Sean fsy]

Sometimes you just have to walk away or say sorry im to busy. What about the customers who say well you can come and do it at nights or at the weekend. it takes us all weekend to recover from a hards week graft. Did it once, packing gear up to tile after work, packing up again, then again not my cup of tea.

 

[macten]

1k without mats would be a good price for mates rates imo.
Starting a mates bathroom tomorrow, full rip out, plumbing and full tiling.
Straight forward room layout for tiling and sanitary fixing and will be charging a grand for labour only.
All his mats are full discount so won't be making anything on them.
Whinging for all the work you did for £500 - sister or not I would tell her to do one!

Just clocked the deep reveal, boxing in and reboarding - all things to slow you up

 

[SandyFloor]

A very very fair price for family, Mike. Don't go falling out with Sis too much because at least she's complaining to your face and not behind your back as many would.

 

[Mike]

1k without mats would be a good price for mates rates imo.
Starting a mates bathroom tomorrow, full rip out, plumbing and full tiling.
Straight forward room layout for tiling and sanitary fixing and will be charging a grand for labour only.
All his mats are full discount so won't be making anything on them.
Whinging for all the work you did for £500 - sister or not I would tell her to do one!

Just clocked the deep reveal, boxing in and reboarding - all things to slow you up

thanks macten. i think i'll show my sister this thread , maybe then she'll think different. probably not though. my nephew has also asked me to tile his kitchen walls and floor but i don't know wether to bother now

 

[Saltire69]

Just ask him if he thinks it was a fair price Mike. If he says no then leave the kitchen and tell him to get other quotes and then come back to you as he'll see what you should be charging.

 

[Mike]

Just ask him if he thinks it was a fair price Mike. If he says no then leave the kitchen and tell him to get other quotes and then come back to you as he'll see what you should be charging.

he's happy for me to do it, i just can't be doing with any grief off my sister when i charge him

 

[Sean fsy]

why does every one think we are charity workers and we should do things foc or for next to nothing. we have bills to pay, tools to buy, vans to run, insurances to pay, work clothes to buy its not simply a case of profit profit profit.

£500 - £100 tax, 7 days diesel £40/£50 plus baits and probably free extras to include spacers, grout etc. drops you down to £300 for 7 days work. Does your sister work for £43 a day??

 

[Mike]

i said to her that £500 doesn't go straight in my pocket, as you said sean there's lots of things to pay for, i used screws, gripfill, spacers, can of foam and more and didn't charge for them as i had them in the van .

 

[bathroomboy]

You have been more than fair mate, what they have to realise is you are not doing it for fun, you have overheads which will have to be paid, I would have charged a lot more!