Job pricing, commercial

[AliGage]

Stef ill be honest, i wouldnt have a clue where to start. But like you im sure i could figure it out and would be as excited as you probably are.

If you don't put one leg in front of the other you'll never get anywhere.
I wish you the best of luck and hope all goes well for you buddy.

 

[charlie1]

Stef here is my take on it, I'd be shi77ing myself tbh but I tell you what, you take this on and put everything in to it and turn it round to a decent standard then it will I'm sure make a much better tiler of you. He who dares wins. Do all the homework you can (peebs looks like the one I'd be calling on this one) but also the likes of phil Hobson and a few others. Get some good tilers on board even if you need to get some from here but always remember, be firm, the job gets done your way end of story. If I'm thinking right, I don't even imagine you would be doing much or even any of the tiling, I'd imagine you will be too busy setting out all the different bays and generally keeping control of the job.

 

[aphilp]

Stef it is great that so many members have given you such good advice.

It is always a big step to take, but one which should be taken at some stage when you feel confident to do so. Pebbs is so right about the London contractors and payment conditions.

I have not lived in Scotland for a long time, but if you are working for a company based in Scotland hopefully you will not have to cope with the London dog eat dog mentality.

Feel free to call me if you need any advice.

Best Wishes

Anne

 

[mma]

Some great advice on here for you Stef! For a forum that has been very slow for the last few months, it's great to see advice and heip coming from all over the UK!!

 

[Stef]

Thanks again folks for all the advice.
It's truly appreciated.
That's what makes this forum great.

 

[John Benton]

I would love to be able to give you some advice Stef on big contracts but alas my knowledge is limited in that area for tiling. However, in a previous life I was dealing with contracts from as small as £500, right up to 300k. What I will say is make sure that you are watertight as they say because the customer i.e. who you are are working for will look for any small detail to hold back/not pay you at all. It's a massive step to move onto a contract of this size. I'm sure you have the bottle to go ahead with it and I'm sure you will project manage it well. It's knowing what to do and how to approach and handle things if they go wrong. But the same has been said, nobody ever moved forward by standing still. Good luck on this one.

 

[jonnyc]

best of luck if you get it .
my last comment is cash flow.
doesnt matter what contract and payment terms you sign up for. if your employer starts getting late with payments for whatever reason you have problems . its easy to say that you would pull off but could you afford to if it jeapordised a payment forthcoming. sub contractors waiting for money . why should they wait if just because you have delays with your contract.
way i see it it is not so much pulling off the job more being able to ensure fluid payments to look after your sub contractors.
dont know what the job is worth but if say 200k i would not even consider if i did not have at least 50 k in bank and a 20 k overdraught.evn then i would be worried .