Kitchen pricing

[cjbombero]

Hi,

I'm going to go and do a quote for some kitchen splashbacks and I could do with getting the pricing right. Work has been a bit slow recently and a good pay out would be nice.

Could anyone give me a rough estimate for the following,

10 sq m - kitchen
100 x 100 ceramic tiles
2 colour pattern
Diamond pattern
6 sockets to cut round

I've never priced a job on the 45 before and I don't want to go in too high, I also don't want to work for nothing! Would most people go on a day rate for this and estimate about 3-4 days?

Thanks for the help


cjbombero

 

[cjbombero]

Forgot to say the walls are Gypsum plaster and in good condition.

 

[David - Tradetiler]

Don't be shy of charging a decent price for this

That is 1000 tiles

If you go in to cheap you will wish you had taken that other job doing 200 x 200 @ £12 per M

 

[grumpygrouter]

Got to agree with David here, big job this and will take some time. Price accordingly and expect to take a week IMO.

 

[mz30]

Hi,

I'm going to go and do a quote for some kitchen splashbacks and I could do with getting the pricing right. Work has been a bit slow recently and a good pay out would be nice.

Could anyone give me a rough estimate for the following,

10 sq m - kitchen
100 x 100 ceramic tiles
2 colour pattern
Diamond pattern
6 sockets to cut round

I've never priced a job on the 45 before and I don't want to go in too high, I also don't want to work for nothing! Would most people go on a day rate for this and estimate about 3-4 days?

Thanks for the help


cjbombero

Hi cjbombero,

When you say some kitchen splasbacks,do you mean that they are all 10 m2 or are all of them together 10m2?

I only charge a couple of pound a m2 more on the 45 as it's not as hard as people make out ,once you have your setting out point(for a splash back,usually half tile of the worktop)then the rest will go smoothly.(or it should).

 

[David - Tradetiler]

Where it gets time consuming (you start loosing money) is when any window reveals come into play

Unless you are very experienced at 45's I would add much more than a couple of quid a Sq M

You can see a bit of one I did 10 years ago here. Getting the lines round the corners and past the trims takes plenty of time

 

[charlie1]

How many kitchens are we talking about?

I would charge £130 - £180 per kitchen, deppending on size.

Thing's being a bit quiet for you recently should not realy affect your price mate

Good luck.

 

[cjbombero]

Appologies if I havent been very clear, it's just the one kitchen equaling 10 sq m of tiling in total. I've only ever done one job like this and after a while I did get a grip of it! Pretty wide estimates here, ranging from £130 (day and a bit for me) to a week (more like £450)

Anyone else fancy sticking their neck on the line with this one?

 

[charlie1]

Ok mate you are talking about 2-3 days work there depanding on your speed. I would go in about £350 as I would do it in 2 days.

 

[White Room]

Same as charlie, Two days plus addy £350

 

[Brindle]

I'd be around £350 +bit more depending on how much hassle it looks in the flesh

 

[grumpygrouter]

I have to say that to fix a thousand tiles, on the 45 and cutting round sockets etc in a couple of days seems a bit ambitious to me.............but then again, maybe I am really slow!!

 

[cjbombero]

Thanks for all the advice guys, I went round this evening and quoted £375. The customer is providing all materials and apart from the sockets the rest of the walls and window are in good shape. Only need to tile the window reveals, not the sill so that makes that a bit easier as well.

Fingers crossed... At the end of the day if it takes me four days i will still be ok and all the better for the experience! I will post any pics on completion.

cjbombero

 

[Saltire69]

It can be time consuming cjbombero. As said it's 1000 tiles you will be putting up. Did a full kitchen in 100x200 brickbond. Took me twice as long as i thought.

 

[LM Ceramics]

cj it is down to you how much you charge for this one but dont under estimate this job 45 on a kitchen can be a little tricky i tiled one a few years ago and it took 3 days take your time with it but in a quote what you think is fair and if you think you have under priced it then put to experience. this will be a good learning experience so that alone will make it worth it