Kitchen shop

[sambilly]

Hi all,
At long last i,ve made a breakthrough with a kitchen shop, i've got a meeting with the owner tommorow, he,s says he's got a job for me, which could lead to more, any of you chaps got any tips for me ie pricing, do you go in at a lower price, than you would a normal customer, all I know about this job is that its a 5m2 splashback, and he's providing the mats, which i,m not to keen on but i'll see what happens there, don't want to make a mess of the first meet, so give me your thoughts please.........

 

[brian c]

if you dont care about the money then £100 should be ok imo.

 

[graham31]

If you can afford it i'd do it for nothing...........Show him what you can do and you know your stuff.............goodwill gesture would go down well

 

[bigandy]

Liking what graham said how about doing it for free show him what you are capable of but tell him how much you would expect normally for it? Just dont price your self too low or you will end up workin for very little

 

[Leatherface]

Very tricky mate, when dealing with a third party, ie Kitchen Company, you are likely to get twice the grief. You will still be expected to do an A1 job, no matter how cheap you are !
My best advice is to speak to the guy and say that you will do the first job a bit cheaper ( or free ) as a gesture of good will, and that once he is happy with your work then discuss and agreeable pricing structure. Most decent kitchen companies should be willing to pay a minimum day rate plus materials for smaller jobs : If they give you a small job say 3 sq m, they should not expect you to do it on standard meterage rate, as by the time you get there, fix the tiles, then wait to grout, or come back to grout it is still a days work.
Do not forget that they will still be charging out at a decent rate to the customer.
Start off on the right footing, agree prices, do a good job, then hopefully they will value you and want to keep you.
Go in too low and you may set a precedent that is hard to change at a later date !
Hope this helps !

 

[beanz]

If you can afford it i'd do it for nothing...........Show him what you can do and you know your stuff.............goodwill gesture would go down well

I honestly think that'd make you look desperate, and undermine your chances of getting a decent price.

 

[Leatherface]

I honestly think that'd make you look desperate, and undermine your chances of getting a decent price.

Not necessarily, if future terms and prices are discussed at the same time, more a means of getting your foot in the door !

 

[White Room]

I'de try and find out what he expects to pay but have a figure in my own mind what I would be charging

 

[beanz]

Not necessarily, if future terms and prices are discussed at the same time, more a means of getting your foot in the door !

Yeah i guess that's another way to look at it.

 

[LM Ceramics]

i wouldnt go in for free but id go slightly cheaper for your first kitchen he could turn round and say (after your first kitchen) thanks but we wont be needing you so make sure you try and gain something from it i do work for a kitchen company but beware they are a pain in the *** and especially there customers as they expect everything to be a1 everytime as they are shellin alot of money for kitchens working for third party companies arent for everyone it certainly tests my patients but its work at the end of the day

 

[Rob Z]

When we do work for general contractors, I discount my pricing a bit (~10 to 15%) because it is their job, they found it, and they are dealing with the homeowner and are ultimately resonsible for all of it. If I wanted to get started with a new GC, I might go a little bit less than normal, but not by much. It is, after all, a job and you have to make money. And the GC needs you as much as you need them. If they had their own tile setters on staff they wouldn't need to call you.

 

[strummerman]

Hi all,
At long last i,ve made a breakthrough with a kitchen shop, i've got a meeting with the owner tommorow, he,s says he's got a job for me, which could lead to more, any of you chaps got any tips for me ie pricing, do you go in at a lower price, than you would a normal customer, all I know about this job is that its a 5m2 splashback, and he's providing the mats, which i,m not to keen on but i'll see what happens there, don't want to make a mess of the first meet, so give me your thoughts please.........

speak to dave he does alot of work for kitchen companies he knows all the pro and cons

 

[Frosty]

As a main contractor I would expect a subbie to discount their day rate, but only slightly as I appreciate they still have to earn a living. I would not expect them to do it for free, but then again more fool them if they do!!!

I would rather agree the proper rate to be charged on ALL jobs from the start and have the offer of "if you don't like my tiling on this one then don't pay a penny and we'll go our separate ways!!!"

That would be the tempter of "free" work, but without saying it.
Down side is it leaves you open to not getting paid, but what guarantees are there of that in this day and age anyway?

Let us know what you decide to do.

 

[enduro]

I charge £25sqm plus £10 per power socket, and £30 per window.

 

[burncross]

I charge £25sqm plus £10 per power socket, and £30 per window.

good priceing system enduro