My head hurts!

[Ric]

nice one gaz..... I'am all things to all men....oh no that doesn't work does it!!!getting carried away with meself.....snowed in this morning you see so nowt to do...

 

[CLAYS TILES]

good luck m8, i'm pretty much in the same boat..........MAKING THAT LEAP OF FAITH!:huh2:

 

[brian c]

nothing ventured nothing gained.You sound as if you really want to try the tiling and you have capital to pay your bills for a few months so my advice would be go for it,i did and it has worked out well for me.Iwas in ajob 22k per annum and i had had enough and wanted out and just took the decision to try it on my own,there is also nobody to answer to as you are your own boss.So like i say i think you have already decided in your own mind what you are going to do.ALL THE BEST.

 

[JIMBOB187]

Thanks mate, nice post.:yes:

 

[TheWrightTiler]

rik mate thats what happens when you stay in the sticks mate lol

 

[etc.tiling]

I'm pretty much in the same boat as you JimBob. I've done 4 paid for jobs now and got 5000 business cards on their way to me so will be pounding the streets posting them through doors over the next couple of weeks. I was on £37k with company car and got tired of being messed around at work by people with grand titles but blessed with few brains.

It's not easy. Your backside twitches like hell in your first jobs and you worry you are going to make a mistake but if you stick to the rules it always works out. There are some things I am not ready to do, like natural stone (until I have more experience) but last week laid a porcelain floor and ceramics on the walls over 30 sq meters. The walls were 3.8m tall so standing at the top of the ladder I had some scary moments where I wondered what heck I was playing at but once I had polished the dust off on my final day of grouting I felt like I had done a good job and that the money I quoted was rightfully mine.

I think you will surprise yourself and earn more than you expect. Certainly my business plan said £400 a week for the 1st 6 weeks but that's easily surpassed already on these 4 jobs. Guys like Gaz at Topps Tiles and the others are ultra supportive so just go for it.

Don't think though, that you will leave all the rubbish behind you at work because customers clock watch, check up on you every 5 minutes and generally annoy the heck out of you while you're sweating trying to do the best job you can for them but in time I think that feeling will go for me just like it probably did for all the experienced fellas ( and ladies) on this site.

Thanks to the originators of this site for helping us newbies out! Banked my 4th cheque today thanks to you guys!