Porcelain Floor Tiles 300x300

[widler]

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180 including the adhesive and grout.
Should make 150 out of it for half a days work. .

To be honest, ive tiled a 4m2 floor today, i tiled it by 10, then i had to take plinths and door down to my mrs unit( got a few machines ) cut them down, went back, grouted , put timber back and was finished by 4, i did a few more bits, so i charged a day plus bits, so 8m2 could easiely go into 2 day.
We need to cover outselves

 

[Andy Allen]

="widler, post: 776923, member: 26806"]To be honest, ive tiled a 4m2 floor today, i tiled it by 10, then i had to take plinths and door down to my mrs unit( got a few machines ) cut them down, went back, grouted , put timber back and was finished by 4, i did a few more bits, so i charged a day plus bits, so 8m2 could easiely go into 2 day.
We need to cover outselves

Its a conservatoy floor. ... they tend to be a piece of cake to tile......
And I dont do plinths or doors...

 

[Dan]

I can see both sides here.

It's why it's hard to gauge a price from others sometimes and why quotes can vary so much from tiler to tiler I guess!

 

[Old Mod]

There are way too many variables!
I think one thing that makes it difficult is that no two jobs are ever the same.
What Andy considers to be a conservatory job may be nothing at all like the conservatory jobs I'm used to.
Already there's a massive divide riht there!

 

[Flintstone]

Allowing 2 days to tile 8m floor isn't right. That is a day's work, probably an easy day. £280. £20 a bag, £15 for grout -£75 that's £210 in the pocket for a day. Jobs a good en. That's what I would charge too.

 

[One Day]

I just charged £730 for 10sqm of 600x150 ceramic planks inc' materials. Concrete orangery floor.
Does that make me a bad man?! (day and a half, could have squeezed into one but I don't rush)

(Nice text afterwards saying they were really pleased too)

 

[Andy Allen]

The fact they call there conservatory and orangery means they have loads of money to spend !!

 

[goz]

I just charged £730 for 10sqm of 600x150 ceramic planks inc' materials. Concrete orangery floor.
Does that make me a bad man?! (day and a half, could have squeezed into one but I don't rush)

(Nice text afterwards saying they were really pleased too)

Bad to the bone!!! £100 mats on that so you made £630!! Damn son , if you can get that then nicely done, don't think I would have got to £630 with mats myself!

 

[hmtiling]

I just charged £730 for 10sqm of 600x150 ceramic planks inc' materials. Concrete orangery floor.
Does that make me a bad man?! (day and a half, could have squeezed into one but I don't rush)

(Nice text afterwards saying they were really pleased too)

£60 odd per m2! and needing nothing bigger than a 700 cutter. In lancashire? Bad boy!

 

[Flintstone]

I just charged £730 for 10sqm of 600x150 ceramic planks inc' materials. Concrete orangery floor.
Does that make me a bad man?! (day and a half, could have squeezed into one but I don't rush)

(Nice text afterwards saying they were really pleased too)

How did you come to that figure?

 

[One Day]

How did you come to that figure?

If you also knew what i charged to supply and install the ufh you'd really not like me. Basically, I get all of my work through referral and recommendation so if i think i can charge a decent rate then i do. I deliver what i promise, they're happy and i get paid. If we all charged more and delivered what we should, we'd all be better off. Where it goes wrong is when decent tilers are having to compete with idiots.

 

[goz]

If you also knew what i charged to supply and install the ufh you'd really not like me. Basically, I get all of my work through referral and recommendation so if i think i can charge a decent rate then i do. I deliver what i promise, they're happy and i get paid. If we all charged more and delivered what we should, we'd all be better off. Where it goes wrong is when decent tilers are having to compete with idiots.

Amen to this brother , A bloody men!

 

[Old Mod]

Likey likey!!

 

[Flintstone]

If you also knew what i charged to supply and install the ufh you'd really not like me. Basically, I get all of my work through referral and recommendation so if i think i can charge a decent rate then i do. I deliver what i promise, they're happy and i get paid. If we all charged more and delivered what we should, we'd all be better off. Where it goes wrong is when decent tilers are having to compete with idiots.

I agree, there is always some one willing to do the job on the cheap and that's always tempting for customers but I wouldnt over charge like that unless I didn't want the job. Were they apparently wealthy? Working for builders and other outfits are what drives prices down

 

[One Day]

I agree, there is always some one willing to do the job on the cheap and that's always tempting for customers but I wouldnt over charge like that unless I didn't want the job. Were they apparently wealthy? Working for builders and other outfits are what drives prices down

Why is it over-charging? Serious question, I'm not meaning to be flippant!

(I did want the job but I also have the luxury of not having to worry about where my next job is coming from)

 

[hmtiling]

I think I'm with localtiler on this and it is way over the odds for location and materials used. Don't get me wrong, if the customer is happy then all is good, but over £60 a m2 for run of the mill tiles is ott.
I'm all for making a good living and did £630 on Monday, but I feel like I earned that I wouldn't taking £600+ from a 10m2 floor.

 

[One Day]

Ok, fair comment. But why is it too much?
I can pay 90p for a cup of run of the mill coffee from a Spar vending machine, or £4 for a run of the mill coffee from Starbucks.
What's the difference?

 

[One Day]

I'm not trolling btw. Just an interesting debate!

 

[Flintstone]

I just think it's a really high price for what sounds like a basic job. If some one came to your house to wire some lights in or something and quotes you £500 and they did it in a day and only used a few wires, you'd be pissed.

 

[hmtiling]

If it was an elderly female customer would you have charged the same and slept well that night?

 

[One Day]

I just think it's a really high price for what sounds like a basic job. If some one came to your house to wire some lights in or something and quotes you £500 and they did it in a day and only used a few wires, you'd be pissed.

Not necessarily. If i had bad experiences of other sparkies and if this one came on time, did the work cleanly, efficiently, safely and with respect for my home I'd be pretty pleased with a good job, done well.
Price is subjective and not always relative.
Goods and services are only worth what someone is prepared to pay.
All my quotes are clear and upfront. I never whack things on at the end.

 

[One Day]

If it was an elderly female customer would you have charged the same and slept well that night?

I'd have quoted the same and if she had chosen me for the work - yes. Why not?
Always quoted upfront.

 

[One Day]

Look at it another way: If there are people like me "over-charging", shouldn't it make it easier for others to win business by under-cutting?

 

[hmtiling]

Was it £730 + VAT?

 

[One Day]

Ok I'll come clean (bit of trolling) it was £530 inc' materials and I'm not VAT reg'd.
Took a day and a half making sure it was a minty finish.

I'm still all for charging as much as possible though. I think it's wrong and counter-productuve that we feel pressured sometimes to drop our prices whilst customer's expectations rise.