Pricing ? - Help

[Leatherface]

How would you price this one.
Need to send in price for job - Kitchen company.
Kitchen floor into utility room - 600 x 300 porcelain tiles - brick bond.
Kitchen floor slopes badly in a few ways, appears to have a lump in the middle - there is click flooring down at the moment - they don't want to remove it yet, so canot see what sub floor is like or extent of remedial work required. Utility floor is on a different level and has slate tiles -well fixed, so I am thinking self level over these.
The problem I have is that although I guess there will be a days prep and X bags of self leveller and or adhesive to make the floor good, I still dont know how much to charge for the tiling. As you know, 600 x 300 tiles in brick make it very hard to follow the floor, tiles have to be pretty much "**** on" so as not to get steps or lipping. It may be that I have to use twice as much adhesive as usual to bed out the tiles to get them level.
Was thinking of charging on a day rate @ £150 per day - 3 to 4 days finished / sealed & grouted. Plus materials - 5 to 8 bags of adhesive.
Would like to get job as there is also a 30 sq m Travertine bathroom - but don't want to quote low on the kitchen floor and find myself out of pocket.

 

[Varley]

£150.00 day rate about right, i would make it over 5 days if it were me pricing but depends how fast you can tile. If you think you could do it in 4 then go for it m8. The only thing i would be concerned about is that you can't get a look at the floor, i hate going into a job blind. Good luck though m8, i hope you get the job.

 

[epoxy pete]

nightmare...wouldnt attempt to price until floor taken up and the full extent of the substrate was revealed,then a fully detailed costing and breakdown of the job is submitted to the company, and the client whose house it was....i wouldnt start it till they were fully aware of the costs involved etc,dont be pushed into a corner regarding time scales , the job sounds an absolute ball ache....."oh the joys of domestic work"....

 

[Leatherface]

thanks - that was what I was thinking - It's just that this would be my first job for them - shame - but if I think logically - too much to loose if the job goes pear shaped once I have started. I will stick to my guns & explain the reasons.
Give them a ball park figure - worst and best case scenario - only to be confirmed when wood floor is taken up.

 

[epoxy pete]

excellent ...........make sure it is in writing ......no comebacks then for you...give everyone involved a copy of it....no chance of you loosing a penny then,although it will be the first job for these people,start as you mean to go on with them,you can never tell someone too much about something , say too little and you ll loose out,anything that crops up at a later stage you ll be fully covered for in your written quotation and method statement...........

 

[Leatherface]

Aye - thanks

How come you can have an avatar of a thai titty girl with rope around her boobs ?
I got asked by Dan to stop using photos of girls in Bra's ? :icon9:

 

[Concept PHT]

I do some work for a few Conny Company's. One in particular just e mails me the jobs and tells me to get on with it. Which suits me fine. Also, if any prep work is needed, I just get on with that too and bill them accordingly. No questions asked.

Its nice when you can get ones like that.

I have had some nightmare companys that winge about paying up when the jobs done. Needless to say, i'm not there anymore....

 

[Leatherface]

Thanks for that also Concept - I know a lot of it has to be taken on trust initially - if they try & rip me off then it's adios amigo.
Will let you know how I get on