Quiet

[Kevboy]

How are you tilers finding the work situation. I've never known it so quiet (around Milton Keynes). Priced jobs but not got them and I'm not cutting my prices any lower. Other trades I've spoken to seem to be slow as well.

 

[foggy34]

i think it maybe something to do with bank holiday etc for me always the same in april then busy until next

 

[Kevboy]

Only after Christmas I've found the worse but it usually picks up Feb/March but not this year

 

[One Day]

Busiest I've ever known so far. Work booked in until Sept/Oct.

 

[cam_low]

If I booked in every little dinky job instead of turning them away I would be done for the year. Im lucky enough to be in a postion to refuse the small jobs and take on the task of the more difficult and intricate.

 

[radim]

If I booked in every little dinky job instead of turning them away I would be done for the year. Im lucky enough to be in a postion to refuse the small jobs and take on the task of the more difficult and intricate.

i did 3 metre floor about 3months ago.didnt want the job but went and did it. now I am pricing job for his friend. three barn conversions about 1000m2.........

 

[Rizzle from the Portizzle]

well talking to over 30 tile and tile and bathroom shops its been a strange start to the year so far the domestic clients seam to have disapeared on mass but the contract side is getting very busy and this seems the same across the uk if it goes on like this then those shops that depend on the domestic market will be gone by the end of the year how much the internet is playing in this wont be clear intill they relase there sales grouth this year you have to stay very flexabal in a market like this and look at were the work is and follow that path .adapt or go hungry

 

[TJ Smiler]

I think it may have something to do with Easter being latter this year why some have gone a bit quiet. I am flat out and also booked solid until September. I never turn away the small jobs but i do tell them it will have to be done over a weekend and can fit them in within the next six weeks, then if i get a small break in my diary i slot them in. At the mo though i am playing catch up in my diary and got Tatts in with me next week to speed up a floor i gotta do so i can get back to the bathroom installation i'm in the middle of!!

Had years of struggling but now seem to never stop so no complaints from me at the moment.

 

[White Room]

Busiest I've ever known so far. Work booked in until Sept/Oct.

I think it may have something to do with Easter being latter this year why some have gone a bit quiet. I am flat out and also booked solid until September. I never turn away the small jobs but i do tell them it will have to be done over a weekend and can fit them in within the next six weeks, then if i get a small break in my diary i slot them in. At the mo though i am playing catch up in my diary and got Tatts in with me next week to speed up a floor i gotta do so i can get back to the bathroom installation i'm in the middle of!!

Had years of struggling but now seem to never stop so no complaints from me at the moment.

If your contracting then I could see why your busy until September but the general public won't wait 2 weeks, if I told them 2 months there'd be off looking somewhere else to do the job.

 

[Sean SML Tiling]

How many weeks in front is normal for donestic work?

 

[White Room]

One half want it done tomorrow the other half would'nt wait 4 weeks let alone 2 months....

 

[Kevboy]

One half want it done tomorrow the other half would'nt wait 4 weeks let alone 2 months....
I agree there, not many people would wait more than a month, that's for sure.

 

[One Day]

I get calls from people wanting jobs done tomorrow. Can't do it so it ends there.
As 99% of my work is from personal recommendation the other ones generally will wait if they're convinced it will be worth the wait.
With me it's quality first and speed second. I'd never rush jobs just to get to the next one.

 

[TJ Smiler]

If your contracting then I could see why your busy until September but the general public won't wait 2 weeks, if I told them 2 months there'd be off looking somewhere else to do the job.

No i'm not contracting, it's all private work. Personally i don't find it a major problem to take bookings so far in front, lots of customers do want it done tomorrow and i generally find i miss out on them ones (but i only miss out because i'm booked) so although it's annoying to lose them i'm not strictly missing out and i always try to pass it over to someone else. if it's a small job i tell them i will be able to do it within the next six weeks but can't give a deffinate date... many of them are more than happy to do this if they like me, and if i do my job properly on the quote they normally do like me and will wait. As for customers who are investing anywhere between say 2k and 5k on average on a complete bathroom rip out and re-installation they have absolutely no problem waiting if they think they are going to get a proper job.

I can see what your saying though Mark there are loads who call and want it done the next day.

 

[TJ Smiler]

I get calls from people wanting jobs done tomorrow. Can't do it so it ends there.
As 99% of my work is from personal recommendation the other ones generally will wait if they're convinced it will be worth the wait.
With me it's quality first and speed second. I'd never rush jobs just to get to the next one.

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