ridiculous prices!!

[Aston]

i was talking to a guy today who was doing a shower and he asked what i charged per meter....

i told him that it depended on a few scenarios..my prices were flexable depending on x, y and z.....he said, i have quite a few houses, come and give me a price to do the lot...i said ok, then he said, i hope your not expensive, tilers are 10 a penny now and i pay £8 per meter :yikes:

i just looked at him and said, you are jokin right, he said no, why what were you expecting...i said i was prepared to go as low as £12 p/m2 but that would have to be decent sized areas to hit and the prep would need to be good...he just laughed and said, thats way too high., nobody pays that for a tiler...

i know things are tight out there but out there but please for the sake of this industry dont work for £8 a meter...its ridiculing the trade and you might as well get a job without the hassle of being self employed.....stand up to these builders etc who expect this, walk away because before you know it, they'll be expecting £5 per meter... you'll be squeezing the life out of the game!

regards
ed

 

[Alan.P]

Spot on Ed for £8 m2 you may as well be packing shelves :mad2: and lets face it, what sort of workmanship are you going to get for that :yikes:

 

[mikethetile]

Ed

I was undercut on a job the other week

they got three bulgarian painters and change

I hadnt over priced it either

I said to them are you sure they were bulgarian as they are not in the eu

oh yes they said

poland allows bulgarians in to work and after a while they are entitled to come here under the eu rules

so we now have that to contend with:mad2:

 

[david campbell]

£8m2 :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

i've started not even negotiating my prices any more(apart from knocking off £20 or so to seal the deal)

if you start letting these muppets dictate what they want to pay then it will only get worse.when people start that nonsense they are best being told to find someone willing to give there services away for poor work return

 

[Ken Bruty]

I've just been in to see the result of one of these 2 a penny tilers that fitted Travertine tiles, his boss said it was pre-sealed when he supplied the builder - NOT, it didn't require sealing - DOES, so you can guess what I'm going to be doing next week! Amongst this I will be cutting expansion joints into the floor, replacing cracked tiles, removing grout stains it goes on :mad2: and on:mad2: and on :mad2:

 

[united]

£8 per m is crazy money! I even charge my Mam and Dad more than that :lol:

 

[david campbell]

£8 per m is crazy money! I even charge my Mam and Dad more than that :lol:

+materials..lol

and they are supposed to be the only freebie............lol

 

[united]

+materials..lol

and they are supposed to be the only freebie............lol

:smilewinkgrin:

:lol::lol:

 

[DHTiling]

I wouldn't even go to £12 a mtr FFS..

Way too cheap IMHO..:incazzato:

 

[garretridge]

just right to say know its bad here to in Northern ireland to loosing jobs to stupid quotes £8 or £10 pounds per mtr :mad2: people need to wake up what sort of quality are you going to get for that money. No tradesman can work with pride for those rates and i wont and cant afford too either! :incazzato:

 

[TT Tiling]

:lol::lol::lol: pay peanuts you get monkeys :lol::lol::lol:

 

[Aston]

hi dave

there is times when you can make decent money at £12 per meter on commercial floor areas but but that would be my absolute cut off point and that wouldnt apply on domestic work .

ed

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

i cant believe it, one coat of render casts more!!:yikes:

 

[Aston]

Ed

I was undercut on a job the other week

they got three bulgarian painters and change

I hadnt over priced it either

I said to them are you sure they were bulgarian as they are not in the eu

oh yes they said

poland allows bulgarians in to work and after a while they are entitled to come here under the eu rules

so we now have that to contend with:mad2:

hi mike

i'm sure bulgaria are in the EU, as of 2007 or 2008...they came in jointly with romania....

 

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hi mike

i'm sure bulgaria are in the EU, as of 2007 or 2008...they came in jointly with romania....

You are correct, Bulgaria joined the EU in 2007