£18 a sqm is very good money from a builder if your tiling fresh walls all the time its great.Thats a big job you have on mate so its only reasonable you drop your rate a bit,do you think you'll earn that money with that regularity looking for different jobs yourself?
I did a bathroom showroom before Christmas,got the work through a builder,I did the job on a day rate of £135 and I think the builder was earning £20 a day subbing me out.
The upshot was I had work everyday within walking distance of my house for 3 months at a decent rate,he gave me a cheque every week for my work,the downside was I might have got more if I'd gone behind his back to the shopfitting company as he wasn't doing anything really for his money.
After 6 weeks on the job which was great different designs,different materials,decent blokes to work with,walking to work and the chance to get loads of work from the showroom the builder told me he'd still not recieved a penny for me even though he'd paid me all my money up untill then.
He had big problems getting the money out of this company at every stage where as I had it easy and was paid each week.
Its better to get a decent wage regulary than try to pull in loads of different jobs that might prove difficult,having customers let you down and all.
That builder now gives me alot of work and has given me good contacts,I'm doing work for a builder next week at £15 a sqm(floors only) and I should easily earn £200+ a day.I'll take that any day over domestics where customers are getting in your way or are talking to you all day,not slagging domestics as thats my main market but can sometimes prove a pain.
