sub contracting

[kilty55]

hi all,,recently done a quotation but was beaten by someone with my price,,the certain someone who got the job is a tiler who sometimes subs me work,,not getting as much as i quoted but still a decent wage which in my opinion is better than having no wage,,do many of you guys do sub work.??

 

[White Room]

To be honest work is work sometimes you have to bite the bullet and earn a bit less than normal, I,ve done many a time working on site on price but it was housing work so no big areas and loads of cutting, Thats life.

 

[pjtiler]

ive subcontracted most of my working life

these days however i try to stay within a 100 mile radius

 

[LM Ceramics]

i work for a big building contractor and and i work for £18 m2 labour only very easy work they think i expensive sometimes you cant be greedy dont go to low but knock off a bit on your price easy work on site and you can gain more money

 

[MrSpoon]

im new to tiling and im pricing at £18m2 for these particilar site jobs and its working out a treat really, as they have changed their mind on several occasions on what is actually being tiled and it gets less each time :lol: yet im still be getting my 18 per m2. ive had to do alot of driving about dealing with suppliers and developers etc which i guess will actually lose me money for this first job but if i do well theres already plans for the next appartments so it will lead onto alot more work. so in effect... i might be earning less m2 wise or whatever but like you said before, theres money coming in :yes: