Thinking of a career change

[Ian]

i gues he is 33 :whistling:

Or 32 :smilewinkgrin:

 

[19bri79]

mmmmm lots to think about ???????

 

[19bri79]

LOL yes 33yrs old

 

[Ian]

Being self employed is hard to see from the eyes of someone who's employed.
Us guys can make a living, but as you say we HAVE to put the hours in for alsorts of reasons.
First you work all day, then measure jobs do paper work ,invoice and research info on jobs in the evening, and it could be all evening for a week!
Cash flow, if someone is late paying, and you haven't budgeted you have to go to work to cover it, then that person could be late paying and it starts again.
A job could go over for whatever reason, and it has to be done, say goodbye to your planned day off or evening out with the missus or worse still the boys!! I've even cancelled holidays for work.
Tax, you have to save it, but if someone hasn't paid or you need new tools you need to pay for the tax and that new thing, so off to work you go!!
Once the ball starts rolling you can't easily jump off as you still need to pay that years tax, so unless you have a nest egg just stopping being self employed is really really hard.
But, you are you're own boss, you make the decisions and you don't have to work for people you don't like.
I wouldn't have it any other way, but don't for one second think you won't be working weekends or downing tools at 4.30 pm.

Very wise words.

 

[John Benton]

i gues he is 33 :whistling:

Spotted that after I posted :mad2:

 

[Tony73]

was not easy to gues :whistling: (19bri79)

 

[John Benton]

was not easy to gues :whistling: (19bri79)

He could still be 32

 

[bugs183]

We're not being all precious and trying to put you off, it is a rewarding job.
If you have savings, a small mortgage and the proper understanding that you WILL be at least halving your income, at the very least, then go for it!
But do your sums, how much a year do you need to live, how may days or hours are you prepared to work?£20,000 plus isn't too hard to achieve, but we are in a recession and even the best have struggled.
To even break £30,000 a year requires lots of work, to hit £60,000 unless you have a really good team of blokes, steady work and really reliable customers would be very very difficult to achieve, and you wouldn't be seeing much of your family.

 

[Stef]

Buy the daily star & you will see the advert,

3 day tiling course, earn £40k a year..:incazzato::mad2:

 

[19bri79]

I work hard and have got to where Iam through pushing myself. My wife and me run our own salon already so know how hard working for yourself is but that dosen't put me off at all.
Never shy away from work got a mate with his own building business who would get me work if i was good enough also know a few self employed joiners and decorators who am sure will put my name out...
This thread is giving me some good advice keep it coming...thanks

 

[White Room]

I work hard and have got to where Iam through pushing myself. My wife and me run our own salon already so know how hard working for yourself is but that dosen't put me off at all.
Never shy away from work got a mate with his own building business who would get me work if i was good enough also know a few self employed joiners and decorators who am sure will put my name out...
This thread is giving me some good advice keep it coming...thanks

If is a big word and to be good enough may take longer than expected.....if you have contacts, joiners, decorators etc what happens when they go quiet, theres a good chance they will have a stab at tiling if thats all there is...as a plumber does with me.

 

[dave l and l]

i ma from central belt and i can tell you its tough out here at the mo. i am well established and i am not as busy as i would like, starting out from scratch would be hard at the mo. i know a few decent tilers who have been about for years that have no work.. however i know a tiler who has not long started out and he says he is doing well, but that can be just talk.
to earn money you need to learn how to tile then get to a decent level and do it at a decent speed ,this takes time but can be achieved in a few short years

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

go on a three day course, get a van full of tools, and have a go, ......... there are loads like that out here ,you will just be another, take a chance it might pay off for you

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

oh and put a cooker in the van,and when your not tiling you can do fish & chip's, or use a taxi and put your tools in the boot and if your not tiling you can take a few fare's.....

 

[19bri79]

Definately going to book a course and get the tools and start off slowly and gradually build it up then hopefully get good at it then who knows may have to take it up full time. Any good courses in the central belt? No one has actually said how much can be made just a monthly average would be good to start. You can pm me if you like Thanks.