Travelling Time - do you charge / get paid for?

[Andy Allen]

If doing site work wouldn't the m2 rate increase to allow for travelling. .?

 

[WetSaw]

I would've thought with site work the m2 rate has already been set so you either suck up the traveling time/cost or don't take the contract. With residential, if the client wants You for the job they'll generally pay to ensure they get you.

 

[Andy Allen]

I would've thought with site work the m2 rate has already been set so you either suck up the traveling time/cost or don't take the contract. With residential, if the client wants You for the job they'll generally pay to ensure they get you.

Ahh so that would come under the old " swings and roundabouts" heading .......you get screwed when you work miles away and make it up when working local which is once a blue moon...lol

 

[WetSaw]

Indeed, and don't forget local to you is miles away to someone else!!

 

[m3fitter]

I think you have to look at the bigger picture here, if its a regular contact, and the majority of work is local, then wear the extra cost / time, look at the overall price of the job, my lads on daywork are expected to be on site at 7.30am, leaving at 4 - 4.30pm depending on the site / project, I'm paying for 8 hours working, not travelling, if you were office bound, you get paid for the time you are in the office, or a shop is 9-5, you get paid for the shop hours. Or on price, you have to look at the price in general, London is different, parking should be paid for or allowed for within the dayrate. We all have a choice, f you're not happy with the cost / daywork / price, don't do it 🙂

 

[mike1979]

I live in a small town and I've tiled almost everything here so I got to travel at least 10-15 miles to the next biggest place so this can't apply to me but to be honest I'm just glad I've got a job !!!

 

[cone]

All my work is within 30mins away and where I live, we never get bad traffic but if working an hour away, I'd just put something extra on for diesel and not my time traveling to and back from work. All my work is residential, start at 9.30-10 and finish around 6ish and usually home with diner on the table for 6.30. I'd love to charge time for traveling but if I added it to my price, I'd price myself out of the work.

 

[Swin]

Don't think anyone ever has hard and fast rules,I way up the job,if it further than 30 mins each way,I'll way up how much the job will pay for the time it'll take,if it pays well I might just let it go,otherwise I'll add fuel plus a bit too cover costs,never hourly though,but don't do sub contractor work anymore so when I price up the job it's sort of prices in
when I did subby work I would charge it