Varying prices per metre - depending upon ..

[bigandy]

I do price differently depending on the individual job,but not on whether i think they can afford more or not.

 

[P'boro tiler]

i always do the best job i can no matter what.
however, when im doing site work with cheap white ceramics i'll start in a corner and not worry about mirrored corners etc too much

 

[Leatherface]

Got the job, start monday

Got me a bit wrong ! Not how much money they have got, but how much they are willing to spend !!
2 extremes here but if you were pricing a job in one of the poorer areas in britain and the same job in one of the more affluent areas then in my mind the price would be different. I am in business to make money ! Always do a good job regardless of price. My only deviation to this rule is working on new builds, on price with crappy walls crappy tiles & crappy conditions : They get what they pay for !
If "Mrs Jones" gets a quote and accepts it, gets the nice tiling done that she was looking for at a price she is willing to pay, then we both win.

 

[Verona]

I'd give them the price and some of them would ask if I could half it! "Yeah sure but for that you won't get xyz". I'd do the job and walk away thinking 'jeez I hope nobody knows I did that" It depressed the hell out of me, so in the end I refused to undertake such jobs.
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Decoration for example - I could take an old Victorian door - sand, fill, undercoat then topcoat (2.5 hours work not inc. drying time), Or I could Sand, fill, undercoat, sand, fill, sand, fill, undercoat, wet and dry then topcoat all in a complete dust free environment (1 days work). Both doors will look great but one of them will look like glass and cost 5 times as much. Some people wouldn't notice the difference as they just see a painted door but some would appreciate the detail and are willing to pay for it.

That is how I see it too - you can do a good job to some customer and a great job for others who cares about the detail.
Did a job for an architect who had everything planned out except calculating for the grouted gaps so his design went off by 3 cm. He had a rethink and was happy to pay the price of a great job. Like said, some shops at Netto and Aldi, others at M&S. :hurray:

That said we don't quote based on how wealthy the customer is but which requirements or expectations they have to the finish. We tend to stick to a fixed price adding on the extra cuttings, pattern setout etc needed for that job. If the travel is taking hours we charge for the cost of travelling but stay the hours as if they had been local. It is up to us taking on the job out of city and then have longer hours rather than them paying full price for half days. Make sense? Then again, some of the jobs out of city is really nice jobs to do, having the odd bacon roll served etc. :welcome:

 

[White Room]

How many times has that happened

 

[Verona]

Got the job, start monday

Got me a bit wrong ! Not how much money they have got, but how much they are willing to spend !!
2 extremes here but if you were pricing a job in one of the poorer areas in britain and the same job in one of the more affluent areas then in my mind the price would be different.

Congrats on the job! :8:

In my opinion them living in more affluent areas could be in a worse position to spend money than them in the poorer areas... Always the same base price from us but then they may vary as the customers in the better areas would like the tiling done more specific taking longer time = costing more.

 

[Verona]

I don't see this the same as a guy who comes to fix your boiler, stays 1 hr and charges you £500

Forgot to say that I just had a plumber in to do stuff in the house and was charged £240 for half day's work... not that he used a lot of materials...
Plumbers just don't seem to be affected by the recession as people know what a mess it would end up like if they are on DIY.
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