£3.50 m2 for rendering

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i am in yorkshire i have just turned a job away because all he was offering me was 3.50 surely he is taking the piss.
whats the going rate around the country at the min
 
same with most of work here now, even for skimming.
seen a few at £6.50 p/h £7 £8 and £9.50. or £2.00 sqm2
think people are trying to take the piss
 
i just think he got his decimal point in the wrong place mate ;D
 
the closest thing i can compare it to labour only is k-rend and the cheapest ive heard lads working for was 8.60 per m, it isn't internal floating for skimming is it mate?
 
no its external rendering, not sure if its ready mixed stuff been dropped at site or they would have expected me to take my mixer and mix it myself.
when the women asked me on the phone to do it she said i might need a labourer, f**k knows who would have paid him.

this is the link to the job its been put on here since i turned it down

https://www.jobcentreplus.gov.uk/Internet/viewVacancy.do?selectedVacancy=0&ref=ROI/66144

trust me i know about this 1. IT IS EXTERNAL + IT IS £3.50 PER SQUARE M

also a foriegn bloke (asian) running the job
 
link just takes you to the main site mate...wouldnt have minded havin a laff at the advert though!!
obviosly havent a clue what their talkin about...'MIGHT' need a labourer???
as for the 'asian' gentleman running the job... ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
 
you know what though...someone is going to go and do that job for that money, prolly someone with more z's in his name than anything else...
keep your eye on the jobcentre mate...few weeks time there'll be an advert for rework ;D..or maybe not...were all doomed... :'(
 
its in there mate, try searching rotherham plastering jobs. if u can be bothered.

not being rude but there is some asians live a few doors up from me with 5 chinese guys building a massive extension. just dropped a card through door not lookin forward to pricing that up either
 
lol just rang em up...asked em how many metres...
bird reckons the job went yesterday so i said 'so someones actually donig the job for 3.50? she goes ah well yes, erm...we just found out that werent the accurate price...nice girl..hadnt a clue... ;D
employment agencies.. ::)
 
dunno..didnt tell me..wanted my details to sign me up!!
the old asian blokes prolly rung up and offered 6 or 7 quid (still pathetic) then the agency, bein 'businesspeople' and not plasterers have automatically took their 'finders fee' out of that and posted it up as a job vacancy in the jobcentre...
bit of feedback later (plasterers laffin at em...) and they prolly just pumped the interest straight at the punter and agreed a lower cut...
but the job went dinnit...
back to the other convo about startin an agency, chargin agency rates to the major builders and just payin the lads the same rates...
takes the builders on at their own game, use the agency as a front (albeit non profit makin) owned by the lads and run by the lads as a whole...
ive had a thought as to whats happened to the building trade....maybe the 'credit crunch' is purely a fabrication by the government to cover the real reason....greed.
major builders have been screwing the arse out of trades for quite some years now, to the extent that prices are so low that quality has GOT to slip eventually (yes we all know quality is already a term u dont use on a building site these days)...stressed site agents with a budget and a deadline are finding themselves stretched to the point of snapping to find the 'quality' (for quality - read 'just about get away with it'), within the time frame, for a pittance...
people can keep up to some extent, but then the pressure is still on to go even further...this is BUILDING not silicon valley...
eventually something has got to give...and i reckon it just has....the people makin the huge profits have realised its met its 'ceiling' and rather than backtrack, appologise to the workforce in general (as if!) they just bailed out...
any thoughts??
maybe should have been a new thread?
 
You know what matey,i agree with that i never thought of it that way.The greedy f****** building companys have been shafting us for so long,now the bubble has bust.

So when we starting this agencie ;) ;) then boys!!!!
 
so....start an agency...
register yourself (ourselves) as a limited company (no personal liability)
contact as many people (companies) likely to use agency workers as possible and tell em its a SPECIALIST plastering agency...
wouldnt u use a specialist rather than a general construction..specially seen as wots just gone on in rotherham?
specify rates (agreed) not easy...might be different nationwide but a damn sight easier keepin em the same wherever you are..or set up different areas...hell anyone can do this, put an ad in the paper for plasterers?
maybe keep a 5 or even 10 percent retention, held by the company for snagging/f'ckups...repayable on receipt of final payment (can easily be a 90 day pay with the biggies)
keep the rates metreage (cant think of any other way, day rate just wont work)
someone has to do surveys....problem
someone has to 'liase' another problem...(i.e. make the deals with with the biggies/ any customer really)
anyone think this is feasble? id like to think so...but...well lets just say ive been in 'partnership' before and it just doesnt work..what bod said is bang on, theres always someone bailing out cos they think there doin more work...(basically)..
its possible though...think of it as a 'union'?
 
im from yorkshire, been rendering for last 3 years , depends on what sort of render your doing , anything from 10£ msq to £15 sqm.also depends if your contracting or subby
 
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