Loosing jobs

[Bad Marky]

Am I to dear or what?
went to look at a job the other day two downstairs rooms 11'x10' float chimney breast Face and cheeks, float both walls either side, over skim both rooms including ceilings went in at £750 including Matt's, I get a text next day saying I'm between £100 and £200 to dear, WTF

 

[GTplastering]

There's alot of under cutting going on. I priced a job and was told I was £300 over the last plasterer but I talked the guy round as every 1 knows
Pay for quality

 

[henry]

Yer £500 sounds about right for my area.

 

[bubbles65]

It's unusual for a punter to even tell you that you ain't got the job, so if they're texting you they are inviting you to drop your price.....................ask them what exactly your competitor has priced for and see if you can match it. Or tell them to farkoff.:RpS_thumbup:

 

[Freerider]

Nah you're not too dear, Id have been around £700 mark

 

[GTplastering]

I wouldn't call it to dear you dear each to there own and if you think your worth more than the next man then charge more than the next man

 

[Curry]

Sounds like 3 good days Plus mats to mats to me

 

[beddy]

What part of cov was it marky?

 

[spunky]

I'd do that for a oner a day so 200 labour plus mats

 

[Jace]

not too dear mate client is either trying it on or other plaster is desperate for work

 

[DannyMac]

I'm thinking 600-650

 

[essexandy]

Sounds like two comfortable days to me, if you did it for £550 you'd make good money.

 

[Bad Marky]

What part of cov was it marky?

The Hiron mate

 

[kemp]

lest they let ya know ya didnt get the job most dont even tell ya i didnt get house reskim and ceiling overboared bloke recons i were to dear at 1200 only new id not got it cos joiner told me he gone with some1 else.......polish nob aswell

 

[spunky]

True I hate saying to people let me know either way though because you can put the idea in there head you're negotiable

 

[dustydave]

Prices taken a nosedive round my way this year,customers getting 7-8 quotes even if the jobs only a days work. Get enough work from previous customers and recommendations to not have to price jobs for peanuts. I know on domestics the rough spreads and there are plenty out there ,will be the ones quoting low.
Doing 2-3 jobs a month going over/putting right worked that has been left rough. Makes up for the jobs i miss out on where the customer goes for the cheapest.

 

[bodplasterer]

That's the only down fall with domestic you can put a lot of time into a job and you might not even get it.

 

[kemp]

Prices taken a nosedive round my way this year,customers getting 7-8 quotes even if the jobs only a days work. Get enough work from previous customers and recommendations to not have to price jobs for peanuts. I know on domestics the rough spreads and there are plenty out there ,will be the ones quoting low.
Doing 2-3 jobs a month going over/putting right worked that has been left rough. Makes up for the jobs i miss out on where the customer goes for the cheapest.

i charge extra if i have to put right some1 esles work esp if i qouted for the job in the first place if they say owt i just say should have had me in first place lol

 

[dustydave]

Most customers dont ring back if they have made the mistake of giving the job to a bodger.Ive had a few ask me to sort a job that i missed out on to start with and i also put the price up, bloody right as well!

 

[kemp]

Most customers dont ring back if they have made the mistake of giving the job to a bodger.Ive had a few ask me to sort a job that i missed out on to start with and i also put the price up, bloody right as well!

trouble is they look at you gone out when ya say u want more for putting the job right had it once and i told the women im not sam becket ya no im just a plasterer lol

 

[Curry]

I'm guessing this is a two up two down standard size terrace right?

 

[FreeD]

I'm glad I don't live in the West Mids, foreigners bring the price right down.

I'd say you are about £300 to cheap.

 

[DannyMac]

I'm glad I don't live in the West Mids, foreigners bring the price right down.

I'd say you are about £300 to cheap.

I'm guessing it's about 90m reskim and 10m roughing.

I wanna live near you

 

[FreeD]

M8 I got £800 for stripping wallpaper and skimming 4 walls the other day in a nice area of Bristol. Target the right customers get the money. Mind you I took my time to get the job perfect, spent half a day at the end leaving it spotless, even cleaned the windows

 

[bubbles65]

Cleaning the windows is part of the job freed :RpS_thumbup:

 

[FreeD]

Cleaning the windows is part of the job freed :RpS_thumbup:

For some cleaning isn't part of the job at all lol

 

[DannyMac]

Guessing that wasn't fishponds then. :RpS_biggrin:

I stayed there for a month last october while we did an I****n restuarant in Bristol. Even the dogs walk around in pairs.

 

[henry]

I always mask the windows off a clean job looks a better job

 

[Jace]

i used to hate doin the clean up but i actually quite like it now its loading up and unloading the truck that i hate with apassion

 

[DannyMac]

I always mask the windows off a clean job looks a better job

What's wrong with a quick once over with the floor scraper?

 

[FreeD]

No to be honest m8 theres certain parts as with all citys that if I get a call from I don't even bother looking at the job, fishponds is borderline, if I'm busy I won't bother.

 

[Arti]

I find the people with more money are tight as fook and haggle more and the people who look like they are just scrapping a living and there house is a s**t tip accept the price, pay straight away and its always cash........bizarre

 

[s.p.t plastering]

Guessing that wasn't fishponds then. :RpS_biggrin:

I stayed there for a month last october while we did an I****n restuarant in Bristol. Even the dogs walk around in pairs.

Haha i live just by fishponds and that's where i drink.....Fishponds ain't rough haha

 

[DannyMac]

Haha i live just by fishponds and that's where i drink.....Fishponds ain't rough haha

You ever been in the star inn?

Thats where we drank most of the time, proper stunk of piss and there were barflys everywhere......nice pint of Natch though!

 

[spunky]

I played bingo in fishponds once wahey.....do you know nh dry lining si