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I don't think I've done an extension for less than £60k in the last seven or eight years. Like I say though, I haven't done a 'box on the back' job in that time either.
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I don't think I've done an extension for less than £60k in the last seven or eight years. Like I say though, I haven't done a 'box on the back' job in that time either.
Mouldyoldspudgun
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I do get that but unless the owner buys the house at a good price surely they will never get all the money back apart from as a general rise in house prices which they would get any way, after all it would be the same house in the same street all be it bigger
No, because when needed I place an order customer phones up and pays for it, thus keeping it off my books
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There's loads of reasons people do it I suppose. A lot of the housing stock round here is from the inter war and post war building boom. They all have small kitchens which doesn't work for modern living. Sometimes it's because extending a 3 bed is much cheaper than buying a 4 bed in the same area but the house ends up a similar value. Others just don't want to move and can afford to make the house better/nicer.
Mouldyoldspudgun
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People are extending more here in the south east now maybe because house prices are starting to drop, in the street where I live twenty grand has gone from the asking price since september
algeeman
It’s A Boy
how much was the kitchen/roof/groundworks ??? thats where the cost is on extensions.
i bet the plastering tiling plumbing scaffs sparks painting joinery etc was cheaper.
algeeman
It’s A Boy
if your serious about being self employed as a business as to making good money ...you need people to work for you.
you can only do so much alone.
now your not self employed anymore but an employee.
which is a differnt.
How does it baffle you, materials cost what they cost no matter who is doing the job.
johniosaif
Private Member
I find domestic jobs to be uneconomical these days , builders pay me more , I am doing two ceilings,over board and set with the usual covering and moving of furniture and they are kicking off, £300 a ceiling I charged them ,you can on,y do one a day , years ago private work was better than builders work , ps it's not Mrs smith,its tight arse mr Casey
if the cost of materials go up then in order for the job to be carried out they need paying for, so unless any customer meets the required cost then no work will be carried out.
We are not talking labour cost here we are talking material cost.
hstoke
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What’s a bag of unifinsh now ?hasn’t board finish stayed at £5 or lower
vfr12
MOTORC*NT
Funny enough i do exactly the same- contactlessI don't mind stuff going up, I just play them at there own game. Take fuel prices going up for instance, it doesnt effect me, Ive always put 30 quid in my van not a penny more, that will teach em...
Vincey
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Uni is £10 board £5.50 ish at merchants mate tbh I never shop at bandq
Pagey
Private Member
Because sometimes you price fairly and what you think it’s worth without thinking I see if I can screw another few quid out of them
essexandy
The Lake Governor
Meanwhile back in the real world.
Mouldyoldspudgun
Well-Known Member
Don’t get why people seem to think it’s okay to screw customers over. What about word of mouth jobs that’s all we do wouldn’t f**k that up for 10 p or 10 quid
Pagey
Private Member
I only hit hard if I know they are a c**t or come across as one
algeeman
It’s A Boy
next job i price will be done with a balaclava and baseball bat.
hopefully il get a nice christmas tip
essexandy
The Lake Governor
I'm not running a charity, my job as I see it, is to turn out high quality work and in turn earn as much money as possible.
I only ever price work before starting (usually well in advance and in writing) so I can't see how I can possibly be ripping off or screwing my clients. In fact more often than not I tell people at the outset that I'm not interested in being the cheapest. Also if I get every job that I price up then I'm too cheap.
As was mentioned elsewhere in another thread; I'm running a business and profit is the aim.
Pagey
Private Member
Yeah I agree but what I was saying was you give a price on what you think is fair you don’t go way over cos you feel like it you price a job on how you see it and if that means your more expensive so be it,wasn’t a pop more a generalisation
essexandy
The Lake Governor
Do you you never think 'I've got so much work on I'll price this way high as I don't need it'? Honestly?
I bloody well have and often got the jobs.
Pagey
Private Member
Yes exactly I’ve gone in well high and got it and thought f sake,but then I’ve also priced a job at what I thought was fair and I’ve been undercut by 500 quid and I think how can they do for that
TonyM
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I always throw a few hundred on top so they tell the the poor c**t who does it how much I want, lol, piss them off throughout the job how much they think they should be getting and hopefully price similar next time upping the rates
Dr.B
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If I want to screw customers I just go through their drawers and take anything valuable [emoji23]
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Daz76
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Cant blame bg 2much they ve the market cornered and can name their price cause the other gear out there is utter s**t!!! The other manufacturers out there need to pull their finger out and start putting gear out that we can actually use to do a good job and then we ll see some competative prices for materials until then we ve got to pay what they want
Always thought plaster was cheap compared to other trades, one bag does ten metres so about 60p a metre it's nothing. There are paints dearer, carpets, flooring, tiles and so on, what makes me laugh is the gear that's wasted from some guys I can honestly say I never throw a hand board of gear away apart from maybe sand and cement.
Builderboi
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The biggest issue is the price does not reflect the quality of the product bg put out... Multi is wank hence it is terribly overpriced