150 a day for a 5 6 days it a good wage to do 300 pound a day whith plastering you get the one or two job on that rate and I bet you the 150 pound grafter will do more than you by the end of tax year becouse gel get more work so stop talking s**t
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Its not bad.
Tinytom
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Im fully booked to Christmas now and there won’t be a day where I’m on 150, you self employed? If you are you need to look at your overheads
My overheads are OK I'm 43 got 2 houses work so I've got enough to pay bills don't do a fortune amd I don't kill my self keap my head above water and the nice thing about being my own boss I get quality time whith the kids money cant buy that
McBentLegs
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I'd rather work 10months of the year for good customers who appreciate skilled work at £200 a day than 12months solid grafting at £150 a day.. and I'd still have more money at the end of the year.
Yes the £300-400 jobs are few and far between, but it's swings and roundabouts, you charge what the job is worth, charging a set rate per day regardless of the work involved is thoughtless and absurd, you are essentially paying yourself a wage with no insensitive to work harder or not. To say it's greedy to charge decent money is ridiculous, most of my customers say my prices are very reasonable and range from £180-350 a day.. tight customers will always go for cheap trades, cheap trades will always go for tight customers.. and so the cycle continues. Luckily the sensible ones of us get the good customers too.
Yes the £300-400 jobs are few and far between, but it's swings and roundabouts, you charge what the job is worth, charging a set rate per day regardless of the work involved is thoughtless and absurd, you are essentially paying yourself a wage with no insensitive to work harder or not. To say it's greedy to charge decent money is ridiculous, most of my customers say my prices are very reasonable and range from £180-350 a day.. tight customers will always go for cheap trades, cheap trades will always go for tight customers.. and so the cycle continues. Luckily the sensible ones of us get the good customers too.
If I'm happy on 17 20 hour what is it to you what I charge get work all the time been my own boss for 20 years and I do get some od 50 pound a hour job some times but I don't loose sleep if I don't get them by the way I'm in North Wales wher the cost ol living is lower than most places
Tinytom
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That’s where your different to me, I’m not happy just keeping my head above, I don’t want to survive I want to prosper.
Your overheads might be ok, I didn’t mean that. What I meant was work out your overheads properly (ie look at your end of year accounts, add up the sum of all your total overheads, include absolutly everything then divide it by the days you work) you’ll find your working for way less than £150 a day.
I agree time with the kids is beyond value but work smarter not harder and you’ll have more time.
That true m8 iv got a 200 rented property to sell in 5 years 20 grand capital gains so I'm OK on the money side but you have just said it your not happy without making more money I ve never seen people whith money happy becouse they whant more and more all the time by the way i wish you all the best whith work and family.
McBentLegs
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I agree with you there.. never chase money. I work enough to pay for my hobbies and life style and that's it. Work to live and all that.
Weekends are not for working unless you have too.
Tinytom
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You too mate, sounds like you’ve got it sorted anyway
Next time il be talking about this subject is about 5 7 years when 50 old when I'm selling up enjoying the money looking for a nother buy to let property for when I'm 70 at the end of the day you don't need millions to enjoy life but you got to be sensible about it becouse you don't whant kill your self and end up crippled whith back problems and bad joints ect my advice if you got money put it in property not a bank