Recent content by andythetiler

Thanks for the advice guys. I went to quote the job and the first thing the customer said was his budget was £200. I told him he wouldn't get anybody to do 9m2 ceramic for that price never mind slate. He then told me that he wanted them fitted straight set. I looked at the tiles and they...

I still wouldn't do natural stone tiles for that price. Some tilers I know charge £65 per sq m for slate

I have recently gone self employed as a tiler and the work is going ok. I've got to do an estimate a kitchen floor. The customer has bought slate tiles. I'm not sire how much to charge for doing the slate. It's a bigger job than ceramic because of all the prep I have to do. The floor is 9sq m...

I've just verified my account with rated tradesmen. In the last 24 hours I've had 5 emails of potential jobs I can quote on. I had a free referral so I've used that but I'm not sure whether I'll actually pay to subscribe to the site. Seems to be plenty of work but a lot of the customers don't...

Hi guys. First time I've posted. What I normally do is price the job and then double it. I also tell them I can't do it for 4 months. If they turn me down I'm happy. If they still accept I've got a very lucrative job and four months to find someone to sub it to