Starting a small building business

[dontbelieveawordofit]

Am I missing something here?

yep. wind up

 

[cdbe]

People from down South buying terraced houses up North - it's like Dick Whittington in reverse - streets of gold offering huge returns.

Probably better for rental investment given the dire returns in London (and renting is great for kidding yourself you haven't made a loss on your investment when you have).

I'm not sure much of it involves "project managers", it's more about DIY, cheap materials and calculated/skillful corner cutting.

 

[Captain Nemesis]

Anyone watch Homes Under the Hammer ?

Whenever I see progs like that I think if its that straightforward to buy renovation projects and do them up why do you never see builders buying them.

 

[cdbe]

Whenever I see progs like that I think if its that straightforward to buy renovation projects and do them up why do you never see builders buying them.

I think they don't count the unpaid labour that people put into them, or the CGT.

 

[bernardgreen]

concrete helpful suggestions

ReadyMix ?

 

[johnny2007]

Are you interested in doing this johnny for a fee?

Whereabout are you?

 

[johnny2007]

High quality work anywhere that a customer is willing to pay. The further away from us the more money they pay - I aim for people who want a nice job with nice people

I'm in west London.
Not willing to travel far and work 8 to 4 if necessary.
Do not accept peanuts as payment, only british pound sterling.
Let me know if you need my services priced up, I'll give you a rough figure from my couch so you can say "I was expecting to pay a third of this" and I go back watching TV.

 

[Captain Nemesis]

I think they don't count the unpaid labour that people put into them, or the CGT.

Fair point. Not an afficionado of that sort of show so dont really actively watch them. Bits Ive seen theyve been using builders.

 

[miafricker]

How is your business doing these days?