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You are probably a bit right about me being too trusting. I was thinking about it today, how really if someone not known asks for even £1 we instantly think bad of him.. like presume it's to feed a drug habit or something (as opposed to the good cause he asks for it for).. The reality is that...

Thanks. In the past year or so I have had to deal with so many scammers and liers trying to rob me/my friends. One American guy robbed some of my friends of around £70,000, my old landlord robbed my belongings (long story), a takeaway owner tried to steal my tools, another guy had me pay for...

Yeah - Plenty of rain in Preston! One of the advantages of working for someone else (for a pre-agreed hourly rate) is that it brings stability of knowing what you will be earning. But when the employer then turns around and expects the employee (or self-employed trader) to reduce his hourly...

In the past 2 months, I have spent around £1700 on expenses and I still have maybe another £2000 worth of more tools to buy (as and when I need them) to complete jobs. Last week my car insurance provider said they are canceling my (black box monitored) policy because I am making frequent...

-I enjoy plumbing jobs and general repairs

Thanks for the advice. I am based in Preston. There is a wealthy area here called "Fullwood" - lots of Rolls-Royce and Bentleys drivers.

exactly, lol. I told them even if I was twice as slow as other workers I am charging £10 per hour! £200 for 29 hours work is like £6.90 per hour. I worked to the point of exhaustion too...

I remember back when I first started out. My very first proper job was to decorate pretty much a whole house, 6 rooms, stripping cardboard insulation, applying lining paper, wallpaper and gloss. I very much undercharged for the job. I think I said something daft like £750 for labour! I...

Just to mention though, I had invoiced the agency for £290, as it took me 29 hours. They are saying I took too long and that they are only paying me £200 for it. It's not really so much about the money for me. It's more about what right. If someone agrees to pay you £10 per hour then they...

You are absolutely right there. I didn't counter in the fact that when working for an agency you lose out on referrals and building up your own client base/reputation. I took like a year out of trade work, as I tried migrating to another country but things got messed up around the time the...

Yeah, like it started out just a leak.. then it turned into a regrouting job.. then it turned into just replacing some of the plasterboard & tiles, then when doing that I saw that more than 60% of one wall had damaged plasterboard, then I needed to build up the wood frame after finding out that...

Thanks for your input. I want to see what everyone else thinks, like how long they would take to complete this job and the amount they would charge the agency etc. so that I can then present this thread to the agency for them to see for themselves. I will mention the amount of time I took too...

Hello, I have recently been taking on repair jobs as a self-employed trader for an estate agency that manages landlords properties. When I started taking on jobs for them I was originally asking for a flat rate of around £20-25 per hour. But then they asked me to work for £10 per hour, which...