Anyway to make this door shut slowly?

[Deleted member 174758]

They quoted £60 for closer and £60 to fit so £120. Rip off, right?

£60 for fitting a rip off? Assuming that the guy will need to spend 30 minutes to travel to the job each way and maybe some extra time and mileage to go and collect the closer from his supplier (for which he needs to earn money, plus his running costs for the van ro get there and back), maybe 40 to 50 minutes doing the job (including removing and making good the old closer to start with), tidying his work area, and maybe 10 minutes filling in the all essential paperwork; so do you still think it's a rip off? Running a half decent, reliable van for work (allowing for replacement cost, depreciation, maintenance, road tax, insurances, MoT, fuel etc), a phone, an office, accountant, work clothing and PPE, tools, etc all cost money on top of his personal hourly rate. And how many jobs will the guy fit in in a day? I think you must want the guy on minimum wage...

 

[EddieM]

£120 supply and fit? Sounds perfectly reasonable to me.

 

[HERTS P&D]

I do think the OP is playing us for fools.

Andy

 

[Keitai]

£60 for fitting a rip off? Assuming that the guy will need to spend 30 minutes to travel to the job each way and maybe some extra time and mileage to go and collect the closer from his supplier (for which he needs to earn money, plus his running costs for the van ro get there and back), maybe 40 to 50 minutes doing the job (including removing and making good the old closer to start with), tidying his work area, and maybe 10 minutes filling in the all essential paperwork; so do you still think it's a rip off? Running a half decent, reliable van for work (allowing for replacement cost, depreciation, maintenance, road tax, insurances, MoT, fuel etc), a phone, an office, accountant, work clothing and PPE, tools, etc all cost money on top of his personal hourly rate. And how many jobs will the guy fit in in a day? I think you must want the guy on minimum wage...

Fair point. Thxs.

Paper work for property maintenance company ?

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Yes indeed. When working on any managed property the customer (client) often has their own paperwork (order forms, worksheets, etc without which you won't get paid) which need to be correctly filled in, sometimes signed-off by an on-site concierge (or possibly a visiting property agent) and promptly returned to ensure payment. Even where this is not the case there is always a need to photograph the work (before and after) as well as writing up your own journal to ensure that you have evidence of the job being completed satisfactorily.