I think that explains it all for me...Just because he's charging you twice as much doesn't mean to say that it's split equally between the two.
Thee electrician might be getting £300 and the apprentice £100
Sure it all depends where about in the country you live, London is certainly much more expensive than here up north. The £200 per day is not unreasonable for a self employed electrician. I had further chats with other companies here up North they confirm they pay their men £22 per hour. My electrician charges me now £240 per day plus VAT and he is employing others to do the work, he is not involved with tools. If at £240 per day makes a profit then If you do the work yourself the £200 is reasonable. VAT is not a problem as we claim it back as a business.I would expect a day rate to be around £300-350 (plus VAT if applicable) for an Electrician.
If a business philosophy is being a good steward of your expenses, pay only what is due and constantly looking after value for money I believe everyone should be looking at this model. The government that has plenty of free money to give for furlough can always top up the rest.I'm not an electrician, but I wonder if, rather than this being a 'customer' point of view, could it be a projection of your own views onto the tradespeople?
Is this more a reflection of your own business philosophy?
As a final thought will I go with the £400 a day electrician? Not necessarily, In fact I had a quote with another company and expect to receive a higher price for this quote for the same job. But the person who spoke to me and visited the factory gave me much more confidence in having experience in similar industrial settings and also advised me on further electrical work that would save me hundreds of pounds in the future.
Right here!Yoohoo Yanni where are you?