Do builders ever work for free?
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I have a very close friend who is a small site property developer. He employs a small but dedicated team of trades which he’s kept going for over 15 years now & will bend over backwards to keep them employed as they would be almost impossible to replace if they ventured elsewhere.
I (& a couple of others) usually have a backlog of non time critical work (both at home & elsewhere) on small projects which can be drip fed when his sites are slack. The rates I get are good & he won’t cover much beyond his overheads but it keeps his trades employed & on board. It can be a bit unpredictable but it’s a life saver for him & it suites me.
I think it’s unusual for a builder to offer such a deal to someone he doesn’t know outside the trade but you’ll get a good deal if he’s genuine. It’s cash only as I'll be paying for the materials & his blokes direct; but please don’t try taking the priss!
I (& a couple of others) usually have a backlog of non time critical work (both at home & elsewhere) on small projects which can be drip fed when his sites are slack. The rates I get are good & he won’t cover much beyond his overheads but it keeps his trades employed & on board. It can be a bit unpredictable but it’s a life saver for him & it suites me.
I think it’s unusual for a builder to offer such a deal to someone he doesn’t know outside the trade but you’ll get a good deal if he’s genuine. It’s cash only as I'll be paying for the materials & his blokes direct; but please don’t try taking the priss!
Quick update.
I was still unsure whether I wanted to do this. The builder agreed to do it for £17k and so I decided to go for it. I didn't think I'd get it for that price again if I decided to do it in the future.
He says there is no real profit in it for him, I must say I'm pretty sure there probably is but thats fine.
The spec is 7.5m x 3.5m, cavity walls, external finish in brick. Double pitched roof, walls and roof to be insulated.
Foundations are 6 concrete padstones of 1m square and 2m deep, and then 6 steel beams.
It will have two double glazed double doors and two windows.
Electricity and lighting of course.
Inside plasterboard, skimmed etc.
Thanks
I was still unsure whether I wanted to do this. The builder agreed to do it for £17k and so I decided to go for it. I didn't think I'd get it for that price again if I decided to do it in the future.
He says there is no real profit in it for him, I must say I'm pretty sure there probably is but thats fine.
The spec is 7.5m x 3.5m, cavity walls, external finish in brick. Double pitched roof, walls and roof to be insulated.
Foundations are 6 concrete padstones of 1m square and 2m deep, and then 6 steel beams.
It will have two double glazed double doors and two windows.
Electricity and lighting of course.
Inside plasterboard, skimmed etc.
Thanks
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His post in this thread makes about as much sense as anything else he's posted on here.
I once built a small retaining wall for a mate for nothing(5 blocks on side high by 16 long inc handballing a foundation)- he got me a 4 pack of Magners as it was a warm June day and when I'd finished putting on the slate copings I turned and found he'd drunk 2 of them....
Don't do it often now....!
Don't do it often now....!
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