Hi guys,
I recently set up my own business. Im doing ok, I wouldnt say i was raking it in!! that would be high hopes lol If anything ive made a massive loss this year with all the things ive had to buy ie van, tools insurance etc
anyway, one thing that really gets me is priceing up jobs. I find it really hard to quote for jobs. I can kinda work out what i need to do the job material wise, but by the time i add my labour onto it, i always feels its quite a high price. I always try to be a competitve as i can but I have had jobs that ive priced and knocked a bit off as i thought it was too high, only for the customer to jump at it!! I proper kick myself when that happens as I must have give them a price well under what the others had quoted!!
anyway, I gotta price the installation of a bathroom suite. toilet is a straight replacement as so is the sink. There a towl rad to be hung and pipes are already there. They do however want a free standing bath put against the wall in the centre of the room so the hot and cold as well as the wast need moving. not a hard job, just tile consuming. Then they want a mixer shower installed, again pipes in near enough the right location. Then theres a shower tray that needs the waste relocating and then a shower screen to put up
its all plumbed in hep, so i have priced various fittings and a roll of hep and the cost comes to £120 for materials. Ive said to myself £150 just for the extra bits i may not have thought about.
now it seems the going rate is around £450 for a bathroom install (job cost website) but ive gotta do a mixer shower and shower tray extra as well as move a few bits.
ill try upload a few pics of the bathroom but could anyone advise what they would charge to do this job, dont wanna be too expensive but dont wanna rob myself either
thanx in advance
I recently set up my own business. Im doing ok, I wouldnt say i was raking it in!! that would be high hopes lol If anything ive made a massive loss this year with all the things ive had to buy ie van, tools insurance etc
anyway, one thing that really gets me is priceing up jobs. I find it really hard to quote for jobs. I can kinda work out what i need to do the job material wise, but by the time i add my labour onto it, i always feels its quite a high price. I always try to be a competitve as i can but I have had jobs that ive priced and knocked a bit off as i thought it was too high, only for the customer to jump at it!! I proper kick myself when that happens as I must have give them a price well under what the others had quoted!!
anyway, I gotta price the installation of a bathroom suite. toilet is a straight replacement as so is the sink. There a towl rad to be hung and pipes are already there. They do however want a free standing bath put against the wall in the centre of the room so the hot and cold as well as the wast need moving. not a hard job, just tile consuming. Then they want a mixer shower installed, again pipes in near enough the right location. Then theres a shower tray that needs the waste relocating and then a shower screen to put up
its all plumbed in hep, so i have priced various fittings and a roll of hep and the cost comes to £120 for materials. Ive said to myself £150 just for the extra bits i may not have thought about.
now it seems the going rate is around £450 for a bathroom install (job cost website) but ive gotta do a mixer shower and shower tray extra as well as move a few bits.
ill try upload a few pics of the bathroom but could anyone advise what they would charge to do this job, dont wanna be too expensive but dont wanna rob myself either
thanx in advance