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hi, im new to this fourm , but not new to plastering, i started in 1980,i moved out to trnindad west , indies 20 years ago but come back to the uk,for at least 10 months of the year to work on sites around the south of england, i travel about 30,000 miles by plane , and 20,000 in my van, through out the year, as quote by stevethespreader, distance is becomming a nessery now days and having to drive at least 2 to 3 hrs to work and back again, 2 months ago i met him on a job in the middle of no where. down nr stone hendge, iv realised that cost of desil has doubled in the last 3 years , it cost £400 return by plane to trnindad , but £150 a week to drive to where the work is, so now days it is cheeper to fly by plane. this year has been a not so good one on plastering throughout england , there has been very little work to realy make a living with plastering ,"sitework" the sad thing about it things dont seam to be inproving latly, any one getting better luck then me? or are we all in the same sinking boat ?to cut travling costs and get more sleep , i have to sleep in my transit van near the sites. when i first started i could get on a bike, and work a mile away. i see many small jobs for a days work but how can anyone realy keep there price's down to a reasionble leavel to make it worth the effort , only to be told we charge to much but any idea what we can do to keep the costs down and the cilent ,happy ,iv yet to find an answer to it.