Day job costs for a painter/decorator

Paul_the_Painter

If it was a bigger room the price would probably be the same. The problem is that if a job takes any more than 1/2 a day, you need a whole day.

Also £160 a day sounds expensive, but that is only £36000 a year, from that you have a van to run, and you have to pay for the "invisible" materials - brushes, ladders, thinners, filler - trust me it all does add up!

McKneff

tax, ni, employee costs, employee insurance, pub. liability insurance, accountant, and a hundred other thngs.
You also have to cost in time for going out to do quotes, especially when you dont get the job and youve spent
time going there and working the quote out.

And dont forget there is a big difference between quote and estimate.

nickj_2

McKneff wrote: »

tax, ni, employee costs, employee insurance, pub. liability insurance, accountant, and a hundred other thngs.

if you add in unpaid holiday , sick days , which being self employed are usually few and far between , rained off days when you can't do anything it makes that £160 sound cheap

CouponWoman

In my last house I paid a painter and decorator to do my hall, stairs and landing. Walls had been stripped and were in good condition so no filling or preparation to be done.

I provided the 11 rolls of wallpaper and all the paint. He came with a ready mixed bucket of wallpaper paste. There was a total of 8 doors to be painted and wood ranch style banisters.

He was brilliant and believe it or not he had painted the landing ceiling and put up one strip of paper before I had boiled the kettle to make him a drink. He refused a drink and said once he starts he does not stop. It actually took him just over 6 hours and he did a perfect job.

Sadly he died a couple of years ago.

Worth every penny I paid him.

Aesop

My DH is a Painter Decorator and charges a minimum of £120 a day. Funny round here, people won't pay that, but he does do an excellent job! He is a perfectionist and insists on hoovering up after himself, and leaving everything looking perfect.

He just did a job at my work place and they were shocked, as they thought it would take 2 weekends, but they managed to do it in one, and they gave a huge discount, so made a loss on the job!

keystone

jafsie wrote: »

I reckon two days work.

:rotfl::rotfl:

Needless to say I'll be doing it.

Well let us know how you get on then on timescale. Pics after the event would be nice too.

Cheers

leveller2911

keystone wrote: »

:rotfl::rotfl:

Well let us know how you get on then on timescale. Pics after the event would be nice too.

Cheers

I spent my yearly holiday(self employed and have 1 weeks hols a year) decorating my hallway/Staircase and Landing , working 8hr days and I still didn't get it finished......

...........Next house I buy will be a bungalow....;)



Most of the decent Decorators around here charge about £130-£150 for day work and would look to some profit too if pricework.

keystone

leveller2911 wrote: »

...........Next house I buy will be a bungalow....;)

I've not long finished a bungalow. But it was of the dormer variety so voila - hall, stairs and landing to do too!

Cheers

leveller2911

keystone wrote: »

I've not long finished a bungalow. But it was of the dormer variety so voila - hall, stairs and landing to do too!

Cheers

So much rubbing down of paintwork I looked like a ghost by the end of the day....Wasn't impressed with the caulking I used this time it was Dow Corning and the gap between the stair string and wall has opened up already.

Like others have said a good decorator is worth his/her weight in gold, like most trades they know how to get a decent finish, mine looks great until you get a nice sunny day and then you see all the faults....... Will stick to making Joinery me thinks.:D

Sphynx

I have just paid a bloke to put up lining paper in two rooms, one double, one box and also paper one small wall of our bedroom in printed paper. He charged £220 it took him a day and a half and he has done a fantastic job, a million times better than we could have done ourselves. He also supplied the paste and the lining paper. I am pleased we decided to get it done by a pro. It may not be a job which needs qualifications but defo a skill.