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£400 a day?!
dotvicky
Posts: 2 Newbie
Hiya,
I've got a quote for a significant extension conversion on my house.
Materials all seem fair enough but he's quoting £400 a day for labour. That seems really rather high even with a cut for managing the inevitable subcontractors. This is for just shy of 90 days which sounds fair enough in terms of elapsed rather than man-days so I'm wondering if it's some strange all-inclusive however-many-people-are-there-on-the-day rate?!
Anyone have any thoughts?
Cheers
Vicky
I've got a quote for a significant extension conversion on my house.
Materials all seem fair enough but he's quoting £400 a day for labour. That seems really rather high even with a cut for managing the inevitable subcontractors. This is for just shy of 90 days which sounds fair enough in terms of elapsed rather than man-days so I'm wondering if it's some strange all-inclusive however-many-people-are-there-on-the-day rate?!
Anyone have any thoughts?
Cheers
Vicky
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assuming an 8 hour day - thats 50 quid an hour - out of that comes ALL his tools - ALL his fuel - and his costs .... is it a one man band or are you more than likely going to get the builder plus a labourer ....0
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why don't you ask him? Bit difficult for us to know!0
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Thanks for the replies.
@fluffpot - I will obviously ask him, just wanted to get an idea if this was a typical rate that other people had been quoted.
@bobula - the way his quote is broken up, it certainly seems like he's quoting me man days rather than elapsed days and I imagine he'll have to get a few people in such as electricians and plumbers - can't believe he'll be doing it all himself. This means that he's charging me £400 a day for each and every bit of work even the work he subcontracts - this makes £400 seem quite a lot (based on what I've seen on other websites - £150 to £250 a day seems to be fairly common for most trades) even if he's the one getting them in. Just thought I'd get people's views on here.
Cheers
Vicky0 -
Well if he's got himself (as project manager/general builder) on site and 2 others say sparky and mate, or plumber and mate then £400 a day looks like a good deal! If he subcontracts the work, he still has to pay these people out of 'his' £400.
You don't say where you are but £150 a day for an electrician in say London isn't realistic0 -
sorry 150 quid a day is not a relistic price for a sparky anywhere in the uk .... thats just shy of 19 quid an hour for an 8 hour day ....
15 years ago perhaps- not today.0
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