Reasonable cost for decorating?

sniggings

pendragon_arther wrote: »

It's very reasonable. Most British decorators work on a roughly (depending on area) daily charge of £80 - £90, whereas East Europeans are generally cheaper.

Really! time you pay expenses, tax etc £90 a day would not be far off min wage.

A good decorator could do the OP's place in a day, £90 would be a bargain.

redmalc

My rooms a similar size,just been quoted £350

bpk101

redmalc wrote: »

My rooms a similar size,just been quoted £350

That sounds awfully cheap, does that include materials?

To clarify we're having the following work done in the bedroom:

Walls
Dulux Endurance + Matt

Ceiling
Dulux Flat Matt

Doors, Doorframes, architraves and skirting
Dulux Satinwood

Wood Floors
Farrow & Ball ‘All White’

Decorator reckons that's a 2, maybe 3 day job including prep work and a bit of work removing and reinstalling our posh victorian radiator so he can paint behind them. His (london!) day rate is £150, add on materials and i think somewhere in the region of £700 works out okay no?

bpk101

oh and with regards to the PVA fiasco, can this be dealt with by the decorator... can he sand the walls down and re-prime before painting?

DevCoder

I've always mist-coated as my understanding is that PVA is water soluble so putting a water based paint such as emulsion on it is just asking for trouble.

pendragon_arther

sniggings wrote: »

Really! time you pay expenses, tax etc £90 a day would not be far off min wage.

A good decorator could do the OP's place in a day, £90 would be a bargain.

What are you going on about? £90 p day works out at £450 p week or £1800 p month. There's no expenses as all materials are priced separately and petrol will be included in the cost of the materials because as he's a decorator he'll get the materials much less than he's quoted. Tax may or may not be declared, and we all pay tax. £22,000 pa (and that's for a 5 day week) is a minimum wage is it? One day? You're being silly. It'll take a few days for coats of paint to dry before applying next coat etc.

sniggings

pendragon_arther wrote: »

What are you going on about? £90 p day works out at £450 p week or £1800 p month. There's no expenses as all materials are priced separately and petrol will be included in the cost of the materials because as he's a decorator he'll get the materials much less than he's quoted. Tax may or may not be declared, and we all pay tax. £22,000 pa (and that's for a 5 day week) is a minimum wage is it? One day? You're being silly. It'll take a few days for coats of paint to dry before applying next coat etc.

no expenses :rotfl:

so this guy doesn't pay tax, insurance, van, I guess each customers gets quoted for new brushes, rollers and ladders each job, he doesn't take holidays,no sick pay...I could go on.


and it takes a day for a coat of paint to dry :rotfl:

wow this has to be the most uneducated reply to a post I have read on here.

Laz123

sniggings wrote: »

no expenses :rotfl:

so this guy doesn't pay tax, insurance, van, I guess each customers gets quoted for new brushes, rollers and ladders each job, he doesn't take holidays,no sick pay...I could go on.


and it takes a day for a coat of paint to dry :rotfl:

wow this has to be the most uneducated reply to a post I have read on here.

It sounds as though you've never done any decorating. The newly plastered walls need to be mist coated first, this is essential. It'll take over a day before the next coat can be applied. The rubbing down of all surfaces will take one to two days because of the dust accumulated and further cleaning of said dust. The filling takes a while to dry because if you paint over damp filler further problems will occur.
The floor will take one to two days if done properly.

OP, has the decorator stated how long the work will take.

bpk101

Yes, he's suggested 2–3 days... we've now agreed on £300 for the floor and £400 for the walls, ceiling and woodwork.

Sound ok?

redmalc

Yes £350 includes materials