It's time to start digging up those Squirrelled Nuts!!!!

Kim1965

If its a cloakroom, wc basin, rad. Even with some plastering, new tiled/lvt floor self levelling etc i think 5k is a lot. Unless your spec is very high end.
 Replacement ball valve, and siphon kit (20quid...fitted 90 approx).
 But i get the coloured san ware bit. 

Sea_Shell

Kim1965 said:

If its a cloakroom, wc basin, rad. Even with some plastering, new tiled/lvt floor self levelling etc i think 5k is a lot. Unless your spec is very high end.
 Replacement ball valve, and siphon kit (20quid...fitted 90 approx).
 But i get the coloured san ware bit. 

High end??? - This is ME you're talking to.         But we want it to be nice, not done on the "cheap", like for some "buy to let".

We can price up all the hardware/units etc, but it's the labour costs we have no idea about TBH.

Going hourly rate these days?   

cfw1994

Most trades cost more than people imagine.   

If I was guessing at a trade rate, I suspect it might approach £250+ per person per day….but could easily be more for someone who is top quality.  Do you have anyone recommended?

Get the details of what you want so you can get a few quotes, & then do your bit to keep the economy going.  On behalf of those of us who want investments to grow, thanks 🤣👍

We wanted a larger sink than our original downstairs loo had….& the best/only unit we found that we liked was over £500 😱    Bit the bullet because we knew we would only do it once.

I’d probably keep the investments and use cash reserves IF you have sufficient to suit your living needs.  Otherwise balance things out: a bit of both….

Sea_Shell

Having discussed this further, I think we're going to use cash. 😉

We'll raid our Loanpad* account, which we can replenish (if we wish) once a fixed term account matures in December.




*It's 60 day notice, but set up to make weekly rolling withdrawals, so we can have what we need out within about 4/5 weeks.

Albermarle

Most trades cost more than people imagine.   If I was guessing at a trade rate, I suspect it might approach £250+ per person per day….but could easily be more for someone who is top quality. 

Taking into account how busy tradespeople have been in the last couple of years ( maybe starting to ease a bit now ). Then in the more expensive parts of the country, you probably have to pay £250 a day even for the assistant/trainee/labourer, whilst a good skilled tradesman would be more like £400. On the other hand if they know what they are doing, and all items ordered in advance and available, then they could probably have a small washroom sorted in 3 days or so.
Altogether though £5K still seems topside for a smaller job.

Kim1965

Labour rates vary, outside london most want 250 a day. I charge £200 a day (plumber) on the basis that i am slowing down a tad and only work for people i have worked foro

Sea_Shell

Oh, it might not be too bad then at £200/£250 a day.

My hairdresser charges £60 an hour😉😲

Depends what they think a day is?   I bet it's not 8 hours 😉

Albermarle

Kim1965 said:

Labour rates vary, outside london most want 250 a day. I charge £200 a day (plumber) on the basis that i am slowing down a tad and only work for people i have worked foro

To be fair when I said £400 a day, I am talking about someone with a good reputation in demand, in the South East, arriving at 08.30 and leaving at 05.30 and working pretty non stop. Plus popping in Saturday morning to finish things off etc. and doing a really good job.

Kim1965

Apologies i cut myself off. I only work for people i have worked fir previously. Gas wirk is priced around £250 pd.
 I am very cheap though, rarely price for work, prefer to do the job and bill on how long it takes, currently booked up way beyond xmas. Dont advertise, no business cards etc my wife constantly says i should up my rates to thin the work down. I also seem to have vast amounts of homemade jam etcTaken instead of payment for tiny jobs from old dears who appear to have little, Hoping i am going to heaven. My lack of business acumen is plain to see.
 I am probably the exception. Always go by recommendation, there are plenty of decent blokes who are not looking to shaft their customers. Having been shafted by the odd customer, i only work for regular customers. 

Kim1965

Sea_Shell said:

Oh, it might not be too bad then at £200/£250 a day.

My hairdresser charges £60 an hour😉😲

Depends what they think a day is?   I bet it's not 8 hours 😉

Should be 8 till 4 two 15 min tea breaks and no going to get materials.