Pricing

[cr0ft]

Hi all,

I would be interested to know how much you would charge to do the following work in a standard-ish cloakroom.

Strip out room back to walls (solid breeze block walls with plaster skim). Only tiles to be removed are existing basin splash-back and 4 tiles on sill under high-level window.
Break small section of concrete floor around existing copper pipework to run supply pipes for radiator and basin in chrome from under floor. Make good.
Another company to come in and plaster walls.
Paint freshly plastered walls with 3 coats of paint.
Tile floor, 1.5 square metre. Fit new flooring trim.
Fit concealed WC and box in (removable boxing for future access).
Tile front of WC boxing (approximately 0.8sq m).
Fit granite worktop on top of WC boxing and as window sill under high-level window.
Grout tiling.
Fit towel rail, basin and wall-hung WC.
Silicon seal all internal corners.
Separate visit after plastered walls have fully dried (4 weeks later) to tile skirting up-stands (about 3m in length worth) then grout and seal as required.

So overall the project will be done in 3 visits, before plastering, after plastering and once plastering has dried.

It's been a while since I've checked my prices with anyone else. My price for labour only is £1,200 + VAT.

Would be keen to know what you guys/gals would charge and whether (excluding VAT if applicable).

Thanks for everyone's time taken to read/reply!!

 

[TBServices]

I charged £1500ish labour for this (with basin lol) Took just under a week.

 

[cr0ft]

Looks great matey. Looks like an almost identical product to mine. Did you do painting of all the walls like on mine?

 

[Resolute]

I charged £1500ish labour for this (with basin lol) Took just under a week.

Did you not finish it?!

 

[AWheating]

who nicked the basin

 

[hammers4spanner]

1500 quid for that !!!!

london prices??

 

[kay-jay]

1500 quid for that !!!!

london prices??

No but it was an extension

 

[mutley racers]

and i was going to charge 2k per flat for all piping 1st and 2nd fix. Think i better change my prices!!!

 

[hammers4spanner]

i think plumbers rates have just suddenly gone up !!!

 

[mutley racers]

i think plumbers rates have just suddenly gone up !!!

that's a definite

 

[TBServices]

Did you not finish it?!

Basin hasn't arrived yet. Ideal standard are mucking about with furniture.

The £1500 included materials other than bog, frame and basin. So not strictly labour only.

 

[TBServices]

and i was going to charge 2k per flat for all piping 1st and 2nd fix. Think i better change my prices!!!

Lol, tbh I was reading that thread and thought 2k was a bit cheap

 

[Resolute]

In order to get back on track and be helpful to the OP I reckon £1200 + vat is about right.

 

[Linkyplumb]

In order to get back on track and be helpful to the OP I reckon £1200 + vat is about right.

Ditto

 

[SafeGasInstall]

i need to learn how to tile me think , 1,5k and not even new radiator ......tc tc tc

 

[kay-jay]

i need to learn how to tile me think , 1,5k and not even new radiator ......tc tc tc

Tiling is dead easy stan.....it must be cos tilers can do it!

 

[cr0ft]

It's properly boring as well though! On the rare weeks I have a full week of tiling ahead I really struggle to keep myself motivated. I think you would need to have your brain surgically removed to want to be a tiler full-time!

 

[Linkyplumb]

Tiling is ball numbingly boring.
:snore:

I think I would rather change ten cdi diverters on the trot than do tiling full time

 

[TBServices]

It's properly boring as well though! On the rare weeks I have a full week of tiling ahead I really struggle to keep myself motivated. I think you would need to have your brain surgically removed to want to be a tiler full-time!

That's how I felt last week. Couldn't get out of bed knowing what was ahead

 

[Destroyer2813]

i need to learn how to tile me think , 1,5k and not even new radiator ......tc tc tc

I'll show ya mate

 

[erpkid]

We would have been around the 1800 + vat mark for labour but would have included the plastering. We are in the South East, quite near Cambridge so can get a decent rate most of the time. If a retired bloke or fireman quotes then this does not apply. However when you look at their work after, square holes for radiator pipes in tiles etc we are not comparing like for like.

 

[cr0ft]

Do you employ your own plasterer erpkid or do you subbie it out to another company? My uncle is pretty handy at decorating etc and I was considering putting him on a plastering course to do small work like skimming a ceiling in bathrooms etc. I reckon once he gets up to standard practising in my garage it would be a useful skill to add to our company.

 

[SimonG]

Do you employ your own plasterer erpkid or do you subbie it out to another company? My uncle is pretty handy at decorating etc and I was considering putting him on a plastering course to do small work like skimming a ceiling in bathrooms etc. I reckon once he gets up to standard practising in my garage it would be a useful skill to add to our company.

Plastering is a good skill to have, I was forced down that route after being let down too many times.

 

[cr0ft]

The same thing I'm finding with carpenters. Subbied 3x carpenters recently to cut kitchen worktops for me, 1 broke a worktop then threatened to burn my house down when I told him he was paying for a new one. 1 chipped the worktop and hasn't called me back to redo it = a job for me now. 1 started ripping me off - £400 to do join 3x worktops with mitre cuts..

Finally spent the £400 on my own router and jig and do my own now.

If we did the plastering and got good at it eventually it would be a guaranteed sale after every rewire job too!

 

[erpkid]

Do you employ your own plasterer erpkid or do you subbie it out to another company? My uncle is pretty handy at decorating etc and I was considering putting him on a plastering course to do small work like skimming a ceiling in bathrooms etc. I reckon once he gets up to standard practising in my garage it would be a useful skill to add to our company.

I do the plastering myself. It has proved harder and harder to get someone decent in to work around us. Most gangs don't want to mess around with the small jobs. I have always plastered so it does come easy and is a very useful skill to have - although at 50 I am finding the joints a tad creaky afterwards. There is a world of difference between getting a rough random block wall flat and square and skimming plasterboard. It is worth learning how to dot and dab boards as this is quick then gives you the easiest surface to skim.