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£2600 would pay all my bills and have some left over, would love to earn that a month and I live in Bucks, so not the bottom end of the market, in 3-4 years I wont get out of bed for that!! lol
 
i am getting £14 per hour subbying to local h/a at moment van supplied to do landlord certs its easy but money is shocking
 
I mean I wouldn't get out of bed for less then £200 a day in 3-4 years, at the moment I would get out of bed for £10
 
£200 a day is a bang on rate tbh ! Anything under is not worth going to unless is a favour to a friend or family ! I value my self at this rate at the moment when working/helping fellow plumbers . If its my work the rate goes up ! And I am happy this month I have done 2 boiler changes and got 2 more booked for this month + other little jobs ! Tbh with you if I keep getting 4 boiler changes a month I will not go back to the HA work EVER !
 
Plymouth's not too bad if you are in the right market Joe. I'm in Plymouth, just a one man band, but work on the basis of £200 a day & I'm booked up well into September. I've always tried to steer clear of the cut throat bottom end of the market & most of my work is in the suburbs of Plympton, Plymstock, Ivybridge & Saltash where they seem happy to pay that.
I wouldn't fancy getting any bigger though & having to chase work, thats when you can't be too choosy.
 
I have just put my price up from £150 to £200, Had loads of quotes but not turning into work, Might go back down, but want to stick to my guns for a little bit longer, Priced a job at £300 a day the other day for a recommended customer and ended up getting it at £250, so it really is the hardest part of the job, valuing yourself and the work you do correctly!!
 
bert large said:
Plymouth's not too bad if you are in the right market Joe. I'm in Plymouth, just a one man band, but work on the basis of £200 a day & I'm booked up well into September. I've always tried to steer clear of the cut throat bottom end of the market & most of my work is in the suburbs of Plympton, Plymstock, Ivybridge & Saltash where they seem happy to pay that.
I wouldn't fancy getting any bigger though & having to chase work, thats when you can't be too choosy.
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how long you been trading for??
 
How much are yous getting for straight boiler swaps ?

firms are doing valliants 7 year guarantee for under £1200, the money is c.ap now
 
I know this is off topic a great deal, but forgive me for asking, are there any plumbs local to me, plymouth, that would let me shadow them so i can complete my foundation gas course, as i need to build up a portfolio of it, dont want paying, as i consider it a huge favour to me, and i will even supply donuts!

I digress, if you're SE you have to charge a premium so as not to devalue the trade!
 
You are doing good making £250 these days on a straight swap, £350 to £400 with a flush round here.

its depressing...

ive just priced a yplan conversion to Combi, part carcass, replace 3 rads an repipe into wall...

first fix a mixer, £800 with me supplying pipe an fittings, be lucky to get it
 
how do you justify that? my customers always ask how many days it will take and then point out how much I am charging a day, do you give a written estimate? do you break it down? how do I tell them that that's the price, end of?
 
It's down to what type of customers you have really ! Some take the price at its other never come back as they are after the chipset possible almost free if you like !
 
so just stick to your guns and keep standards high, then I will get better customers etc
 
Only if you are as good as me Jase 🙂 and I am foreigner which makes it harder , unfortunately as I am bloody good looking 🙂 pmsl
 
SafeGasInstall said:
It's down to what type of customers you have really ! Some take the price at its other never come back as they are after the chipset possible almost free if you like !
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Well if prices get any lower, we will be paying the customer for working in their house!
 
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