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I'm old, shocked

I've had a quote to lay oak flooring, 18 square metres which I will supply

 

I'm thinking day to fit, poss 2 day

 

£800!

 

 

I think the £60 £70 per day, so in my mind thinking that I am too tight for my own good

£200 £300! I know it's me, but going to ask son in law

 

The project may be out the window

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Tradesmen in our area (Nuneaton specifically but it appears to be Midlands-wide) generally charge between £110 - £120 per day in my experience. I know a general builder that'll work for £75/day but I wouldn't want him anywhere near my house.

 

Tony

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The easiest way to see, if you think the price is to high, would you do the job for the amount charged, think hourly rate.

 

Minimum wage £7.60 an hour (think that's correct but near enough) 8 hour day £60.80 buy for that you will get an unqualified, unskilled person.

 

That does not cover cost of tools, transport, book keeping etc. etc.

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I think the £60 £70 per day, so in my mind thinking that I am too tight for my own good

 

 

£60-70 for a full day works out at about minimum wage, not including any allowance for VAT, overheads, travelling costs, tools, consumables etc. Why would a skilled tradesman want to work for that?

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I presume it's not an empty boat ie not just a lined shell with bare floor?

Is there any preparation in their quote like removing existing flooring?

 

I would probably take 3 days to lay it, especially with cutting it around fixed furniture, hearths etc. Installing and mitring oak beading trims to hide the expansion gaps around the edges etc. I would charge £ 100.00 a day plus fuel if not very local.

 

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I'm a chippie, and most likely daily rates are in excess of £150.00 per day at the moment.

Maybe as close to £200.00 in certain areas.

These are the site rates being paid atm for tradesmen

Wether that can be maintained in the long term, Im not sure

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You may have read this statement by John Ruskin before but as a reminder:

 

"It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When
y you pay too much, you lose a little money - that's all. When you pay
too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you
 bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The
common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a
lot - it can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well 
to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will 
have enough to pay for something better.”

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You may have read this statement by John Ruskin before but as a reminder:

 

"It's unwise to pay too much, but it's worse to pay too little. When
y you pay too much, you lose a little money - that's all. When you pay
too little, you sometimes lose everything, because the thing you
 bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to do. The
common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a
lot - it can't be done. If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well 
to add something for the risk you run, and if you do that you will 
have enough to pay for something better.”

In other words

 

'buy cheap buy twice'?

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£60-70 for a full day works out at about minimum wage, not including any allowance for VAT, overheads, travelling costs, tools, consumables etc. Why would a skilled tradesman want to work for that?

Yes, I drive an articulated lorry, which is just about as unskilled as you can get, and I earn the going rate, £130 a day. if I could lay oak flooring I would want a fair bit more than that.

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