Pricing crisis

[Ian]

http://www.tilersforums.com/tiling-forum/72767-pricing-crisis.html

I know you're all dying to know, it was £20 per metre :lol:

 

[Qwerty]

Scary! Thanks Bri (I would add a thanks but I'm on tapatalk!)

 

[Ian]

When I was a newbie I used to price everything by the metre. I remember doing a block of 14 flats and priced the kitchen splash backs at £20 per m and they were 2.35 m2 each £47 per kitchen! Only managed one a day as I'd only been tiling 12 months or so. Hard way to learn my lesson.

 

[RDTiling]

When I was a newbie I used to price everything by the metre. I remember doing a block of 14 flats and priced the kitchen splash backs at £20 per m and they were 2.35 m2 each £47 per kitchen! Only managed one a day as I'd only been tiling 12 months or so. Hard way to learn my lesson.

A lesson I am learning now, but I'm getting better at estimating number of hours involved.

i completely agree with the post Neale put on that thread, with regards to starting out cheap and you'll get a reputation for it - I'm learning that lesson too!

 

[Stef]

When I was a newbie I used to price everything by the metre. I remember doing a block of 14 flats and priced the kitchen splash backs at £20 per m and they were 2.35 m2 each £47 per kitchen! Only managed one a day as I'd only been tiling 12 months or so. Hard way to learn my lesson.

Know the feeling Bri, been there done that!!
Kitchens are probably the worst as you look at it & say 5m2, doddle then look at the clock 6hrs later & your still at it.
Over the years you get an eye for it but there's always 1 or 2 a year that catch you out!!

 

[Ian]

Know the feeling Bri, been there done that!!
Kitchens are probably the worst as you look at it & say 5m2, doddle then look at the clock 6hrs later & your still at it.
Over the years you get an eye for it but there's always 1 or 2 a year that catch you out!!

Absolutely mate, it's always the small jobs that catch me out, I never make mistakes with the full houses, probably because I give the big quotes more attention.

 

[John Benton]

Absolutely mate, it's always the small jobs that catch me out, I never make mistakes with the full houses, probably because I give the big quotes more attention.

And add a couple of hundred for contingency, something you can't do on a kitchen splash back