think it was me darren was referring to as i was in touch with him yesterday and it happened.
had a large kitchen splashback job to do, also had a bathroom retile to do.
to cut a long story short, i talked the kitchen customer into a mosaic feature behind their range, extra £. While i was doing my quote for the bathroom the customers said about general home improvements and how they wanted rid of their artex ceilings in living room and kitchen. I am no plasterer but said i could arrange it. knowing various good reliable people in various trades i got my bathroom tiles removed while i did the kitchen job, then went to do the bathroom job in the meantime the plasterers were doing the ceilings, they overboarded then skimmed. I pointed both customers in the direction of the tile shop I use the most (where i get my best discount) and made money on all tiles, all materials including plastering materials as I said i would supply these, extra money for feature behind range, standard day rate of £150 and the plasterers thanked me for getting them the work. Ended up making about £1200 profit that week.
Not happened before and may be a long while til it happens again but is possible. I can only do tiling and explain this to customers but will take on plastering, kitchen fitting, bathroom installations etc as i know good reliable people to do these jobs for me and I can make more money then. Today my work for today and tomorrow have cancelled at the last minute so this week i will make nowhere near a grand from Weds, Thurs and Fri! thats why i think you have to make the most of every opportunity you can and while they may be few and far between they are there.