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Flintstone
When pricing a bathroom with 'average' tiles, say a porcelain that's not too big or something like that, do you base your prices on per meter plus materials, or on how many days plus materials, or a combo of both?
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Time's Ran Out
Not aware what an average tile is ?
When I first started estimating it was a 6inch tile in white, powder blue, or pink! But then it was fixed with sand and cement onto lath and wire walls.
Now a bathroom may have skimmed plasterboard walls and the customer has chosen a heavy porcelain - and no matter how you try to explain weight limits - someone else's price seems more appealing.
I estimate for the job, all the other variations come into that price.
When I first started estimating it was a 6inch tile in white, powder blue, or pink! But then it was fixed with sand and cement onto lath and wire walls.
Now a bathroom may have skimmed plasterboard walls and the customer has chosen a heavy porcelain - and no matter how you try to explain weight limits - someone else's price seems more appealing.
I estimate for the job, all the other variations come into that price.
The lowest I would go is £20 per sq metre. Labour only.
15 a metre if it was a large job. i.e over a 1oom2 again labour only.
Higher end fits £30-£45, i.e porcelanosa or natural stone etc.
I find most jobs I feel I have over priced, I usually get. most jobs I walk away from thinking I have underpriced I never hear back from?!?!? weird!
Lastly and most importantly..... if I walk into a council scheme, cheapish tiles,-compared to glasgows west end, newton mearns, bearsden etc the price differs massively. I cant and wont! charge wee davie from drumchapel the same price as I would charge "Alan salt" of newton mearns estate with a million pound plus house and 400-500k of cars on the driveway . Big aldo spends 2ok+ on a bathroom, unfortunately big aldo qualifies for "Newton Mearns tax". Even more importantly. big aldo knows 3-400 quid saved here and there is **** all, compared to a job done right that is going to last 10 plus years and give him no problems or one that needs to be totally stripped and redone.
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Italy
I thought that uk having higher prices.
here in italy in my area, +/- same.
if I want to move to Milan 35km, I could do + 250 €.
almost all my works are not direct, but have gone from tile dealers.
I have no trouble, arrive and find everything on the plane. Detailed form of laying systems.
never done for a quote.
finished job to decide the price.
Always cashed all jobs.
(Just lucky)
here in italy in my area, +/- same.
if I want to move to Milan 35km, I could do + 250 €.
almost all my works are not direct, but have gone from tile dealers.
I have no trouble, arrive and find everything on the plane. Detailed form of laying systems.
never done for a quote.
finished job to decide the price.
Always cashed all jobs.
(Just lucky)
£££s per mtr for me then customer knows exactly where they stand,no more no less
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