crazy prices in Preston....

[charlie1]

lets see 5 bage of rapidflex £80, Grout, primer, sealers and diesel. Say £110.

Then the labour , about 3 days. 90 quid per day (-tax). or if he/she can do it in 2 then 140 quid.

I dont think there is an other tiler.

I bet they call you back to do the work

 

[bal]

Dont know why there are so many suprised responses, the markets dead in alot of areas round the uk if i was a tiler and had bills coming in and was desperate for work and a chance of some money coming in your going to drop your prices and under cut every body and any body ! ITS BUSINESS,

 

[White Room]

How far do you undercut, It gets to the extreme where your actually working for nothing just about covering the overheads. In the last couple of months I've paid out a couple of grand on van insurance, servicing etc etc these have to covered over the year, Cutting to the bone does no one any favours.

 

[Taz8130]

I've just had a similar thing happen to me - Quoted a guy for 3 bathrooms & all through downstairs - total = 44m2 wall tiles & 70m2 floor tiles. Came back to me and said that he had got another quote at £1500 inc mats !!

Just going to wait for the call when the SOB needs it all sorting out.

 

[Grace'sDad]

Dont know why there are so many suprised responses, the markets dead in alot of areas round the uk if i was a tiler and had bills coming in and was desperate for work and a chance of some money coming in your going to drop your prices and under cut every body and any body ! ITS BUSINESS,

Sorry mate - I understand your point but I have to disagree. The kind of people who undercut by STUPID amounts are either not in the game for the long term, or they are just too stupid to realise the damage they are causing to their own market. Sure, you can scrape a living when times get tough by doing this, but it simply kills the market for everyone in the future. Professional integrity should stop people undercutting wildly. I would undercut another tiler if I needed / wanted to, but not stupidly.

It's not business - it's irresponsible and it's desperate.

You can also pretty much guarantee that he's going to leave a trail of damage in his wake too.

 

[White Room]

Taz, I just worked out the floor at £25 m2 Say including the materials, Don't know what the tile is. As a standard thats £1750, Now thats taking it to the bone.

Love the aviator

 

[Taz8130]

Taz, I just worked out the floor at £25 m2 Say including the materials, Don't know what the tile is. As a standard thats £1750, Now thats taking it to the bone.

Love the aviator

Thanks for that - It's based on my Mrs

 

[Saltire69]

Same all over Dad, 16m2 marble floor(bathroom & kitchen) on concrete floor/16m2 bathroom walls and 4m2 kitchen s/b. £700. Didn't c the job as i told them i would be dearer than that. £700 your having a laugh,and thats with mats. :joker:

 

[White Room]

Customers read newspapers and are hoping for the cheapest quote we all know that were not going to earn any money on these kind of prices, It will pass, been down this road in the last reccession

 

[Grace'sDad]

I bet they call you back to do the work

I got the call this morning asking me to book the job in!
Any chance you could pick some lottery numbers now Charlie?!!