Is the slow down affecting you.?.

[Dave]

Just thought i would set a poll away and see if the crunch is affecting you business wise...are you Quiet or Busy or Quitting...? or just the same.?

thanks in advance.......

 

[LM Ceramics]

im not mad busy but im busy i dont usually get work booked in advance i seem to get work at the right time if you know what i mean. im defintley not as busy as mark (graces dad)

 

[charlie1]

Tiling not my main income but ticking over. Not advertised any more just taking what i get. Have noticed a lot of other tilers in my area though saying business is very slow.

 

[bobbin]

Honestly, I am super busy at the moment, I have done 7 day weeks for nearly the last two months, I have another two large contracts starting in Sept which will run into next year, I think I am just lucky. I have a lot of friends who are in various trades and we all help each other out with contacts, by far the fastest way to advertise, and costs nothing!
Another bonus is I do both tiling and decorating and a majority of my work is a mixture of both in commercial and domestic properties. Customers like the fact that I can do both things, saves them having to look for another trades person.

 

[bigneil]

Subby work is dead for me at the mo, the building firms are laying people off because they can't sell their houses.. I'm surviving on my yellow pages ad and some word of mouth.

 

[CLAYS TILES]

as you know i'm on the lorries aswell as tiling,we supply chuckies to asda,just lately we've had drivers in the yard or made to have time off! (sorry asked politely if they want holiday) ..............................ha!
so i guess its hitting the supermarkets!

 

[pro-tile]

im busier than i have ever been. booked up for a couple of months and more quotes to go look at. just got a young lad from college for 3 months to get his nvq so he should come in handy

how and where do you get a lad for 3 month to get his nvq

 

[John Corley]

I clicked busy as ever however that is slightly misleading, I am still going to work everyday, butthe jobs are certainly smaller, and prices have gone down...

 

[CWS]

Was busy up until finished last job 3 weeks ago went on holiday for a week, not even a phone call since.

 

[Spirit]

Just finished one £30k bathroom and picked up 3 more on the back of it from impressed friends. Also have 2 more bathrooms and 2 shower rooms in the pipeline, and a kitchen and 60sm lounge in porcelain. As tiling is only a sideline to me, I anticipate a very busy time for the next few months.

 

[Derry]

thats not bad going considering you just do it as a suplement

 

[armatile7007]

We're pretty much steady at the mo but i can see it getting worse before it gets better

 

[IGTiling]

Busy one minute, then dead in the water the next. Early part of the year was very busy but now phone rings intermittently

 

[Fred]

Working in Central London at the moment, they can't give their money away, its amazing pay.

 

[woodie]

i've just finished 72 flats for housing association, trouble is now i've got nothing except a couple of little jobs worth a days wage.....lets hope it turns out well

 

[bal]

No domestic work at all , plenty of commercial but having to travel and also having to take less per meter due to more competition from tilers coming in from other sectors that have come to a stand still .Lucky i have built my client base up since i started.

 

[grumpygrouter]

I have to say I have a purple patch at the moment. Booked until mid september, then hols, and now, this evening an email for another job to price up.

 

[hillhead]

Going well here Dave,
If only i had weeks ahead instead of months! on site this morning at 8am,off it at 6.30,not nice on a saturday,at least got a damn good days work done! 3 days in house- ground floor(30m) tiled and grouted,downstairs toilet walls(half way up) and floor done,bathroom floor finished and walls started to mosaic level,ye ha.out of it by monday till kitchen goes in then walls to do.90m2 floor to do from monday(tuesday but customer doesn't know yet,lol).
The joys of tiling.:8:

 

[Spud]

flat out busy got another 2 jobs 2 day 160 sqm restaurant floor and a 40m sandstone floor pricing a house with 3 bathrooms and 50m flooring on thursday looking good until xmas see what happens then a lot of property developers buying up cheap properties at the moment and renovating them from what i am seeing

 

[White Room]

Commercial work seems to be on a roll at the moment, Domestics are on the quite side

 

[DHTiling]

Any updates on this..?... you all still ok..?

 

[White Room]

The phone has gone a lot quieter, I am still getting work off the plumbers but they are doing there own tiling if it's a small job rather than pass it on, Time will tell:huh2:

 

[CJ]

Bit iffy for me at the moment. :whatchutalkingabout

Wife even mentioned getting agency work driving

 

[poynton phil]

Still getting plenty not little jobs either at the mo every job seems to be a grand plus. So its still happy days here in cheshire.

 

[Daz]

Can't complain. The phone doesn't ring as often as it used to, but I'm still booking jobs every week and having to turn some jobs away 'cos customers want their tiling done within 2 weeks?!? :mad2::furious3:

 

[PAUL B OLDHAM]

Hi, im new to the forum, been tiling for three years and didnt even know it existed!!
Just a few words about me, i work for myself in and around the oldham area, wall and floor tiling and fitting bathrooms, mainly conducting full re-furbs including all the tiling, plumbing, ceiling work etc.
In response to the thread ' is the slow down affecting you' damn right it is! I'm usually booked up for betwen 8 and 10 weeks at a time but at the minute i have nothing booked in at all. I've only known it to be like this directly after christmas/new year for a couple of weeks but never durng the run up to christmas, which lets face it is'nt that far off now for people wanting major works done in the house in time!

 

[LM Ceramics]

a quick update in preston still busy at the moment i reckon ive got at least 5 weeks work booked in. phone doesnt ring that much most of my work now comes from a local kitchen firm and a local building firm im just trying to squeeze in all the work. hope it continues.

for those who havent got any work or short of work keep ringing builders,plumbers,kitchen bathroom companies i know its quite with them but be persistant it pays off eventually

 

[andleivers]

Had a very busy July & August but very little in September so went on hols for a week. Have just returned and have had several enquires and a couple of big jobs booked in.

Hopefully things are picking up, the public arnt buying new houses at the moment so are spending money doing up their existing house (fingers crossed)

 

[Deleted member 1779]

We're trying to get our kit from online sales into retail outlets.

Have noticed the buyers of large companies have their shields up!

The pen pushers in their nice office are not going to stick their neck out in a career paid job to back a new idea. All efforts are being re doubled !

 

[cornish_crofter]

I'm basically booked until the end of the year. Just picked up a final payment for a job I've just done. I'm back with the same clients at the beginning of November. I've got a job starting next week.

Nothing concrete for next year yet though.

 

[brian c]

It has become a little quiet for me this week but just aswell as my van broke down (clutch)so took this week to advertise in the paper,do leaflet drops ,visit the tile shop,give cards out and get my van sign written,so eventful week .Got a job from the rag and one from the football team i run so its a start for next week,got 14 jobs in the pipeline just waiting for confirmation and people loosening the purse strings.