Successfull or not?? - TilersForums.com

[PJackson]

1st year i booked 16k and this year on course for booking £34k. Yes you can earn a nice living out of it and all that with time to spare.

Last year i worked a total of 5.5 months and still earned that and thus far only worked just over 3 months and netted £13k.

Be reday for crap months tho. This month £3k, July only £300, that is hard when your starting out!!!

So how did you manage to make such a success out of it. Good contacts in the trade before staring out??

 

[Holohana]

I wouldnt call it that much of a success but a living!

Ive done a mixture or advertising with Yellow Pages and Yell.com, thats where most comes from. Letters to all builders in the area also plumbers and kitchen companies etc.

Ive got cards in all the tile shops and have good relationships with a couple of them.

Id say 30-40%% or my earnings have come from commercial stuff where i had contacts but thats only a few weeks of the year.

Still find it hard when the phone isnt ringing and no work lined up but then it does in the nick of time and alls well, bit nervy tho and not how i want to continue so more focused marketing is required!

I keep looking at more marketing then i get a ruck of jobs and couldnt cope with anymore so hang fire.

Currently got it coming oot of my erse and hate having to turn it down or turn customers off by a long lead time!

 

[grumpygrouter]

There are people out there that have a natural talent for making money (Branson for instance) and there are those that don't. Some people love being self employed and some people could never get passed having a "proper job" and could never work for themselves. What the entrepreneurs have in common though is the vision to spot an opportunity when they see it and, IMO, the most important thing of all, is the DRIVE to see it through. More often than not they will come out winners, but not always, but you can be sure of one thing, if they do "lose" at one thing they will find something else that they will come through as a winner with. Planet Hollywood being a perfect example. Guy went bust TWICE and has now just opened his first hotel in Vegas.

Not much relevance to tiling I know but you get my drift?

Grumpy

 

[UKTT Darren]

Spot on, I seen the documentary about that guy, hes just spent 600 million after going bust twice on that hotel, business skills is what you need all the way.

 

[IvegotsTILE]

I went on the NETT course and can honesstly say Darren says it how it is,no buls**t.He tells you what its possible to make but tells you bluntly that its down to you how much you make.
I lost over £30,000 in my last venture which I worked 6 days a week in for 3 years.I put the work into it but it just didn't work out.I'm not moping about it,within a week of my shop closing I was on the course and learning a new trade and buying all the tools I needed with the money I still had left.That was 4 months ago,I was only getting the odd job at first earning roughly £200 a week on average but now I have regular work and earn about £700 a week for 3 or 4 days work.I can guarentee within 2 more months I'll be earning at least a grand a week because I won't be worrying about taking days off to look after my son on school holidays and I'll be alot quicker hopefully(I'm a slow bas***d at the moment,make sure the works good first,speed will soon come).
I personally think I'm a bit cheap with my quotes so that'll soon stop.I have quite a good business brain so how I see me progressing is in another 6 months I'll be quicker,my prices will be going up to a good rate instead of a reasonable one,I'll be taking on an apprentice to help with all the things that slow me down plus after a while once he's capable I'll be sending him out on his own jobs(for me) and we'll each have an apprentice.
I want in 5 years time to be finding the work for a bunch of good tilers that'll work for me.I think you have to set yourself goals to aim at and once you've achieved a certain goal you raise the bar and go for a bigger goal.
I want a flash car and a big house and believe you me I'll bloody get them.

Dont go thinking I'm a cocky young git with no respect,I'm just hard working and very driven:wink_smile:

 

[grumpygrouter]

I went on the NETT course and can honesstly say Darren says it how it is,no buls**t.He tells you what its possible to make but tells you bluntly that its down to you how much you make.
I lost over £30,000 in my last venture which I worked 6 days a week in for 3 years.I put the work into it but it just didn't work out.I'm not moping about it,within a week of my shop closing I was on the course and learning a new trade and buying all the tools I needed with the money I still had left.That was 4 months ago,I was only getting the odd job at first earning roughly £200 a week on average but now I have regular work and earn about £700 a week for 3 or 4 days work.I can guarentee within 2 more months I'll be earning at least a grand a week because I won't be worrying about taking days off to look after my son on school holidays and I'll be alot quicker hopefully(I'm a slow bas***d at the moment,make sure the works good first,speed will soon come).
I personally think I'm a bit cheap with my quotes so that'll soon stop.I have quite a good business brain so how I see me progressing is in another 6 months I'll be quicker,my prices will be going up to a good rate instead of a reasonable one,I'll be taking on an apprentice to help with all the things that slow me down plus after a while once he's capable I'll be sending him out on his own jobs(for me) and we'll each have an apprentice.
I want in 5 years time to be finding the work for a bunch of good tilers that'll work for me.I think you have to set yourself goals to aim at and once you've achieved a certain goal you raise the bar and go for a bigger goal.
I want a flash car and a big house and believe you me I'll bloody get them.

Dont go thinking I'm a cocky young git with no respect,I'm just hard working and very driven:wink_smile:

Exactly what I was talking about in my previous post. Go for it, and good luck.:thumbs_up:

 

[IvegotsTILE]

cheers grumps mate:thumbs_up:

 

[Falcone]

I have a few questions I'm hoping can be answered. (considering a course soon.) thanks in advance

1) How important are getting NVQ's and a CSCS card? I have read about these but am unsure how important they really are.

2) Is it easy to get a grant or would it be better to save up for my course etc. (approx £1000 for course and tools)

3) I hear a lot of people only want time served tilers is there any truth in this? I've read all the positive feedback on the NETT course and it just baffles me that you can get taught everything in 5 days when theres folk out there that need to do it for 5 years before they are qualified.

Again, thanks in advance. :wink_smile:

 

[DHTiling]

nvq,s and cscs cards are what you will need if you intend to do site work or similar....

4/5 days wont teach you everything there is to know but it will teach you the basics and the rest will come with experiance...and this forum is here to help aswell....dave...

 

[Falcone]

cheers dh, Just trying to get to know everything before I book my course. Time to save up me thins. should have enough cash by January so will more than likely book with NETT then. thanks...