Just wondering how you guys go about pricing commercial EICRs. Been out to look at an office today, 4 3 phase boards, 61 circuits in total. The office is empty, company not moved in yet, circuit charts on all boards look fairly detailed and seemingly good circuit descriptions. I was thinking...
This may come across as a very strange post but I need some general opinions on job pricing as this has baffled me! I have quoted for a job recently and a competitor has quoted around 60% of my price:speechless:. Their price in my opinion seems Ludacris! Installation is for an office conversion...
Hi all, up until now i have only done jobs for love(homers for family and friends) but a painter friend of mine has asked me to price a wee homer and i have no idea how much to charge, another mate of mine suggested the going rate was £25/hour. Here is what the customer wants :
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Afternoon all, i'm after some help if people can pass opinion please. I have been approached by a letting agent to retrofit smoke and heat alarms to properties. They want a couple of extra detectors in each property by the end of the year. There are 150 flats/houses in total.
My main questions...
How do people do their quates.
Time, Costs (insurance, testing, college cost) plus Cable switches Fuses etc.
I'm not very business minded person, coming from Agency where you normally get 10K a year if your lucky so im more used to living on the edge, and the reason why i wanted out of it...
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I'm in the beginning of trying to build a business for myself after 14 years in the trade. I'm struggling a little bit on trying to formally a pricing structure. I want to be competitively priced while making a good profit. Any tips on how to go about this.
I'm currently going in at...
Hi there! I have to do a condition report for a comercial installation. The place have 3 DB with 138 circuits for the whole installation. the installation is new with three years operating. the most circuits are for lighting and sockets with some spurs.
I am a little bit lost for how much I have...
Hey all, just been scratching head while playing with Quickbooks at this hour ! and just thinking I haven't been charging a callout fee up to now and customers are a bit confused as they have said a few times now they have always been charged one before especially for night hours. Am I missing a...
I notice that a major energy company is offering the EICR for Landlords. It's priced at £129. It's saying price varies depending on bedroom number and location, and it's also stating that they test a sample of circuits.
1. Isn't this too cheap, considering the work involved?
2. Should they...
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I'm just starting out alone and want to do domestic only jobs, im initially going to focus on the smaller jobs as I also work full time elsewhere (the hope is I can eventually leave the "elsewhere") but still build up my profile and gain experience / confidence during my days off and...
Had a job for a friend of father In law rental house pretty much total gut but wasn't sold to me like that. Went in for a periodic found about £300 of remedials broken sockets damaged pendants etc
When I turned up for quoted works he'd changed his mind and wanted all tucking removed sockets...
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I am still full time employed- but have registered SE and have my niceic assessment on the 29th bla bla
Any jobs that require it- i was planning on using my mate who is still an apprentice/improver
-he is not set up as SE etc as he is still full time employed himself and still...
The house in question has all carpets lifted so easy access for running cables. So here's what I've done and to do. Materials were £500.
1. 17 spotlights wired and fitted.
2. 10 additional points in kitchen (sockets, fused spurs, cooker switch) walls chased, conduit installed and wired.
3...
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I have been offered the 'opportunity' to rewire an unnocupied, empty of furniture and carpets 5 bedroom semi-detatched house. It has been extended and now has the following rooms: Bedroom 1,2,3,4 and 5. A Bathroom, Wet Room and En-Suite. A Hall and Landing. A Reception room and Lounge. 2...
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£500 job costs £4.30 +vat to quote in general maintenance (not electrical) section .
£500 job costs £14.70 +vat to quote in lighting and power section.
Seems a tad unfair lol?
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majority of my work is house bash however I've got the opportunity to tender for 8 new build flats, 1x 2 bed, 7 x 1 bed & communal area, just wondering what prices people charge labour only for new build? Work is within the m25 belt
Appreciate there are bundles of variations however...
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its been a while since I posted on here , hi to all old and new.
im currently in new territory work wise and would like some advice from people in a similar boat or who have gone down the same route.
i was a self employed spark for a number of years, during the recession and as the...
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Sorry if this has been done to death. Just want to compare prices to see if I'm too expensive / cheap.
i seem to be getting a few downlight jobs and am pricing them at £40 per fitting. This is for led gu10 fittings from the wholesalers so they are a decent fitting not cheap screwfix jobs. The...
Just received from a potential customer who is playing us off against another company whose advertising says this. I'm not keen on competing in the race to the bottom.
14 TRINA 270 WATT BLACK MONO PANELS 3.78kw SYSTEM FOR ONLY £5,500 FULLY INSTALLED WITH FREE GEO MONITOR
OR
16 QCELL 250 WATT...
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