Priced work? How much???

[Sparky Ninja]

I called up an ad in the paper today saying they required an electrician with 2391 etc etc for decent homes work in the wokingham area.

The work is all on price, as follows..

Kitchen rewire - Install kitchen power onto its own circuit with the adition of 3 more twin sockets, 3 x fcu's, lights, cooker supply reposition if necessary. All cabling chased flush, or can be run in trunking beneath worktop. £160
Installation of smoke alarm including supplies. £20
Changng consumer unit. £45
Any and all testing. £30 per household.


I've been pricing my own work for a while now, and havn't done priced work like this before. It just seems a little like a ---- take IMO. Are these prices average?

 

[High Tower]

45 for a board change..........tell em to stick it mate

 

[Mark_Burgess]

i'd have replied "not bad price for materials, lets talk labour rate now"!!

I have to view a job later, phone call was "can you chuck in a ring circuit and lighting circuit for a loft extension?"
I have heard the last person quoted £130 and is too expensive!

 

[rocker]

You have got to be bloody joking. Tell them to stick it up their arse.

 

[Spudnik]

Do you think that may need 30mA RCD protection due to the installation method?

 

[SirKit Breaker]

This must be the rates for Romanian Labourer who will be helping you.

 

[robsparky1975]

Sounds like a really really good rate,i mean come on we dont mind working for £5 an hour do we,after spending years training,all the money,knowledge and hard graft,dont we all know that there are 100,000 people on training courses of some sort in the uk at present,so the rates might go down further with more "qualified sparks" out there,maybe we should all start charging for advice when the need arises.seriously its an absolute mockery,this trade has been sold out in the domestic sector,the only true sparks are the commercial and industrial ones(as a general rule),and thats coming from myself who does mainly domestic.

 

[Des 56]

If theres no materials involved and it can be done in a day and there is a fair few of them
£ 200 a day or a £1000 a week sounds more tempting

£45 for a board change sounds cat initially,but add on the test price of £30 and the cost of the board,another £ 100
It gets better as long as there is a quantity to do

 

[telectrix]

think they,ve missed off a zero or two. i just quoted a similar kitchen job at £600-650 and they bit my hand off---£160, taking the p*ss

 

[oldtimer]

Think of it this way if they want to pay you the same rate as say a worker in Tesco then get a job in Tesco's as it would be less hassle and all you are responsable for is making sure the baskets are stacked up at the front door.

And if you think I am kidding if you offer me priced work like this or Tesco then it a no brainer