Rough quote?

[WarwickApp]

Hi folks, I’ve been asked to change some accessories and I’ve no clue what to charge, just wondering if anybody could give me a rough quote? All the accessories are flat plate and screwless but it’s on freshly plastered walls.

The accessories to change are;
17 x twin sockets
2 x switched fused spurs
4 x 1 gang light switches
2 x 1 gang dimmer switches
2 x 2 gang light switches
1 x BT point

Im not interested in taking into account mileage/fuel etc, just for the labour. Also customer is supplying accessories.

Thanks in advance guys.

 

[LewisM]

£275

 

[WarwickApp]

£275

Seriously? I wasn’t expecting to charge that sort of cost tbh, perhaps showing my lack of experience in doing jobs for myself. Have you calculated that on a per point value then?

 

[Micktw68]

Sounds about a days work give or take. ...so charge your daily rate or hourly rate pro rata

 

[Dan23584]

I'd allow a day for this too, consideration for any surprises in the existing install and time for testing etc

 

[WarwickApp]

I'd allow a day for this too, consideration for any surprises in the existing install and time for testing etc

I will obviously retest when I’m done, but it had a full rewire within the last few months so hoping for no surprises!

 

[FatAlan]

Your hourly rate plus materials.

 

[Dustydazzler]

One day , nice easy job assuming they put in 35mm boxes , £250

 

[ruston]

Seriously? I wasn’t expecting to charge that sort of cost tbh, perhaps showing my lack of experience in doing jobs for myself. Have you calculated that on a per point value then?

Even if the plaster looks OK, you could be in for a hard shift if it is not.
Best to cover yourself . It is easier to come down than up.

 

[streamer]

As already said it's an easy days work if all goes to plan. Your only issue could be that if they have fitted 25 mm boxes you might struggle with flat plate fittings and especially the dimmers.

 

[UNG]

Seriously? I wasn’t expecting to charge that sort of cost tbh, perhaps showing my lack of experience in doing jobs for myself. Have you calculated that on a per point value then?

So what were you thinking of charging, flat plate screwless accessories can be a nightmare to fit and get them looking right, assuming 15 minutes per point it's 7 hours work before you do any testing

 

[mattg4321]

£300+vat for me

 

[telectrix]

£240 would be my quote with the proviso that extra costs would be added if any back boxes had to be exchanged for deeper ones.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Or...

send the apprentice in for the day , give him (or her) their normal pay say £50 for the day , charge the customer £250 which is a fair price.
thats £200 in your pocket for Christmas beer And wine

 

[ferg]

Day rate for me.
You have to allow the full day for the job in the diary so unless there is an as and when job nearby the rest of the day is dead time.

 

[suffolkspark]

£150 all in for me if its local but I am pretty quick, that's as long as there are 35mm back boxes in mind you. That's allowing 5 hours @£30

 

[hasel5]

I would charge a call out fee to start with and check the back boxes Then if all good to go after a sample few Charge A my day rate less call out fee if agreed to proceed.

 

[SJD]

For me, this totals up to a full day, and £280 on a day rate.

Yes it might be done a bit quicker, but when you find several of the sockets are USB and don't quite fit the boxes, oh and the dimmers have to fit into 16mm back boxes, it may well take longer than you think.

 

[telectrix]

For me, this totals up to a full day, and £280 on a day rate.

Yes it might be done a bit quicker, but when you find several of the sockets are USB and don't quite fit the boxes, oh and the dimmers have to fit into 16mm back boxes, it may well take longer than you think.

could always fit surface pattresses over the existing back boxes. (said with builder's hard hat and hi-viz underpants on).

 

[Electrics]

If everything is ok and no nasty surprises await you, it's a days work. So charge a day's work at whatever your day rate is. For me it would be something in the region of £300.

 

[Mike Johnson]

If everything is ok and no nasty surprises await you, it's a days work. So charge a day's work at whatever your day rate is. For me it would be something in the region of £300.

That's expensive for someone who will have to get a qualified electrician to sign off their work, their cost will have to be added.

 

[Electrics]

That's expensive for someone who will have to get a qualified electrician to sign off their work, their cost will have to be added.

OP isn't qualified? Anyway i didn't think changing socket fronts was notifiable, so why would someone need to sign it off?

 

[Mike Johnson]

Not OP it's you that isn't qualified, but giving advice on quotes for work in the UK.

 

[Electrics]

Not OP it's you that isn't qualified, but giving advice on quotes for work in the UK.

Oh i see you're still salty. Tell me in French I could do with a laugh.

Note my usage of a conditional verb in the original post

 

[Mike Johnson]

It's your delusions that are the problem, from someone with no qualifications you deem you are able to give people advise, you may well be able to converse in French better than I, but to use that to score points is really taking the proverbial on a UK Forum.

 

[happysteve]

I did a job like this just over a year ago, 40 plates altogether: 2G skts, 1G/2G light switches, SFCUs/FCUs and a couple of shaver sockets. Not flat plate, but low profile decorative. Took me 7 hours; charged for a bag of pattress screw extenders and replaced a fast fix box. Client inspected every one. I was relatively lucky as the existing cables had been nicely (professionally) dressed, and the locations of most of the terminals wasn't too far out from the old fittings.

Still one of the dullest, most tedious days of my working life so far. It just seemed to take forever.

 

[Megawatt]

Hi folks, I’ve been asked to change some accessories and I’ve no clue what to charge, just wondering if anybody could give me a rough quote? All the accessories are flat plate and screwless but it’s on freshly plastered walls.

The accessories to change are;
17 x twin sockets
2 x switched fused spurs
4 x 1 gang light switches
2 x 1 gang dimmer switches
2 x 2 gang light switches
1 x BT point

Im not interested in taking into account mileage/fuel etc, just for the labour. Also customer is supplying accessories.

Thanks in advance guys.

All I can add to this be careful because you never know what you are going to run into. I would say 2 days so you won’t be rushed and miss something. Good luck with your project

 

[Electrics]

It's your delusions that are the problem, from someone with no qualifications you deem you are able to give people advise, you may well be able to converse in French better than I, but to use that to score points is really taking the proverbial on a UK Forum.

'Delusions'? What delusions? Saying what I would charge if i were doing the job as a qualified person?
Am i allowed to say what the price would be on average even though i'm not qualified?

Or you mean consistently putting you right on the parts of French legislation that you clearly don't understand properly? Like i said, you seem salty and to come in waving the 'you're not even qualified' flag and specifically mentioning signing off non-notifiable work without contributing anything else to the thread was your attempt at a cheap shot, trying to put me down for not being in your club. It was pretty pathetic and uncalled for to be honest, and just shows how petty you are. I dunno, maybe you have a thing about being wrong about notifiable work since you appear to not know the rules on either side of the channel. So much for being qualified. And to then try to bring up me mentioning things as point scoring when i was happily minding my own business in this thread is laughable.

Yes, I'm not qualified...yet. I'm a trainee. And everyone here knows it. Yet you tried to put down a trainee on a public forum to make yourself feel better. Very sad. Your comment is water off a duck's back.

 

[Mike Johnson]

I'd be interested to know where you have consistently put me right on French legislation.

 

[suffolkspark]

Lads give it a rest x