What sort of prices should I be charging?

[Anthony S]

What's a living to you ?

 

[Octopus]

I'm not on about you I'm just refering to the 50/60k a year, that's a lot of money to earn for one man band.

And how many one man band sparks are earning this much?

very few IMHO

 

[Octopus]

What's a living to you ?

What I'm earning.

And no I'm not a high rate tax payer!

 

[Dave OCD]

What's a living to you ?

Enough to pay the bills, keep a roof over your head, and eat.
We could never afford a fancy holiday and my wife works full time as well.

 

[Leesparkykent]

And how many one man band sparks are earning this much?

very few IMHO

Probably couldn’t as a one man band but with an apprentice you could achieve the lower end of what’s been quoted imo.

 

[Anthony S]

You get people on here quoting figures of 50/60k for self employed other wise not worth it. That's all I was refering too, so its kind of trying to put people down if they can't or don't earn it imo.

 

[Octopus]

You get people on here quoting figures of 50/60k for self employed other wise not worth it. That's all I was refering too, so its kind of trying to put people down if they can't or don't earn it imo.

They are quoting figures out of thin air ...................

I would say you need to be making £30K to make it worthwhile MINIMUM ............ and if you go SE, it could take 3 to 5 years to achieve this ............. yet in some parts of the UK it may never be achievable

 

[Anthony S]

I know, talk telephone numbers that why I said about mortgage free, holidays etc

 

[Leesparkykent]

They are quoting figures out of thin air ...................

I would say you need to be making £30K to make it worthwhile MINIMUM ............ and if you go SE, it could take 3 to 5 years to achieve this ............. yet in some parts of the UK it may never be achievable

I have a subby that earnt 39K from me last year.

 

[Octopus]

I know, talk telephone numbers that why I said about mortgage free, holidays etc

Some people quote their turnover as there earnings! They forget about their overheads and parts for resale

Some people don't understand the difference between deficit and debt

Go figure ..............

 

[Octopus]

I have a subby that earnt 39K from me last year.

Good on him .......... was that including overtime / weekend rates?

 

[Anthony S]

you must of gave him half decent prices lol

 

[Anthony S]

More than likely price work

 

[Octopus]

Who care about what Joe is earning ............. I'm happy with what I earn ............ I nobody to report to ............... I have nobody to let me down ................its that simple

 

[Anthony S]

You got involved in the thread now you don't care lol

 

[Octopus]

You got involved in the thread now you don't care lol

That's funny ...........I mean I don't care if people earn more than I do ...... just look at my earlier responses - I was trying to get somebody to realise that they are under selling themselves

Its gone way off topic now anyway

 

[Anthony S]

Being content is the most important thing, money comes 2nd imo

 

[Leesparkykent]

Good on him .......... was that including overtime / weekend rates?

No just Price work. I have a site with 400 small commercial units being built. He gets £250 a unit which consists of a bit of dado with 3 sockets, a flood light on a photocell, roller shutter door power, 4x fluorescents, board with 3x RCBO’s, water heater power, Batten Holder and switch in WC and bond to structural steel. Does 3-4 a week when the works there. I can do one a day on my own if I knock my socks off. To give you some scale here’s a few pics of the 1st phase of 100 units.

 

[Nigel]

If some of the sparks on this forum are earning some of the figures being bounded about they should be mortgage free living in a reasonable size house and in a nice area, living a decent life style with two good holidays a year by the age of 40 years old or if not a lot sooner I would imagine.
Good Luck to them if they are.

Yes to everything except mortgage free and I have more holidays than two.

But.........

I have taken a lot of risks. Moved my family three times and worked a lot of hours to get here. People expect me on the phone 24/7 and I spend a lot of nights worrying.

 

[Nigel]

I'm not on about you I'm just refering to the 50/60k a year, that's a lot of money to earn for one man band.

£60k is just over a grand a week.