What would you have charged ?

[Mark.fardon]

West Mids (coventry) large 2 bed bungalow complete rewire. effectively new build except chasing walls for 50% of accessories. RCBO board and gas bond, 35 down lights, utility room, kitchen with 2x cooker circuits (6mm each) lounge, 2x beds, bathroom with mirror and shaver point, en -suite, garage and loft lighting/sockets/ led battens and 4 o/s light in total 100points(sockets, switches, lights, fans,smokes,spurs etc) Supply all accessories (white decent quality) xpelair fans x3 aico heat/smoke, Ball park what would you have charged ? Recently back on tools finding my way with pricing. (Niceic Registered so all testing, certification and notification included of course )

 

[James]

If that pic is your work, then I think you have done this before.
Nice looking board.
Did you agree a price before hand?

 

[Mike Johnson]

100 points x £50.00 = £5000.00 plus materials as a ball park figure, but then I have been retired for nigh on ten years.

 

[Mark.fardon]

If that pic is your work, then I think you have done this before.
Nice looking board.
Did you agree a price before hand?

Thanks. Yep it’s the board for this job. I did on a day rate of 200 for some builders I know. About 5 days 1st and 6 days 2nd fix (on my own) so far so 2200 labour and 1300 materials total. Thought about quoting per point but it was all too vague no kitchen or lighting plans etc it just evolved kind of.

 

[Risteard]

100 points x £50.00 = £5000.00 plus materials as a ball park figure, but then I have been retired for nigh on ten years.

£50/point is a bit outdated in my view. I'd be looking a good bit more as a general rule.

 

[Mike Johnson]

I did say it was ten years ago, so what would you charge, as a general rule?

Not forgetting the OP got £2200/100 = £22.00/point.

 

[Risteard]

I did say it was ten years ago

I assumed you were talking about what you would charge nowadays.

 

[Mark.fardon]

I did say it was ten years ago, so what would you charge, as a general rule?

Not forgetting the OP got £2200/100 = £22.00/point.

I think the 50 per point figure people talk about is supply and fit. I saw a competitor schedule for a new build 5 bed house (8k + vat) it was supply & fit 40 per socket, 20 switch, 30 downlight , 80 fan, 60 smoke, etc the average was 50 per point. Around here 200 is about what the going day rate is/ some command more some less of course

 

[Electric Magic]

If you're counting the light switches in that I'd probably quote between £5000 and £5500 depending on the number of fans and smokes

 

[Mark.fardon]

If you're counting the light switches in that I'd probably quote between £5000 and £5500 depending on the number of fans and smokes

Thanks for that. Yes switches included lots of two way and intermediate also with three banks of spots in a big vaulted ceilng. 3 fans no core drilling though. one heat one ion smoke. Seems I’m on the cheaper side of things but was happy to work on a day rate risk free

 

[Electric Magic]

Thanks for that. Yes switches included lots of two way and intermediate also with three banks of spots in a big vaulted ceding. 3 fans no core drilling though. one heat one ion smoke. Seems I’m on the cheaper side of things but was happy to work on a day rate risk free

Your day rate seems a bit low (I charge significantly more and I'm in Manchester) - if you're not short of work you could consider putting it up a bit and seeing what happens.

 

[Mike Johnson]

I assumed you were talking about what you would charge nowadays.

I was asking what you would charge now.

 

[Risteard]

I was asking what you would charge now.

That very much depends on the installation. Obviously I haven't seen the installation in question, but at a random guess probably around £6k.

EDIT: Actually just noticed the bit about approximately 100 points. So I'd say add another grand on top.

 

[Mike Johnson]

Plus or including materials?

 

[Risteard]

Plus or including materials?

Including.

But as I pointed out these are completely made up figures. I haven't seen the installation in question.

 

[GBDamo]

West Mids (coventry) large 2 bed bungalow complete rewire. effectively new build except chasing walls for 50% of accessories. RCBO board and gas bond, 35 down lights, utility room, kitchen with 2x cooker circuits (6mm each) lounge, 2x beds, bathroom with mirror and shaver point, en -suite, garage and loft lighting/sockets/ led battens and 4 o/s light in total 100points(sockets, switches, lights, fans,smokes,spurs etc) Supply all accessories (white decent quality) xpelair fans x3 aico heat/smoke, Ball park what would you have charged ? Recently back on tools finding my way with pricing. (Niceic Registered so all testing, certification and notification included of course )

£5575.27.

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[Mike Johnson]

And neither have I, but my first post was £50.00/point plus materials and was a ballpark figure.

 

[Andy78]

Thanks. Yep it’s the board for this job. I did on a day rate of 200 for some builders I know. About 5 days 1st and 6 days 2nd fix (on my own) so far so 2200 labour and 1300 materials total. Thought about quoting per point but it was all too vague no kitchen or lighting plans etc it just evolved kind of.

Nice that you can do some early jobs on day rate to find out what sort of timescales you are looking at for future jobs on total price.

I do think your rates are a bit low. You've come out at £3500 overall but that was on a conservative day rate and with no allowance for profit. Personally I start my rewire prices at £3500. That would generally only cover a void 2-3 bed house with basic spec and white plastic accessories.

 

[Mike Johnson]

That is a very wide variance, from £7000 including materials to £3500 including materials, it can't all be because of the country divide.

Discuss.

 

[Andy78]

That is a very wide variance, from £7000 including materials to £3500 including materials, it can't all be because of the country divide.

Discuss.

My quoted price of £3500 was my minimum starting point for easy basic spec jobs completed quickly. It was also the actual price quoted by the OP for their completed job running at time and materials only.

Personally I'd have been around £5500 for the quoted job spec but my day rate is higher, I'd have included for profit, and my materials bill would have been slightly higher.