am i pricing too much?????

[Deleted member 9966]

Fair point, you are close CJ

Wigan aint that close :yikes: hang on, just checked, around 50 miles, about an hours drive. closer than I thought

 

[chris.tiling]

I think you priced it fairly.

I know the problem...have priced up 12 jobs in the past two weeks and got just one of them...the last one!

Went to one job only to get there and be told "I have booked someone now - thanks!" Again - why couldnt they phone to say!!!:incazzato:

 

[Alan.P]

Wigan aint that close :yikes: hang on, just checked, around 50 miles, about an hours drive. closer than I thought

Distance ain't a thing, in jobs gone by I used to average 2000 miles a week and then work on top of that, that's two thousand, not a typo So you see what I mean when I say, willing to travel

 

[Deleted member 9966]

Distance ain't a thing, in jobs gone by I used to average 2000 miles a week and then work on top of that, that's two thousand, not a typo So you see what I mean when I say, willing to travel

yeah but I bet they were big, well paid jobs though Alan. no point trekking the entire length of the country for a splashback :yikes:

but thinking about it guys, are you having to travel further than normal to get quotes and work?

 

[davy_G]

yeah but I bet they were big, well paid jobs though Alan. no point trekking the entire length of the country for a splashback :yikes:

but thinking about it guys, are you having to travel further than normal to get quotes and work?

Nope, im not. My thinking is if its close to home i dont have big travel costs or time wasted travelling, hense I can do it cheeper. The synic would say I can make more, but I can pass some of that to the customer, making sure I am the 'tiler' in my home patch.

 

[Alan.P]

yeah but I bet they were big, well paid jobs though Alan. no point trekking the entire length of the country for a splashback :yikes:

You would have thought that, wouldn't you, not the case on most parts I've seen me do 14 hour round trip to Barnstaple and back ( 700 miles ) and been on site for 10 minutes :yikes: that sort of thing happened often enough

 

[Diamond Pool Finishers]

yes but i travel all over and build in subsistence/ accomadation and still get work???

 

[mags]

I reckon your too cheap id be expecting £35min a M2 for that stuff plus extras.

you have to seal quartz against staining so all in at the price you quoted id be inclined to walk away from it, IF i had enough work :mad2:

 

[dhsanta65]

Think your price was more than fair after all as you say the punter paid £700 for the tiles then expect you to work for next to nothing. I think customers forget you still have to pay your tax, fuel & material cost out of the quotes that we give them.

 

[Colour Republic]

It's always hard to give advice without seeing it but for arguements sake lets say at 10sqm the hall is 2m wide, 5m long, 4 doors off and a staircase and it needs leveling

I'd be coming in at maybe around £550 + materials. I take you got the discount on the tiles? if you did then you've already saved them £340. What more do people want!

sometimes it's cheaper to stay at home, say you have a problem and it takes longer than you thought or maybe a few months down the line you have to go back and do a repair for free.

£380 is cheap in my book, no matter where you live in the country. I think these people are trying it on, nobody who is watching the pennys chooses a £110sqm tile, maybe they think you should help pay for them.