When a plan comes together

[Daz]

Started a kitchen floor on Monday, small job, 3 tile pattern only 13m2.

Latex'd the floor and customer is asking if I do plastering as I'd done such a good job of smoothing the floor - It's not rocket science, the product does it for you and nope just tiling!

Before lunchtime on day 1 I'd been asked to tile into the utility - another days work.
3pm on day 1 - next door neighbour is asking me to do her bathroom

Day 2 afternoon - "Do you think these tiles would look good running from the kitchen through the hallway?" - Duh!!!

Day 3 - "Can you order the tiles for the hallway, and any chance of you doing the job this weekend?" - "NO!"

Day 3 evening - "I think I want my downstairs cloakroom tiled - when can you do it?"

She wants me to do the main bathroom too so Happy Days!!

[Dave]

Nice one!!!!..

[brian c]

better watch yourself there Captain...lol good luck m8

[whitebeam]

It happens and it's great when it does

[graham31]

Right place right time..........ideal

[BDS]

Well done m8 i usually do a bathroom and then they want ensuite or kitchen doing or downstairs wc,,,,,,,its a reflection on your skills/abilaty`s to do a great job properly

[MrSpoon]

nice, drop subtle hints about the dodgy artex on her ceiling and how it should be skimmed flat and il be quids in too

[cornish_crofter]

I've just finished a bathroom and the client is going to tile his own kitchen splashback, but his wife is pleased with what I did.

I've got the floor coming my way though, self adhesive vynel tiles

I wonder if I get asked about the kitchen.......

[charlie1]

Well done Captainslow,

I see the dreaded credit crunch is having no effect on you then

[Daveyboy]

well done capn..reckon you need to fit your own coat/shoe rack in the house as well for your dressing gown n slippers as you could be there a while ...have fun refurbishing the house

[Daz]

LOL Davey,

My missus said something similar.

[MICK the Tiler]

Well Done Captain Reputation Building I can feel it.

Happens to me all the time, done a small job 3 months latter I finish

[Daz]

I forgot to mention the best bit........she is a child minder. I get to oggle loads of yummy mummies during the day and they are all taking my details for when they need a tiler - woohoo!

[Daveyboy]

wheyhey..while she's childminding, you can be mummyminding!! well, if you were single of course

[cornish_crofter]

Interestingly enough , I had about half a dozen clients when I first started. 2 or 3 of these were always giving me work.

The work dried up and I was short of clients. I realised I hadn't been expanding my client base. Fortunately more work came my way. But I was lucky.

Nowadays I don't spend more than a few weeks with one client if I can help it. This gets me out to smaller clients who want a day's work doing once in a while, and keeps me in with them.

If a client gives you loads of work, I say, great but don't just live there for months, get out and about