Square meter price

[enduro]

Who came up with the sqm meter price, £18,£20,£25 i think its all rubbish i never quote sqm i do it on how long its going to take me, and how much i need to earn a day. I dont think the sqm price has changed for years and years but living costs and running costs have gone through the roof if i cant earn a decent living without slogging my guts out everyday i wouldnt do it.

[Billy Hunt]

Yeah ,i qoute on what will make me the more money,but i usually work out how much i would make charging £25 per m2. if it,s not enough i charge day rate,i think m2 rates are more for site work than private,the sites pay per m2.

hi enduro

trade pricing rates get generated from new build construction, then they get transfered to the domestic market when people go from site to joe public.

a quantity surveyor is the cost analyser on a site. its their job to breakdown the costs of the materials and the labour based on averages/inflation etc at that particular time.

As a plasterer myself, i never charge per meter on domestic because there are too many restrictions. ie furniture, carpets, unforseen obstacles, customers who say one thing and then dont do it when you arrive lol!!!! tiling is slightly different as areas dont tend to get retricted as easily, so meterage is easier to conform to.

what i will say is meterage prices are a good way of generating a fair structure. the reason i say this is, take for example, dave, or sir ramic or any other pro tiler on here . they can do more meterage than the average newbe, so therefore they will produce more quality tiling in a day than a newbee/intermediate so therefore they will quite rightly earn more. but some people decide that they are worth more than they produce so they ask for a large day rate when in effect they aint worth it!! (this is commonly known as delusion lol) so pricing per meter when the situation allows it, is more profitable than day rate if you are good at your job (good meaning, quality, knowledgeable, experienced and quick) then you will deservedly earn big money, if you not then you take longer and earn less per day when averaged out.

so all in all, a quantity surveyor denotes the current prices and meterage sorts out the wheat from the chaff

hope this helps
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[pjc]

so if you do 4 mts a day and charge £160 and i can tile 20 mts at a better standard would the client pay me £400 a day ?

[wivers]

No because your 80 and will probab;y pee all over the carpet lmao

[pjc]

wivs i am truly hurt

[brian c]

Originally Posted by wivers

No because your 80 and will probab;y pee all over the carpet lmao

pmsl mate

[pjc]

Brian don't encourage him

[Sir Ramic]

Originally Posted by pjc

so if you do 4 mts a day and charge £160 and i can tile 20 mts at a better standard would the client pay me £400 a day ?

£160 / 4 =£40
Therefore you PJC you tile 20m2 @ £40 = £800 (and you want £400)

Bloody hell Pete, you are far too cheap

[pjc]

Neale jet lag lol no i wouldent work for £400 a day

[Dirrty]

Originally Posted by pjc

so if you do 4 mts a day and charge £160 and i can tile 20 mts at a better standard would the client pay me £400 a day ?

Yes......but if you could tile 20m2 a day then it would only take you about 2 hours to tile 4m2.........so you would get a quarter of your day rate ( £400 ) which is £100 for 2 hours work. If you is the same quality but faster that another tiler then you gonna earn more.......or am I missing something? ( If I am, Ihave just had a few jars of guiness at pub, so that's my excuse lol)

[pjc]

Originally Posted by Dirrty

Yes......but if you could tile 20m2 a day then it would only take you about 2 hours to tile 4m2.........so you would get a quarter of your day rate ( £400 ) which is £100 for 2 hours work. If you is the same quality but faster that another tiler then you gonna earn more.......or am I missing something? ( If I am, Ihave just had a few jars of guiness at pub, so that's my excuse lol)

What i am saying the slow guys like to work on day work because they ain't fast enough possibly and the fast guys don't like day work because they can earn a lot more on a price
example
I had a good mate of mine a very good tiler i thought him lol we worked on the same site i could do 5 bathrooms to his one and of better quality he never made a lot of money i made loads so if a customer paid him £150 a day i think that is to much even if i charged £300 a day :Pete