It's a cold day in hell before I let any tradesperson near this house.
When folks talk about past jobs and what they consider a "reasonable" price I often shudder but keep quiet.
As in...
We've (being the local guy chatting, not us) just had a new gas boiler, not a bad price, tidy job and it was all done in a day.... £2700. I ask more to hear it was just one guy and broadly a like for like replacement. So £1200 for boiler and minimal materials leaves him £1500 for a day's work. OK he has overheads but come on...
Or...
I've also known decorators charge around £5k to do a rendered house "because of the scaffolding cost".... and arrange to do it while the owners are on holiday... "so we're not being a nuisance to you madam".
Owners go on hols and a tatty old van turns up with 3 guys who use rollers on very long poles to do the greater area and a ladder for access to neaten the edges. Done in a couple of days.
Last edited by: Fenlander on Mon 21 Mar 16 at 11:40
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