29th Nov- £350/day rate - East London

[steve@black]

With rates like this being banded about , Chalets on the beach making hundreds of thousands and people paying 650 pound for a steak with gold leaf on it what can possibly go wrong with the economy. I wonder when its going to go pop ?

[Mr. Squirrel]

On 20/11/2021 at 08:07, steve@black said:

With rates like this being banded about , Chalets on the beach making hundreds of thousands and people paying 650 pound for a steak with gold leaf on it what can possibly go wrong with the economy. I wonder when its going to go pop ?

Damn straight. Sooner people get back on Amazon and help fund Bezos’ spaceship empire the better.

[Mark J]

On 20/11/2021 at 08:07, steve@black said:

With rates like this being banded about , Chalets on the beach making hundreds of thousands and people paying 650 pound for a steak with gold leaf on it what can possibly go wrong with the economy. I wonder when its going to go pop ?

Two hours travel each way to site (due to location) - 4 @ £25/hr =  £100.
Climb tree(s) and do the work = £250.

Seems fair to me to venture into London, on a one-off job.

 

Edited November 23, 2021 by Mark J

[topchippyles]

42 minutes ago, Mark J said:

Two hours travel each way to site (due to location) - 4 @ £25/hr =  £100.
Climb tree(s) and do the work = £250.

Seems fair to me to venture into London, on a one-off job.

 

Could pay me £500 a day and fcuk london and all its traffic. Done my share down the smoke 

[Scuttlefish]

Regards day rates, I recently paid 2 roofers £ 400 per day each  for 10 days work - they were 8 hour days which  included  travel .  £ 8000 total. This for a raised seam steel roof on a single story bungalow- they had 2 specialised bits of kit, a bender and an edging machine- about £ 4000 in kit( new cost ) .  I couldn't get 3 quotes for the job- it was on the coast in E yorks- not a high wage area by any means, only a one man band and his lad wanted the job.  Right now for specialised trades like this one it does appear rates are pretty high.  My mate who is a mid size property developer pays  £ 250 / day for brickies/ chippies in E yorks.

 

[monkeybusiness]

2 hours ago, Scuttlefish said:

Regards day rates, I recently paid 2 roofers £ 400 per day each  for 10 days work - they were 8 hour days which  included  travel .  £ 8000 total. This for a raised seam steel roof on a single story bungalow- they had 2 specialised bits of kit, a bender and an edging machine- about £ 4000 in kit( new cost ) .  I couldn't get 3 quotes for the job- it was on the coast in E yorks- not a high wage area by any means, only a one man band and his lad wanted the job.  Right now for specialised trades like this one it does appear rates are pretty high.  My mate who is a mid size property developer pays  £ 250 / day for brickies/ chippies in E yorks.

 

Did they do it on price or day-rate? Did they also supply materials? 

[Scuttlefish]

They gave me a price for the job,  I supplied all materials- an extra 7 K .  I was told the job would take 3 weeks, so I assumed it meant possibly 15   days , maybe 8 hrs / day inc travelling. , so about £ 260 each / day.  Once the job started I was told they didn't work Fridays , there was also a bank hol in there as well.  If the job had been within my comfort zone I may well have asked for a breakdown before starting, however I needed the work doing in a particular time frame so I had to bite the bullet. The workmanship was good- I inspected it inch by inch ( I have done a certain amount of traditional slate roofing and leadwork and have checked out a raised seam roof a few months ago  )  - I also gofered a bit and put up all the guttering in steel myself, but I did not  get either a receipt or a written gaurantee - just we'll fix it if there's any probs- the lads were recommended by the importer of the roofing material .

[monkeybusiness]

2 hours ago, Scuttlefish said:

They gave me a price for the job,  I supplied all materials- an extra 7 K .  I was told the job would take 3 weeks, so I assumed it meant possibly 15   days , maybe 8 hrs / day inc travelling. , so about £ 260 each / day.  Once the job started I was told they didn't work Fridays , there was also a bank hol in there as well.  If the job had been within my comfort zone I may well have asked for a breakdown before starting, however I needed the work doing in a particular time frame so I had to bite the bullet. The workmanship was good- I inspected it inch by inch ( I have done a certain amount of traditional slate roofing and leadwork and have checked out a raised seam roof a few months ago  )  - I also gofered a bit and put up all the guttering in steel myself, but I did not  get either a receipt or a written gaurantee - just we'll fix it if there's any probs- the lads were recommended by the importer of the roofing material .

If they were working to a price (that you were happy to pay) then what they ended up earning a day is irrelevant - we all have good jobs that work out well (and hopefully compensate for other days that don’t!).

Would you have paid them more if it had taken them longer?