How many hours

[Dean Lofthouse]

Interested in how many hours others put in per week, especially self employed.

 

Just about to go to work again this morning and by the end of today I will have clocked up 74 hours and only just over half of that paid work.

 

Recently I did over 80 hours, unsustainable I know, but I do all my own servicing and have moved yards recently and my yard is a big yard which needed lots of fencing, barn building, earth moving etc etc and lot of equipment to service

[Martyn Amos]

well you deserve everything you get,because it sounds like you work bloody hard for it...

 

the only reason i am not going out to work today is because i got nowt on!

 

slow here at the moment.

[DN22 Gardening]

i usually average 12hrs a day at this time of year. so, say 60 from monday to friday.

 

did 5 hrs on a job yesterday (saturday) to finish it.

 

came home and started ripping the bathroom out !!!

 

i'll be fitting some of it today, the rest next weekend

 

does this count as work ????

 

that of course dosent include the hour or so each night typing quotes, invoices, m/statements, r/a's etc.

 

or the nights i'll spend at the end of this month doing the books in rediness for our end of year

 

 

in fairness, i was told when i went self employed

 

"forget your weekends and evenings, they no longer exist"

 

and he was right

 

[Rupe]

Its difficult to count really, I do 10 hours a day of actual work (4-5 days a week at the moment), but when I am home I am working as well and I have a lot of paperwork to do today but will interperse that with walking the dog and other sunday things so difficult to get an exact amount.

 

Feels like a lot though!

[Tyz05]

I work 7 days a week,got to take the work when it's there. I think it's fine as long as you enjoy what you do,if you don't it's not good for you.

[Rupe]

Ripping the bathroom out doesnt count, thats a hobby, I wish I had time for a hobby like that!

[skyhuck]

"Never do today what can wait until tomorrow"

[felixthelogchopper]

No real set figure, Dean. My kit is fairly minimal, just a couple of saws and one vehicle so maintaining it all takes very little time plus most of my work is subbying ie job and knock. I reckon I keep it to less than 40hrs per average 5 day week as the people I work with tend to crack on to get home early

[WoodED]

monday to friday i do 7 3/4 a day for the parks trust but i try and get out at the weekends as its not enough,

[Stephen Blair]

Leave the house at 7.30am, home between 5pm and 7 pm, this will change going into lighter nights, depending on what the kids are up too, worked yesterday 7am to 6pm, off today.

Only owed £500 for yesterday but getting that tomorrow.