Another underpicing thread (sorry)

[s.varty]

Could be a father and his 2 sons working from a council house,leastways they're trying to get work.

 

And if thats the case, i say good luck to them

[hedgesparrow]

hope this chap isn't on here.

everyone has their own overheads, yes £400.00/day for 3lads is very cheap but if he can sustain a business on this and is fully qualified and insured then let him get on with it.

people will work for what they think they are worth, as a rule of thumb our 2man team is £400.00/day which we feel is reasonable,

But since the downturn we have moved into grounds maintenance and charge £17.50/hr/man for this, we are constantly being slated by other GM contractors of being too cheap so in general its all swings & roundabouts .

We cover our overheads with the above pricing and make a reasonable profit with enough in the kitty to replenish/ replace equipment when required.

Also as a rule of thumb our jobs are priced "per job" and not on a day rate, unless its a large job and we are unsure of a time scale etc.

IMO in neither slating this company or siding with them as this industry is soo varied and everybodys overheads are totally different.

Rant over

Alex _M please don't feel im slating your thread on pricing etc etc just my opinion

 

i quoted to do some ground maint work it may have been a nice little regular job so went in keen £12 per hour undercut by £2 per hour. so its dog eat dog out there. they have offered to do it on the hope it brings in more work cheap adertising. by doing one job cheap. work it out advert in paper £50 a week. how much on e bay £5 its worth the punt.

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i quoted to do some ground maint work it may have been a nice little regular job so went in keen £12 per hour undercut by £2 per hour. so its dog eat dog out there. they have offered to do it on the hope it brings in more work cheap adertising. by doing one job cheap. work it out advert in paper £50 a week. how much on e bay £5 its worth the punt.

 

it is indeed dog eat dog, we charge £17.50/hr/man but regularly loose jobs to people charging £15/hr/man, we often get return customers from these scenarios as these other cannot keep it afloat at those prices.

We make up with compact tractor mowing normally that goes out @ £38.00/hr/unit + chap strimming @ £17.50/man/hr

[oldwoodcutter]

young friend of mine has not had a call in 3 weeks.He advertises heavily,employes a groundie as and when,has old but well maintained kit,and works his socks off when he does win some work.

So when that long awaited call comes to price up a days job for two,will he quote £300 and hope to get it,or say £500 take it or leave it mrs?