how much would you charge your sister

[thekingiam]

not how much would you charge for your sister!
mother and father renting house off my sister they got a quote on a rewire £2500 for 3bed house using pvc capping everywhere.
thinking of using it for registering on scam part p.
was thinkng of just charging for materials as unemployed at the moment and plenty of time but i was thinking of partial rewire making more ring circuits change board etc.

speaking to sister she sounds like she wants alot more done.
would you charge your sister?
sister maried to a lawyer own 2 houses have a few quid.
me skint have to pay scank part p council insurance petrol etc.
moral dilema?

 

[SirKit Breaker]

I would definitely charge sister, unless you have any legal battles looming, which you may need a lawyer for.

Lawyers charge about £200 per hour, so be reasonable, i would say £100 per hour. They charge about £90 for a letter, so your EIC, schedule of inspections, and schedule of test results is worth about another £150.

But seriously, why shouldn't you charge your sister?

Do her a good deal, £2200 all in, depending on which part of the UK you are in.

Cheers...........Howard

 

[Baconhead]

Well she's charging you father and mother to live there,
So i would prob charge her for parts and labour,bering in mind her hubby prob charges an hour what you would get in a day.

 

[derek preece]

Charge her a bit less than the quotes she's had and do a first rate job, everyone's happy then. Obviously I would never recommend a discount for cash with a nominal amount declared to HMRC.

 

[thekingiam]

hmm maybe if i could get some of the monney back from joining scam

 

[Knobhead]

If it suits your ends work out a fair price with her, don’t work for nothing.

Get her to pay for the materials and then pay you an hourly rate for the install. If she’s reasonable (mine isn’t) then she knows it’s going to be up to scratch (you need it to be for your assessment).

You both win if you both sensible.

 

[thekingiam]

couldn't charge her hourly rate as i am very very slow.

 

[snowhead]

I'd do your Sister for free...

 

[malcolmsanford]

I'm sorry i'm the old fashioned kind, and at the pit you had what was called "family" rates, which basically was bugger all.

I've never charged family, which I suppose is why I'm out here lol. But for me family is important and I know that if I ever wanted anything from my family I would get it. Funny enough my daughter is a lawyer and my eldest daughter had some problems with an neighbour, and her sisters firm sorted it out for nothing.

I suppose really not every family is like ours, if you are not particularly close then charge her a fair rate, and she will know you will do her a good job. If you decide on the family rate of nothing, then just the materials.

This spreads over to fellow tradesman. I've rewired theirs and their families house for nothing, but I have yet to pay ever for painting my house, plastering my house, outside fences or the new central heating and boiler fitted.

Suppose family rate is like the old barter system, sadly like that system it seems to be on the way out

 

[Knobhead]

couldn't charge her hourly rate as i am very very slow.

Charge a lower rate then, but don't do it for nothing.

 

[thekingiam]

have never charged mates, family ,extended family

 

[Paul.M]

How about a solution that satisfies everyone?

Charge her for materials plus the cost of scheme membership plus the cost of insurance. This should be less than £2k?

Sister gets a cheap rewire and the feeling that she has helped you start up on your own. You get a full year of expenses paid for by doing a couple of weeks work and then you can set up on your own, any part p job you do in the next year is all profit without putting in any cost for scams & insurance. Good luck mate.

 

[Knobhead]

Now that sounds a good solution!

 

[thekingiam]

i think ille charge materials and some of the cost of scheme membership,maybe put price up on materials so it don't look like she's forking out for all my membership.
if i cost it as if it was going to be signed off by labc so materials and test.

 

[1shortcircuit]

How about a solution that satisfies everyone?

Charge her for materials plus the cost of scheme membership plus the cost of insurance. This should be less than £2k?

Sister gets a cheap rewire and the feeling that she has helped you start up on your own. You get a full year of expenses paid for by doing a couple of weeks work and then you can set up on your own, any part p job you do in the next year is all profit without putting in any cost for scams & insurance. Good luck mate.

Plus a few quid for a well deserved beer for when you pass your assessment:thumbsup