Just wondered what the general consensus is regarding making customers aware of your prices before they have even contacted you.
I have looked a quite a few 'Electrican' websites and would have to say that the number that display costs/hourly rates, or any form of pricing for that matter, is...
Hello all
recently started out on my own and need to get with the times on what to charge per hour
was currently thinking £18-75 or £150 a day?
also i done a rond trip of 63 mile do you guy's book an hourly rate or set pence per mile.
really struggling Not to take the **** or Scare a New...
Hi folks, I'm an approved spark & a member of SELECT. Just wondering if any sparks out there from Scotland could tell me what the going rate is? I'm currently charging £25 per hour & an average day rate of £200. Do you think this is reasonable? Just don't want to be undercutting myself or over...
Hi Guys,
New to the forum....
I set up my business in August 2012 running my own electrical firm concentrating on Domestic & Commercial, I have come up short as of late and I'm wondering if my prices have been fair, I never had an hourly rate as such just used to try and make enough that I was...
Hello all,
just received an email from our main customer asking us to lower our hourly rate. We're being extremely generous as it is by charging them either £30 p/h for call out jobs or £200 a day for fully qualified 17th edition electrician with 2391 and £150 a day for a fully qualified 17th...
Can anyone give me an idea of costing for domestic installations per point i.e price per socket outlet, lighting point, mains/cc and earthing etc?
New to being selfemployed so any help appreciated folks:hurray:
Hi.
I'm looking to go it alone as it were, and I'm looking for any advice on how to acquire a decent pricing structure. I know this will probably evolve over time but I'll be grateful if someone can point me in the right direction with regard to some sort of help with this. I've only ever...
Hi all,
Thinking of starting up on my own soon, and was just wondering what sort of rates all of you that are self employed, charge per hour ??
Currently for small little private jobs that I do through word of mouth, I charge roughly £30 per hour.
To start with, I thought about trying out £40...
hi all just been to look at a consumer unit upgrade for a customer all wiring tests out fine problem is theres no main bonds to the water or gas. going through the house is a nono, client doesnt want trunking nicely decorated house wooden floors throughout. only option i have is to go round the...
Im recently starting out and not yet joined one of the 'scams'. But Iv just had a phone call from a commercial place asking me to do a 5 yearly. Can I do this just on some model forms? And how do I go about getting them countersigned?
Thanks
Ps. I have 2391 etc
2 t&e's poke through wall from kitchen each in different place spurred from separate sockets floating in living room, sockets connected.
Customer would like them trunked down the wall along skirting in each case as far as cable length will allow, approx 3 foot per cable!
To include testing &...
Hi all
Kind of new to forum, long time reader not often poster! Finishing off college after 3 years of grafting and sorting out starting up on me own. Now come to the challenging part of pricing...
How do you determine the cost of services you provide? For instance a PIR do you price on per...
Just started up my own company in glasgow and meeting with a letting agency tomorrow to discuss prices. Could get alot of work as the spark that done all the work for them has been binned. Hes looking for an hourly rate, do sparks usually give letting agencies a discounted rate like you would...
Happy Xmas fellas
What's your hourly cash rate?
I've just had a customer grumble on me when I charged him £15 an hour cash, I wouldn't mind but the guy has plenty of money.
I got the job by him seeing my van , I went to look at the job pretty much as soon as I parked up on a Friday at...
Hey guys, Got some night work....client cannot shut down during day hours.....Fault finding, small amount of installations.....
Could nt price job really as it is a bit of a can of worms senerio....Had PIR so faults and issues have been spotted so have a idea of whats going on as in circuits...
Ok, many people come here and ask what they should be charging and how to work it out. I've been looking through my library and here is an excerpt from a book I found called 'The right way to start your own business'.
I have added some extra bits in there. I hope it's helpful to all those that...
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