Am I going mad? Another pricing question.

[keefy]

Doing a partial rewire of a house, not something I normally get involved with, but not beyond ny capability!

The place is a building site so reasonable access, got an extra wiring up a shower in 10mm, I gave the guy a price of £150 to do it and he has kindly suggested £100 to be 'more reasonable' and says, bearing in mind he is in the construction trade, that he normally gets prices of between £80 and £100!

The run is 20M, run through stud work from one end of the house to the other, working on first fix being 1.5hrs spark and mate, 1.5hrs second fix spark, plus commissioning and materials.

Am I mad or is this reasonable? Bearing in mind job has been a pain in the arse (stud walls not built when promised etc...)

 

[SX2]

sounds a fair price to me, I did s 10mm power circuit the other week and that was a 14m run surface clipped to a isolator and i charged £100 for that with no complaints at all

 

[Dave 85]

£150 is reasonable. As a standalone job I'd charge nearer £300, but as part of a rewire in a stripped house £150 is about right. It all comes down to how much you need the work and how likely it is he's bluffing about being able to get it done cheaper, if you call his bluff and he keeps using you, you'll never have to negotiate on a price again with him.

 

[needasparks]

Like your style Dave.

 

[telectrix]

tell him to go and get it done cheaper, but you won't sign it off as it's not your work.

 

[Engineer54]

Give him SX2 phone number, for a 100 quid job!!! Should have no complaints then!! lol!!

 

[Octopus]

The only thing I'd add is that I would use the Crabtree pull switch isolator - a far better bit of kit to install than most isolators.

 

[danny bernard]

Stick to your price,you'll find by the time you have job done,between things not being ready in time and problems encountered,
you'll wish you had charged more!!!!!!
Dan

 

[keefy]

The guy backed down today. Just goes to show, fight for what you believe is right. Cheers guys.

 

[Guitarist]

"I can get it done for half that price" is as old as the hills. Well done for sticking to your guns, otherwise it looks like you were just trying it on in the first place.

 

[Stevegeta]

Hey guys went to a job friday to install a shower, price wise i said £120 plus cert which i thought was ok, but im going to be honest pricing is something i do have trouble with as you dont want the customer to think your a con man, although when i got to the job no spare ways in fuse board, as it is older than gods dog and has turned into a fuse board upgrade which ive said £250 to fit and certify, they supply the parts, any tips on pricing up jobs guys ???

 

[highspark]

Hey guys went to a job friday to install a shower, price wise i said £120 plus cert which i thought was ok, but im going to be honest pricing is something i do have trouble with as you dont want the customer to think your a con man, although when i got to the job no spare ways in fuse board, as it is older than gods dog and has turned into a fuse board upgrade which ive said £250 to fit and certify, they supply the parts, any tips on pricing up jobs guys ???

Know your materials and costs! Work out an hourly rate. How long have you been doing electrics?

 

[Stevegeta]

Not that long this is my first major job to be honest, the guy im working with want to do everything as cheap as chips so it seems, which does tend to be annoying because they have no regards for the regs, for example the fuse board upgrade will mean i have the space to put kitchen and sockets on their own mcb, but they dont want to know about all that they just want it to work, and in regards to doing a cert i will have to pass it off as unsatisfactory due to this and if the wiring is as old as the fuse board you can guarantee when testing it will be crap, also on visual the bonding on gas and water was only like 6mm the whole installation looks really old & i dont want them to think im ripping them off by recomending rewires ?? any advice

 

[Stevegeta]

oh and also in regards to 10mm t & e its atleast 50 quid so thats why ive said that price and he supplies materials if i had to supply material id have said about £300 but again taking into account wether id be messing around with floor board and what not, as far as im aware the current shower is being spured from a different circuit which is new to me as i didnt think it would even work, i mean even 6mm cable in the osg cannot support a shower if i remember right

 

[cook1e]

I would get a fully skilled experienced electrician in to do a pir/cond. report before you commence any work, who is the guy you are working with ? a sparkie

Martin

 

[trev]

You can only recommend mate, you can't force a client to have work done. If something eg bonding needs to be done before you can proceed and the client refuses it it's best to walk away.