Average London rates

[TJC1]

I have some work coming up in central London soon as was wondering what the average day rate cost for light commercial work is up there?

I’m not taking into account any other costs at the moment apart from labour

Cheers

 

[Dustydazzler]

There are many variables

Are you just walking up to site with basic hand tools in your pocket

Or are you expected to bring all your own drills , saws , grinder , pipe bender , steps etc etc

Straight up walk up basic hand tools £250 per day

If you are bring your own arsenal of tools then £300-400 per day

 

[TJC1]

There are many variables

Are you just walking up to site with basic hand tools in your pocket

Or are you expected to bring all your own drills , saws , grinder , pipe bender , steps etc etc

Straight up walk up basic hand tools £250 per day

If you are bring your own arsenal of tools then £300-400 per day

Arsenal of tools for sure!

£300-£400 sounds cheap tho…. I was looking around and some people charging between £550-£650

 

[Dustydazzler]

Arsenal of tools for sure!

£300-£400 sounds cheap tho…. I was looking around and some people charging between £550-£650

Depends really , you can certainly charge £650+ per day if you are running the job and then whack another £50 on for travel , parking , congestion zone charge etc

If you are just labour only rock up at 8 and leave by 3, then £400 is around the rate from my experience anyway

 

[TJC1]

Depends really , you can certainly charge £650+ per day if you are running the job and then whack another £50 on for travel , parking , congestion zone charge etc

If you are just labour only rock up at 8 and leave by 3, then £400 is around the rate from my experience anyway

Yes I will be running the job up there and planning on staying away

Thanks for all the advice

 

[UNG]

Depends really , you can certainly charge £650+ per day if you are running the job and then whack another £50 on for travel , parking , congestion zone charge etc

If you are just labour only rock up at 8 and leave by 3, then £400 is around the rate from my experience anyway

£50 for all that sounds like a bargain, I was paying £40 - £50 a day for parking when I was working in London 20 years ago

 

[IAmSparkytus!]

£650 per day for installs in commercial premises??? I'm at the wrong end of the country!

 

[Dustydazzler]

£650 per day for installs in commercial premises??? I'm at the wrong end of the country!

London rates are mental and especially central London rates

I was getting close around £360 - 370 per day subbing in the West End and that was 10 plus years ago now

 

[mainline]

Let's not forget Del the spark who's in London he charges a minimum £100 up to £200 an hour and judging by the speed he works it would cost £10 just for the time it takes for him to put his gloves on.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Let's not forget Del the spark who's in London he charges a minimum £100 up to £200 an hour and judging by the speed he works it would cost £10 just for the time it takes for him to put his gloves on.

He had to go back to one job 3 times to add a socket and change a spur over , that must have been the most expensive socket in history at £200 per visit

 

[mainline]

He had to go back to one job 3 times to add a socket and change a spur over , that must have been the most expensive socket in history at £200 per visit

Yeah, but you can't put a price on having a celebrity in the house.
Ps I wonder what's happened to him ?, maybe retired or maybe the niceic have seen his videos

 

[littlespark]

What’s that other crowd that charge stupid money in London? Pimlico? Or are they plumbers?

 

[Dustydazzler]

What’s that other crowd that charge stupid money in London? Pimlico? Or are they plumbers?

The Rod Stewart look a like guy recently sold Pimilco Plumbers for eye watering money , I believe to Brit Gas but I could be wrong.
Pimilco used to charge around £180 per hour call-out in London for anything from blocked loos to tripping lights

 

[Dustydazzler]

Yeah, but you can't put a price on having a celebrity in the house.
Ps I wonder what's happened to him ?, maybe retired or maybe the niceic have seen his videos

He has done a couple vlogs in recent months while sat in his van talking about stuff like AFFDDDs

He hasn't done a site video for a while and I miss him fumblimg around in a live fuse board wearing his fingerless gloves

 

[LukeD]

The Rod Stewart look a like guy recently sold Pimilco Plumbers for eye watering money , I believe to Brit Gas but I could be wrong.
Pimilco used to charge around £180 per hour call-out in London for anything from blocked loos to tripping lights

Sold to an An American company .They have been picking up the pieces the botox midget left . It was a badly run company and 3 times Ive taken part in legal action against them .They always fold at the end as they are always so in the wrong . The whole model is based on the customer been charged as much as possible for any job. Need a Ballcock ?"Thats has to be collected from the depot darling . back in 1.5 hours " But there is a screwfix next door ' Na, none authorised supplier , union ---- etc " . Botox Midget has from whats floating around got himself into some trouble .... Been messing with the wrong people