Barn conversion pricing. I'm baffled

[Andystraughan]

Hi gents I registered on this forum to hear your thoughts on the following please

its a barn conversion / cottage alteration and full rewire. I've priced for the cottage part as she wants it done in stages since there's a lot to do on the barn section before it's ready for electrics. Anyway apparently I've been beat on my price and I'm baffled

as followed; the cottage has 3 large bedrooms with 2 ensuites and a main bathroom , hallway stairs etc.

11 x double sockets through out
15 x chrome down lights
10 x tilt chrome down lights
7 x ip rated chrome down lights
5 x centre lights ( pendants)
each room has a 2/3 gang switch to switch lights separately
2 x mains smoke detectors

3 x timer fan installation 4 inch with isolation switches. Core holes excluded
3 x 9.5 kW shower supplies with pull cords - one for each ensuite

price includes making safe of old electrics for walls to knocked down.
the walls are solid stone so all sockets need chasing in etc..

new consumer unit with earth of gas tank And incoming water including full test

all in £2993,65

was I far off? I priced it like that so I would get the second part of the job which is the barn part

thoughts please would be greatly appreciated

Andy

 

[Andystraughan]

Well she finally called me back up. Asked if my price included led lamps to which I replied no because you wanted a cheap job. Then she says she's had a price off another electrician for £45 CHEAPER than mine and that included led lamps. "Can you match that?" No thanks!!!! Good luck to her with that job

 

[Welchyboy1]

Well she finally called me back up. Asked if my price included led lamps to which I replied no because you wanted a cheap job. Then she says she's had a price off another electrician for £45 CHEAPER than mine and that included led lamps. "Can you match that?" No thanks!!!! Good luck to her with that job

if thats even true theyll be ebay/chinese jobbies for £1.50 each and wont last the end of the job

 

[Guest569]

Ive been particularly ****ed off today as anther spark has undercut me by 2k on a 6k rewire!

Im finding it hard recently to sell "quality" to customers, vast majority of folk not caring if its a crabtree consumer unit or a screwfix special for example. Im pricing 3 rewires tomorrow , 2 of which I know will be "cheap as possible please".....

 

[Andystraughan]

I priced 9 rewires last year and got 2 of them lol

 

[scammell man]

Pricing always amazes and often annoys me. My brother runs a letting agency and I have never had any work via him because 'I can get it done cheaper elsewhere' and his clients will only pay the absolute minimum amount they can get away with. Apparently the going rate for fully qualified spark is about £60 a day!!! Just not going there

 

[Engineer54]

Pricing always amazes and often annoys me. My brother runs a letting agency and I have never had any work via him because 'I can get it done cheaper elsewhere' and his clients will only pay the absolute minimum amount they can get away with. Apparently the going rate for fully qualified spark is about £60 a day!!! Just not going there

They must be those disillusioned 50K a year 17 day DI whizz kids, trying to recoup their training fee's!! After all they did spend all that money for their training/qualifications, and they are registered with NICEIC or whoever, so they Must be ''fully qualified'' sparks!! lol!!

 

[scammell man]

That's about the size of it. Strangely when they cock it up I no longer provide advice over the phone on how it should be done

 

[Guest569]

I priced 9 rewires last year and got 2 of them lol

Priced 2 already today , first one has had a quote for 1.1k..........Can I match it ? No thanks.

 

[MDJ]

Priced 2 already today , first one has had a quote for 1.1k..........Can I match it ? No thanks.

Fair play, stick to your guns, what was it anyhow, a 1 bed room in a hostel somewhere lol

 

[Octopus]

Priced 2 already today , first one has had a quote for 1.1k..........Can I match it ? No thanks.

Is that for the garage/utility room? lol.

Madness

 

[sparky6078]

I had one a few years ago that went with the other quote, two weeks later see was on the phone can you come and finish off as he has walked out! so told her the price had gone up as cable was now more expensive and i would have to rip out what he had already done as i wasn't signing his work off! I ended up doing the job but only after i made her pay half up front..........

 

[amptramp]

Hi your quote seems ok if a little on the low side ,stick to your guns and don't reduce the price ,anybody can work for nothing and nobody wants to be a busy fool . I tend to look upon these kind of people as ( D.I.Y ) ie DO NO INVOVE YOURSELF .
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[Guest569]

Fair play, stick to your guns, what was it anyhow, a 1 bed room in a hostel somewhere lol

Its is probably thee easiest rewire Ive priced,1 bed, all pull through no alterations to positions etc. Ive just agreed to do it at £1400. Very cheap but Ill do it in a day...hate going down that low but I will do it from time to time if I know its a quick, easy earner ! Plus If I don't do it someone else will! Won a few more well priced ones so it all balances out.

 

[sarusystems]

Your quote looks reasonable to me. some times when I price a job low to get the work (in quieter times) I am surprised when some one offers it cheaper , you only need a flat Tyre and lose a pair of side cutters and your working for free.

 

[gutterball]

It's the ones that agree a price then add lots of extras and then complain about you charging extra.