how much per point?

[Paul.M]

Price per point lumps everything together. I find it the most accurate way to price domestically. 1 socket is £50, light switch is £50 etc etc. It covers the cost of your labour, materials (Little things that go un noticed: Screw's, Plug's, Clip's, Washer's etc) like Cable, Backboxe's and Accesoires plus all your petrol, Insurances etc etc.Looking at your price though it's well cheap! £25 a point? That mean's you've got to get a minimum of 12 point's done a day to make your £150 a day. That's going some aswell. In that time you have to chop out 10 boxes, drill through your joists, clip your cables, cap over them etc. And is the builder really going to supply you with all screws, plugs and washers? the little things like that are costing YOU money to use. You should go in a bit higher, say £30-£35

Lucas you are spot on. All those little extras that we don't really charge for all add up at the end of the year, just look through your end of year accounts (if you have any) and when you've worked out all these little bits and bats has cost you near on a grand, then you'll start thinking about it more.

 

[Octopus]

Lucas you are spot on. All those little extras that we don't really charge for all add up at the end of the year, just look through your end of year accounts (if you have any) and when you've worked out all these little bits and bats has cost you near on a grand, then you'll start thinking about it more.

Precisely whatI do, when costing each job I include a line of consumables and take a view. Minimum its £1.00, max could be £20.

As Paul M says, it all adds up and you need to ensure that you cover all your costs and more!

 

[Voltimax]

I'd go by breaking down the point into labour and materials, that's the way I work and was taught. I prefer it that way because I can see exactly what my materials will cost and what profit I'm making on them and I can see exactly how long I'm allowing for the job labour wise.

As a general rule of thumb it's an hour per point on new build, 1.5hrs empty rewire and 2 hours lived in. That's worked for me over the last 11 years.

 

[1shortcircuit]

As a general rule of thumb it's an hour per point on new build, 1.5hrs empty rewire and 2 hours lived in. That's worked for me over the last 11 years.

Do you then add extra time on for points such as shower, cooker, consumer unit and testing? or would testing already have been taken into account in the price per point?

I guess both of these methods develop over time and the more experience gained the more accurate and realistic the method becomes.

Great posts in here :thumbsup

 

[Voltimax]

I would add a separate labour allowance for a consumer unit and would most likely use the amount of MCB ways to get to this. I don't make special allowances for showers and cookers, other than classing the connection at the consumer unit as a point. So on a new build a shower would be 3 hours. The shower connection itself, the pull switch and the connection at the consumer unit. This would include testing of the circuit.

You have to bear in mind, that this kind of pricing will only work if there is a good mix of various points. So if it was an extension and was heavy on sockets, you might lose out, however if it's heavy on lights, you might be too expensive. End of the day you have to use judgement and experience. My method just gets you a figure very quickly.

 

[green00]

thanks to u all for your thoughts on this