How's your luck?

[highspark]

Is everyone in the same boat? Scratching around for bits of work etc? Working full on for 2 weeks or so then a couple of days a week for a month? I've only been trading in the recession do I dnt knw the boom times. What I do know if I had a mortgage to pay I'd be out on the street.

You always get the odd lad saying he's "snowed under" etc but it's hard to believe. So how's everyone's luck are we still in crap street or is it just me?

 

[Specialist]

To be honest mate, i'd say it's pretty hard everywhere at the moment. Mind you January is allways quiet.

 

[Octopus]

January is looking OK - as for February - who knows!!

 

[GLENNSPARK]

"hiya chuck hows ya luck"....sounds like the opening sentence from a cilla black gameshow......

 

[trev]

Work wise, if it wasn't for my bad luck I'd have no luck at all

 

[Mark_Burgess]

January is looking OK - as for February - who knows!!

Same here.

 

[jase]

had nothing solid scince sept.
CIS work is patchy
Private work here and there.
got a weeks work booked in for mid feb, nothing till then. at the mo, might go and do my 2391 just for something to do

 

[Stevi3]

Haven't worked from July 2011 just the odd homer, wish I had £1 for every CV or application I have sent id be doing ok then :lol:

 

[JD6400]

Don't want to sound like a c""k but we seem to be entering this year with more work for the coming year than we have ever had lined up ?
The agricultural / arable and equestrian side is at a bit of a peek it seems at the moment .
And with milk prices at a 20 year high , i am expecting at least a couple of dairy units to come in .
Not that we try to do much domestic apart from new build and barn conversions but even that side is looking fair at the moment.

I think things are starting to move just got give it a bit of time .

 

[GLENNSPARK]

we seem to be doing ok....with this letting agents....plus some kitchen fitters we know.....and theres often commercial work n all.....just the industrial thats slack .......

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Don't want to sound like a c""k but we seem to be entering this year with more work for the coming year than we have ever had lined up ?
The agricultural / arable and equestrian side is at a bit of a peek it seems at the moment .
And with milk prices at a 20 year i am expecting at least a couple of dairy units to come in .
Not that we try to do much domestic apart from new build and barn conversions but even that side is looking fair at the moment.

I think things are starting to move just got give it a bit of time .

i still think that it will be about 2 years yet before its got going for everyone though....

 

[highspark]

Suppose if other people are bringing the work in for you ie letting agents etc your likely to be fine. The agents only have one spark in my area and they don't seem to want anyone else's service.

 

[jase]

Don't want to sound like a c""k but we seem to be entering this year with more work for the coming year than we have ever had lined up ?
The agricultural / arable and equestrian side is at a bit of a peek it seems at the moment .
And with milk prices at a 20 year high , i am expecting at least a couple of dairy units to come in .
Not that we try to do much domestic apart from new build and barn conversions but even that side is looking fair at the moment.

I think things are starting to move just got give it a bit of time .

Got any jobs then Brad? or is that Dave?

 

[jase]

Suppose if other people are bringing the work in for you ie letting agents etc your likely to be fine. The agents only have one spark in my area and they don't seem to want anyone else's service.

Tried getting in with a few letting agents round here, waste of time, had 3 jobs out of it, all of them turned out to be a bulb need replaceing, not going to cover the cost of my part p renewal changing lightbulbs!!!

 

[JD6400]

Dave !
Who be that there then ?

 

[jase]

Farmer Dave!!!, It's Jase, think the last time i saw you was at the OU libary when i was an apprentice with Steve and Doug lol, seen brad once scince then a couple of years ago.

 

[electromonkey]

Is everyone in the same boat? Scratching around for bits of work etc? Working full on for 2 weeks or so then a couple of days a week for a month? I've only been trading in the recession do I dnt knw the boom times. What I do know if I had a mortgage to pay I'd be out on the street.

You always get the odd lad saying he's "snowed under" etc but it's hard to believe. So how's everyone's luck are we still in crap street or is it just me?

That'll be me. When I started back after Christmas, I had 25 jobs booked in so I'm good until March. 12 months ago though was an entirely different story!

 

[JD6400]

Jase my man , thought it might have been you !
Steve has just left us before Christmas he had been doing a four house new build for us since last Feb , he's still got the touretts though if you ask me !
Ye mate there may be some about i will pm you my number !

 

[jase]

Jase my man , thought it might have been you !
Steve has just left us before Christmas he had been doing a four house new build for us since last Feb , he's still got the touretts though if you ask me !
Ye mate there may be some about i will pm you my number !

yeah i saw steve last year when he was working for ellis, i,ve been working between ellis and amesbury for the last 2 - 4 years now, but had 2 6month lulls in the last 2 years, saw doug few months back on the last job amesbury did for RMS,!!
nice one.

 

[GLENNSPARK]

Tried getting in with a few letting agents round here, waste of time, had 3 jobs out of it, all of them turned out to be a bulb need replaceing, not going to cover the cost of my part p renewal changing lightbulbs!!!

well its the PIRs/EICRs....that we get quite a lot....so you get paid for that...then any crap you find you flag it ....and you get the job to sort that out...get paid again......

 

[electromonkey]

Tried getting in with a few letting agents round here, waste of time, had 3 jobs out of it, all of them turned out to be a bulb need replaceing, not going to cover the cost of my part p renewal changing lightbulbs!!!

I once did a call out which was a duff light bulb. The customer was selling their house and I got the re wire of the new one they bought. He then recommended me to his friends for other jobs. That light bulb has brought me £5k+ of work. Never turn work down, no matter how small the job. That's my motto.

 

[silverfox1]

Had no work since early November,
as Jase said not much CIS work around at mo
I know sparks not had work since last Sept
seems poor all round