I got the job!

[wade88]

Some of you may have seen me scrabbling for advice last week in regards to a re-wire i was asked to quote for.

Well i got the job! Very pleased. Am now however bricking it.

Start work this friday. If you dont hear from me by the end of next week...fear the worst. :svengo:

25 sockets, 23 downlights, 9 pendants, 6 tv points, 3 fire alarms, 1 cooker, New board tails and bonding, pretty excited.

Wish me luck!

Ben

 

[spark 68]

Well done mate,

You stick to your fair price for a fair days work, we could all work for nothing.

I hope all goes well for you.

 

[Des 56]

Your price appears way above what I would charge for local to me work, but there are so many variables depending on the individual installation and its location
It makes comparisons impossible

You dont have to justify your prices and business terms to anybody,you are running a business,the customer is happy,you are happy
If the above is the same after the job,alls well and good

 

[malcolmsanford]

^^^^^ spot on Des. Wade son if the client is happy with you and your prices that is all that matters.

Perhaps she felt comfortable with you, perhaps she liked your approach in how you explained things and perhaps she believes you will do the best job for her and who knows perhaps she even fancies you.

You have given her the prices and your SoW and she as accepted them, all there is now to do is a good job for her and your away.

Best of luck son

 

[tombrooker84]

Hello all,

Just reading the comments. To be quite honest I think they're pretty harsh, I live very close to guildford, about 7 miles away, and when I quote I always charge £40 per point for a fully furnished house, so I think your quoting is spot on. Hope all goes well with the rewire.

Tom

 

[simpson93]

that price seems spot on, yes its cheaper up north but so is everything.
500k upnorth a palace, london maybe a 1 bed flat with no bathroom
- used to work with a load of northerners who did rewires in a day stayed down for week go back on weekend.

 

[pennywise]

Speaking to a plumber from Stoke on the job he's just bought his first house for 65k!! 2 bed detached, thats the deposit for a house round my way. I'm Surrey based and see nothing wrong with charging the local rate.:hurray: just under 5k would get a couple of barthrooms wired on st georges hill

 

[telectrix]

a lot of the old terraced houses in stoke are detached. only because next doors have been demolished. LOL.

 

[pennywise]

a lot of the old terraced houses in stoke are detached. only because next doors have been demolished. LOL.

When there that cheap I could buy the ones either side and knock them down myself:cyclist:

 

[wade88]

A bloke i know picked up a 4 bed detached in middlesborough for £45k about 6 years ago. I mean it is Middlesborough but thats just insane. 4 bed my way your looking at £300k without any trouble at all.

 

[gooner1984]

A bloke i know picked up a 4 bed detached in middlesborough for £45k about 6 years ago. I mean it is Middlesborough but thats just insane. 4 bed my way your looking at £300k without any trouble at all.

nothing wrong with your price mate, people up north seem to forget its a lot more expensive to live down here. i own a house in great yarmouth 2 bed end terrace big bit of land down the side of it £90k and the mortgage is only 300 month ffs only brought it as Holiday home i rent it out all year and me and the family have it in the summer if i could move it down here where i live it be worth 250k, i cant even buy a bus shelter for that around my way

 

[wade88]

No im happy with the price, althought ive actually knocked off about 600 quid from the original quote as i have given her a bit of a discount on the switch points and im doing 8 points less then the original planned works as her kitchen is being built and wont be ready for a couple of weeks. so i think final price went in at £3845.

 

[gooner1984]

No im happy with the price, althought ive actually knocked off about 600 quid from the original quote as i have given her a bit of a discount on the switch points and im doing 8 points less then the original planned works as her kitchen is being built and wont be ready for a couple of weeks. so i think final price went in at £3845.

mate you really don't have to explain your price, if it was me il would of charged her for a variation, its your business run it how you want charge what you like. poeple who say they can do it in a day. good luck trying to get 5 rewires a week who gives a xxxx if they are happy with 600 for a rewire good on them, me 600 wont even cover my rent where i am i price my job on what i need and diesel ect ect, i dont worry about people up north who can do it for half that price, rewires don't come up every day for me but hay if they wanna come down and do it half that price and try and get 5 a week good on em

 

[Hiddo]

Well done on getting the job. I've just completed a rewire and whilst they are hard work you will have fun doing it. Your price will always differ from someone else's and I hope you have a good christmas out of it.

 

[wade88]

Thanks Hiddo, i plan to lad.

Yea mate i dont feel i need to justify it, and i know the lads who work up north just envy the money thats available down here for the similar sort of work but like we have all outlined cost of living is double here as it there on many aspects of life, a know lads up north who still pay £1.50 a pint! my local is trying to skin me for £4.00 a guiness now! shameful!

I guess more then anything, this being my first re-wire im just interested in how im comparing price wise to most other contractors working in the south. and by the sounds of things im on par and not shooting myself in the foot or robbing anyone. So im happy.

I start the job sunday morning at the crack of crow sh*t so ill update those who are interested, on how im getting on. Re-wire diaries...im pretty sure that with all the sh*te on TV nowadays i could def take that to a producer somewhere and have a Tv show made...im sure there is a market for watching a bloke hurt himself and swear a lot?

 

[gooner1984]

well can you put it on webcam i like a good laugh:20: and il give you a £1 for all the scrap cable you get out aswell, and dont forget your had hat:cyclist: