Pricing for a job need help

[JLHELEC]

Been asked to price for a job, customer is having attic done out so needs a few new circuits up there. Some more context I'm based in South Wales and house is 1950s awkward little.run from the board to up but the new socket's will all be on studs so minimal chasing. I'm so bad at pricing work it literally puts me off taking jobs on. CU is full so I proposed having a new CU dedicated for the loft and going from there.

New CU
X4 socket's one being usb
X2 1 gang 2 way switches
X6 spotlights
X1 optical smoke alarm, to be interlinked with existing smokes, so I gotta dick around with them also.

I was gunna just price materials plus 2 days labour @ day rate but I always feel like iv shafted myself when doing work for day rate as the jobs usually turn out to be -------'s just wondering if any of you lot were in my neck of the woods and interested to see what you'd charge or anyone would charge for that in general

 

[Brian Taylor]

250.00 a day is a bit on the high side...average hourly rate for self employed is about 15:00 per hour

 

[HappyHippyDad]

250.00 a day is a bit on the high side...average hourly rate for self employed is about 15:00 per hour

Crikey Brian.
That's more than just a little on the low side.
We had a poll last year on the average hourly rate we charge and it came out to £46 p/hour.

 

[Brian Taylor]

Crikey Brian.
That's more than just a little on the low side.
We had a poll last year on the average hourly rate we charge and it came out to £46 p/hour.

 

[Brian Taylor]

Well I have had this discussion many times with many electricians quoting hourly rates of 20...30 or even 40 pounds an hour....I once upped my rates to 25 on the advice of someone who claimed to be charging that amount. I lost so many customers that I had to bring my rates back Dow pretty qui ckly to pay the bills. I don't know of anyone in my area that would get away with a 20 per hour rate ....but good luck

 

[goasis]

250.00 a day is a bit on the high side...average hourly rate for self employed is about 15:00 per hour

Where are you Brian?
£15 per hour is crazy low money! Unskilled workers are getting that!!

 

[Brian Taylor]

Where are you Brian?
£15 per hour is crazy low money! Unskilled workers are getting that!!

Well sorry to say that's what we get in this neck of the woods....lots of self employed in this vicinity all chasing the work .

 

[LukeD]

Well sorry to say that's what we get in this neck of the woods....lots of self employed in this vicinity all chasing the work .

Domestic cleaners in nice parts of london earn more. let them race to the bottom. I pay a labourer £150 a day just to turn up with no tools etc .

 

[Brian Taylor]

Domestic cleaners in nice parts of london earn more. let them race to the bottom. I pay a labourer £150 a day just to turn up with no tools etc .

Well unfortunately I don't live in a very nice part of London....I operate in the poorer North Kent area where cleaners and Labourers are paid minimum wage..I'm glad don't live in London.i couldn't afford it .

 

[Dustydazzler]

I know firms near me offering £200 per day for sparky mates and they get no interest

 

[Brian Taylor]

I know firms near me offering £200 per day for sparky mates and they get no interest

Well again I guess it must be down to where you live....if you advertised in this area you'd have to fight them off.

 

[buzzlightyear]

average hourly rate for self employed is about 15p per hour

wow ,15p a hour must be Bangladesh prices asda .

 

[goasis]

Well again I guess it must be down to where you live....if you advertised in this area you'd have to fight them off.

How much can you earn on the cards with a firm there then? Can't be worth it!

 

[Brian Taylor]

How much can you earn on the cards with a firm there then? Can't be worth it!

Last I know about 15.00..dependant upon experiance

 

[goasis]

Last I know about 15.00..dependant upon experiance

So the same as being self employed.... when you've got your own van, expenses, holiday, sick pay, evenings..... somethings not quite adding up here....

 

[Brian Taylor]

So the same as being self employed.... when you've got your own van, expenses, holiday, sick pay, evenings..... somethings not quite adding up here....

Ah well I'm sure your next question is how much do I earn....I will save you the bother of typing....last year my take home pay was a little over £8000.00....now it makes sense?