Ridiculous pricing ? OMG!!!!!

[Bsharp]

Hi I haven’t posted for a while to be honest I’ve been flat out, but I’ve just lost a job based on cost and was wondering ball park figures what people think this job is worth below.

house require (new build) very big!!
3 bed each with en-suite
Master bed with walk-in wardrobe
Family bathroom
Office
Pantry/Plantroom
Utility room kitchen
Dining room
Lounge
Entrance hall (vaulted ceiling)
Triple garage/workshop
Games room above

to give an idea of size
56 twin socket
60 lighting points (pendants and wall lights)
18 downlights
10 out lights
Garage to have 6 x twin Led anti-corrosive batten 8 x twin socket (all in Galv tube)
8 cat 6 data cables
8 x TV point
5 x extract fan
8 cam cctv inc monitor
Under floor heating through out with radiators aswell, so all heating controls multiple room stats etc.
2 x consumer unit (surge protected)
40 metre approx sub main.
2 x externalfeeds to reconnect (feeding out houses)
And all usual stuff smokes, cooker feed, multiple light switches as you can imagine.
Let me know your thoughts on estimated costs and I’ll amaze you with the price that beat mine, which unbelievably the customer has gone for.
cheers fro reading.

 

[buzzlightyear]

look forward to seeing pictures on here in a few weeks of the job when yohr back sorting it out. Not sure how anyone has came to

Yeah when the customer digging a hole for the spark that cocked it up. Hello is that the spark you quoted a few weeks ago, can you come quick please, on your bike my price was not good enough.

 

[Leesparkykent]

I’d be around 14k based on that list

 

[DefyG]

from eastern europeans

Lost a job recently to our EE friends! Client contacted me and said they've nearly finished can you come and test now!! Not a chance !!...... they just don't get the process do they?

 

[Dustydazzler]

Are we sure the 4900 isn’t just the materials quote and the actual labour is going to be day rate..??

 

[MJPD29]

Lost a job recently to our EE friends! Client contacted me and said they've nearly finished can you come and test now!! Not a chance !!...... they just don't get the process do they?

From my experience they expect you to drop at their feet when required. That's not how I work sadly.

 

[buzzlightyear]

Lost a job recently to our EE friends!

What friends. No friends their.

 

[AJshep]

Let the other person crack on, i think you were a little cheap, its alright if you can get in and out, but its very rare in these larger jobs. there's always a few niggles to get around on the second fix so id be looking at around £16,000 at least.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Lost a job recently to our EE friends! Client contacted me and said they've nearly finished can you come and test now!! Not a chance !!...... they just don't get the process do they?

It is a shame there isn’t a way you could make some money legitimately testing and certifying someone’s else’s installation

 

[pc1966]

I think I’d be asking if they minded if I watched for a few weeks....that’s gonna be good footage ?

Maybe make a bit of profit selling popcorn?

 

[Lister1987]

Lost a job recently to our EE friends! Client contacted me and said they've nearly finished can you come and test now!! Not a chance !!...... they just don't get the process do they?

Bite Thier hand off, test it, fail it, price for remedial work...I think they have it spot on.....if nothing else you've got a testing fee for something you already know to be a fail before setting foot in the place.

 

[HappyHippyDad]

Roughly £15k.
I would LOVE to watch the guy doing the job for £4900!

 

[KennyKen]

Bite Thier hand off, test it, fail it, price for remedial work...I think they have it spot on.....if nothing else you've got a testing fee for something you already know to be a fail before setting foot in the place.

That’s a valid point. Only then home owners will learn that paying peanuts gets you monkeys.

I used to work with a Romanian spark who wired a 4mm feed to a central junction box and spidered off to about 15 double sockets. That’s apparently how they do it over there.

 

[Dustydazzler]

That’s a valid point. Only then home owners will learn that paying peanuts gets you monkeys.

I used to work with a Romanian spark who wired a 4mm feed to a central junction box and spidered off to about 15 double sockets. That’s apparently how they do it over there.

there is some truth to that , I have seen videos of Eastern Europea wiring where they take one central feed to a big junction box and then one cable to each accessor. You then end up with about 10-15 cables in one junction which get twisted together and soldered.

 

[Edtwozeronine]

walk away and ask him how it went afterwards