Thought I'd put it in here

[mark270981]

I was round at my mother in laws yesterday, whilst there she was telling me she had her lawn mower serviced and that it cost her 200 quid. She showed me the bill and the labour rate was 45 quid an hour?

Now whilst I understand overhead and profit quite well it just peeves me that as a joiner we wouldn't be able to get anywhere near that and yet our skill set is in my opinion far higher, our tools far more expensive and yet I think the general public would baulk at paying more than say 25 quid an hour.

I'm not having a rant over se, as we only do commercial and generally I can charge much higher rates. I'm just annoyed that our trade is held in low regard in comparison to someone who services lawn mowers.

[woodsmith]

My local small garage charges £50 an hour but they rarely put more than a few hours on the bill so the total never gets objectionable. Wish I could charge that much. Then again I'm owed money from a firm that went into insolvency, Ernst and Young the actuators have been charging around £800 per hour which is obscene especially as they have dragged it out for nearly 10 years so now there is little left.

[senior]

I think it's more important to look at the bigger picture.

[mark270981]

I think it's more important to look at the bigger picture.

What's the bigger picture?

[jfc]

I think it's more important to look at the bigger picture.

What's the bigger picture?

I thought it was Tower bridge .

[senior]

Do you think he is flat out 52 weeks per year?
Has he any chance of expanding his business into a multi million pound turnover like you have.
He has dirty oily hands, with a green tinge.

[tusses]

I think it's more important to look at the bigger picture.

What's the bigger picture?

I thought it was Tower bridge .

[tusses]

reminds me that the yanks bought "london bridge" thinking it was tower bridge .. back in the day lol

[mark270981]

Do you think he is flat out 52 weeks per year?
Has he any chance of expanding his business into a multi million pound turnover like you have.
He has dirty oily hands, with a green tinge.

Bob

Totally see and get that, but I was thinking more along the lines of perception.

Ie why do the public see £45 an hour is ok for lawn mower servicing but not for Joinery?

I am only musing about it really.

Tower bridge fell over on my wall so had to have it redone, looks good again now!!

[lynx]

On site today, got told that a study will take two weeks to fit, two men - the cost.......


.....£28,000 - I shitte you not!!

[mark270981]

28k? Madness

London by chance?

[lynx]

Oxshott, but still, Utter madness.

[mark270981]

I got offered a job at Harry Kane's house

Apparently tradesman were just making numbers up and he was paying it......I turned it down as we were too busy........

[senior]

LOL.......... it may be easier to ask who hasn't been offered a job at Harry Kanes house

[mark270981]

Haha, why didn't you take it?