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Gosh, I've been asking a lot of questions today, this one's a big ask.

I don't know about the peaks and troughs of working in this industry but it feels like things have slowed right down in the last few months, compared to last years work. It's slowly ticking along, rather than being swamped. I know holidays and costs have an impact, but is there anything I can do to help? Phoning up previous customers? It feels a bit cold cally
 
If things are still 'slowly ticking on', I would enjoy the lack of stress by not having to juggle lots of jobs. If you have been used to lots of work then I guess you must have a good reputation, meaning it's bound to pick up again.

If you really want to get a bit more work then I would pop an add in the local paper, or local magazine. I tried a number of different advertising tactics when I started out and I found this the best. Although I did have to find the right paper/magazine as some were better than others.

Of course, you could go on to rated people and buy a few leads if you are getting really low on work. Not an ideal option, as I dislike the idea of having to pay someone just to quote, but it would get you some work. The one good thing about rated people is that it pops up in search engines and therefore the good reviews that people have left for you pop up as well, and are seen by other prospective customers.
 
THings are fine... I only take the jobs I want . And work for people i like .Life is too short for anymore stress and trying to earn a lot but actually "burning out"
 
If things are still 'slowly ticking on', I would enjoy the lack of stress by not having to juggle lots of jobs. If you have been used to lots of work then I guess you must have a good reputation, meaning it's bound to pick up again.

If you really want to get a bit more work then I would pop an add in the local paper, or local magazine. I tried a number of different advertising tactics when I started out and I found this the best. Although I did have to find the right paper/magazine as some were better than others.

Of course, you could go on to rated people and buy a few leads if you are getting really low on work. Not an ideal option, as I dislike the idea of having to pay someone just to quote, but it would get you some work. The one good thing about rated people is that it pops up in search engines and therefore the good reviews that people have left for you pop up as well, and are seen by other prospective customers.
That's good advice. They are uncomfortable with ticking and not having lots of work planned. It definitely feels slower. Thank you
 
I price 'high' so never expect to win every job and to be fair some of the jobs I quote I don't really want so price extra high.
I happily fill 3 - 4 days every week and make more than enough money this way which affords me a day off in the week to do what ever I want at home.

There is plenty of building works going on around my immediate area , my parents live on a very posh private road and there has been 3 old houses torn down recently and a big new mwes of 5 or 6 multi million pound houses just being being buit. I know the spakrs doing the work there and he is flat out with new upper end work and can't get the staff other wise he would take on more work.

The SE is bristling along , not sure about other parts of the country thou
 
For me, enquiries dropped off noticably in April, round about the time news of massive price increases for gas and electricity became known. I've had enough work to fill my diary, but that's partly because over summer I've been doing a fair bit of childcare + holidays.

It has picked up again in the last week or so. I'm currently booked up 2-3 weeks ahead (bear in mind most of the work I do is small jobs of a day or less), which is roughly where I like to be, and where I was pre-covid. For most of the covid period I was booked up 6-10 weeks ahead, even for short (1 hour) jobs, and it was a headache trying to fit everyone in, and often folks would (understandably) look elsewhere for someone to change their light fitting sooner than 2 months in the future!

So... yes, has definitely quietened down a bit, since April. I don't know many folk who aren't changing their spending behaviour due to the cost of living crisis.
 
I price 'high' so never expect to win every job and to be fair some of the jobs I quote I don't really want so price extra high.
I happily fill 3 - 4 days every week and make more than enough money this way which affords me a day off in the week to do what ever I want at home.

There is plenty of building works going on around my immediate area , my parents live on a very posh private road and there has been 3 old houses torn down recently and a big new mwes of 5 or 6 multi million pound houses just being being buit. I know the spakrs doing the work there and he is flat out with new upper end work and can't get the staff other wise he would take on more work.

The SE is bristling along , not sure about other parts of the country thou
Thanks. That's depressing.
 
Thanks. That's depressing.
I have always found the SE and particularly London to be very robust even when in a econominc downturn.
I worked for a big electrical contractor in London during the last big recession in 2006-2007 and we stayed busy through-out and they were still taking on new work and new staff.
It was all really high end stuff mainly domestic market for foreign owners who were buying up London property like it was hobby , gutting them , refurbishing them and then leaving them empty
 
I have always found the SE and particularly London to be very robust even when in a econominc downturn.
I worked for a big electrical contractor in London during the last big recession in 2006-2007 and we stayed busy through-out and they were still taking on new work and new staff.
It was all really high end stuff mainly domestic market for foreign owners who were buying up London property like it was hobby , gutting them , refurbishing them and then leaving them empty
I think we'll have to move!
 
I think we'll have to move!
I have always found the SE and particularly London to be very robust even when in a econominc downturn.
I worked for a big electrical contractor in London during the last big recession in 2006-2007 and we stayed busy through-out and they were still taking on new work and new staff.
It was all really high end stuff mainly domestic market for foreign owners who were buying up London property like it was hobby , gutting them , refurbishing them and then leaving them empty
Ive seen many and many more ...ALL empty .The foreign owners are not even remotely interested in renting them out . This means no council tax paid etc .One block of apartments just off Abbey Road has 32 apartments . 5 have people living in them .Average price is £1.9 million an apartment .I russian owns 7. 3 x Iraqis own 4 . Nigerians own 4 .But they have not been around for years as the Police are after them for major fraud ! The reception guys just sit doing nothing .And also they dont like paying the service charge . Ive done lots of work for some of them .But I always get 100 % upfront . they are nice to me ..but i dont trust them
 

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