Is work slower than normal?

[Dustydazzler]

When I was doing work we did work for lots of the Russians and Arabs all around Knightsbridge and the West End. Obviously you never met the owners , you just met their PA , team of designers and main buildings Contractor.
These were beautiful houses over 4 or 5 or 6 floors , 18-20 bedrooms , fully re-wired , fully re-plumbed , top of the range bathrooms , en-suites all the bells and whistles. Just sat empty.
I would sometimes get sent back months after the job was complete to change a lamp and a security guard would let you in and see you out , not a sole living there.

My best guess is its some form of money hiding money. These places would be worth £150million on the open market today

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

It has gone a bit quiet here, a lot of what i do is ev charging but rather than wanting a charger next week people are booking me in for say 2 or 3 months time as the car isnt coming until then... prior to end of March it was mad dash to get one fitted to get the grant. Ev charger enquiries picking up again though.
I have just renewed my BPEC soalr quals as I am getting so many enquiries for pv and battery storage. I have in last fornight secured 2 x 10kwh battery storage jobs to retro fit to their pv.
I make a poitn of letting custoemrs know i am doign pv and storage.. a lot of people are thinking about it but unsure how to proceed.
I am fortunate in that I have contacts and have plenty of work from a builders, previously i was always too busy to help but his previous electrician has made a right mess of some jobs so i have been parachuted in to fix and get it all up to standard.
currently booked up until end of September with many jobs booked towards end of the year.

 

[mattg4321]

It's definitely quieter than it was. The coming recession is the obvious cause.

I've still got enough and doing well, but I'm no longer turning down masses of work all the time.

Various wholesalers seem to be constantly on the phone recently too. I'd not heard from them for years prior to a couple of months back!

 

[Rockingit]

I'm definitely seeing a trend in my clients (artists) that the money in events/ticket sales is far easier abroad than at home. My winter / New Year looks OK but it's all solidly overseas - zilch in the UK between now and early Dec.

 

[LukeD]

It has gone a bit quiet here, a lot of what i do is ev charging but rather than wanting a charger next week people are booking me in for say 2 or 3 months time as the car isnt coming until then... prior to end of March it was mad dash to get one fitted to get the grant. Ev charger enquiries picking up again though.
I have just renewed my BPEC soalr quals as I am getting so many enquiries for pv and battery storage. I have in last fornight secured 2 x 10kwh battery storage jobs to retro fit to their pv.
I make a poitn of letting custoemrs know i am doign pv and storage.. a lot of people are thinking about it but unsure how to proceed.
I am fortunate in that I have contacts and have plenty of work from a builders, previously i was always too busy to help but his previous electrician has made a right mess of some jobs so i have been parachuted in to fix and get it all up to standard.
currently booked up until end of September with many jobs booked towards end of the year.

What is the real impact for EV car owners and the surging cost of electricity ?? Could we see unit price per mile the same as cost of fuel etc etc

 

[Rockingit]

What is the real impact for EV car owners and the surging cost of electricity ?? Could we see unit price per mile the same as cost of fuel etc etc

You could work it out fairly easily.... p/kwh for a full charge on a say 60KW battery that will only do 300ish miles -v- 300 miles @ £/l/m

 

[davesparks]

I'm definitely seeing a trend in my clients (artists) that the money in events/ticket sales is far easier abroad than at home. My winter / New Year looks OK but it's all solidly overseas - zilch in the UK between now and early Dec.

The entertainment industry in the UK is a mess.
Some of the big-name west end theatres are having to advertise dep and chief roles multiple times before they even get one viable applicant, if they get any at all.

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

What is the real impact for EV car owners and the surging cost of electricity ?? Could we see unit price per mile the same as cost of fuel etc etc

Its all about off peak charging or solar for ev charging
We pay 8.5p per kwh between 21:30-02:30
Our car has a 50kwh battery and is rarely below 10% range. Full charge range is 206 miles but city driving takes that to 250.
A full charge costs around £4.50 as the charge process is not 100% efficient.
Still much cheaper than petrol

 

[Rockingit]

The entertainment industry in the UK is a mess.
Some of the big-name west end theatres are having to advertise dep and chief roles multiple times before they even get one viable applicant, if they get any at all.

One of the problems that I think is happening with that is just simply the rates on offer - I'm seeing adverts for theatre roles paying a fraction of the equivalent freelance rates. It's always been that way, I know, but the gap is definitely widening. Be a theatre sound designer for £150/day or go and hang stadium delay towers on tour for £1k/day.....

 

[Gavin John Hyde]

When I was doing work we did work for lots of the Russians and Arabs all around Knightsbridge and the West End. Obviously you never met the owners , you just met their PA , team of designers and main buildings Contractor.
These were beautiful houses over 4 or 5 or 6 floors , 18-20 bedrooms , fully re-wired , fully re-plumbed , top of the range bathrooms , en-suites all the bells and whistles. Just sat empty.
I would sometimes get sent back months after the job was complete to change a lamp and a security guard would let you in and see you out , not a sole living there.

My best guess is its some form of money hiding money. These places would be worth £150million on the open market today

Had similar in Bath on Great pulteney Street, large town hosue plus mews building behind, installed a 22kw car charger. it still to this day has the bubble wrap on the lead plug unused. dealt with the 'caretaker' and his wife who had an apartment on the street as part of the job. its owned by the bahrain royal family. invoice was sent to the embassy in London and paid within the hour.
caretaker said he has to go shopping pretty much daily and get things like flowers etc. supervise cleaning just in case they want to stay there. he can be given as little as an hours notice the royals are on the way. they have stayed there less than a fortnight when some of the bahraini princesses if you call it that came to Bath.
Itsa completety different world.
Benefit for the caretaker of course is that he doesnt have to pay for much food!