A bit of fun, guess the quote

[Intoelectrics]

the independent kitchen company I work for charge £750 a day + materials to the customer for electrical alterations, I think the gas man to connect / move any gas pipes is something batty like £500 per half day.

my sister was just quoted £24,000 by howdens to fit a new kitchen , Labour rates must be in excess of £1000 per day

OMG! This is scandalous, I spat out my coffee in disbelief!

 

[UNG]

the independent kitchen company I work for charge £750 a day + materials to the customer for electrical alterations, I think the gas man to connect / move any gas pipes is something batty like £500 per half day.

my sister was just quoted £24,000 by howdens to fit a new kitchen , Labour rates must be in excess of £1000 per day

So what is the material / labour split on that £24,000 and what is the contribution to the chairman and chief execs bonus

 

[ipf]

the independent kitchen company I work for charge £750 a day + materials to the customer for electrical alterations, I think the gas man to connect / move any gas pipes is something batty like £500 per half day.

my sister was just quoted £24,000 by howdens to fit a new kitchen , Labour rates must be in excess of £1000 per day

That's a quote worthy of Winston Churchill.

 

[Dustydazzler]

That's a quote worthy of Winston Churchill.

scary thing is she nearly went with it and was seconds away from signing the order when she called me ask if imo was it a fair price

I told her NO, £24 grand is way expensive and to shop around

we did out kitchen 5 years ago using an independent company for £6500 and our kitchen is the same sizes

 

[ipf]

Ridiculous. Sounded like it was for Blenheim Palace.

 

[Dustydazzler]

Ridiculous. Sounded like it was for Blenheim Palace.

nope , standard 3 bed mid terrace in Guildford

 

[Dave Appleby]

nope , standard 3 bed mid terrace in Guildford

Well that explains it ?

 

[i=p/u]

Get the money out of dusty wallet.

 

[Dustydazzler]

So , took the day off today and fitted my new sink / toilet unity unit

quite a fiddly faffy job as had to cut several bits out of the back of each unit (so bought myself a new jigsaw) so for the pipes to come across but apart from that it went in fine

now all that’s left is to pull up the old flooring , lay new 5mm ply as instructed by the flooring company in readyness for the new LVT

saved myself over £1000 in Labour

Who Needs a Wet Pants

 

[UNG]

saved myself over £1000 in Labour

And probably a better job as well

 

[Dustydazzler]

And probably a better job as well

100% better

the reason for charging the vanity as the original wet pants whom fitted it 3 years ago bodged it (he cut the pan connector pipe too short, rather than buy a new pipe he stuck 2 sections together with some sort of tape and mastic everywhere so eventually we had a slow drip leak which had dripped inside the unit eventually blowing all the wood at the bottom and rotted the plinth)

useless wetpants and he wasn’t cheap either

 

[Dustydazzler]

I will say I thoroughly underestimated how long it would take , I started at 8.00 this morning ripping out and didn’t have the new toilet and sink back in and fully finished until about 6 this evening

I honestly thought I would have taken 3 to 4 hours max , but took more like 10 hours

it would have been a full day for wet pants I reckon

 

[UNG]

I will say I thoroughly underestimated how long it would take , I started at 8.00 this morning ripping out and didn’t have the new toilet and sink back in and fully finished until about 6 this evening

I honestly thought I would have taken 3 to 4 hours max , but took more like 10 hours

it would have been a full day for wet pants I reckon

But how much time was spent / lost going and getting the bits you needed because you didn't have them on your van.