Does anyone else find pricing work hard?

[llywelyn111]

Been asked to price (rewire) a old farm house (I know it's just me being asked to price it) It has open beams that they want to keep (great start). It's a three bed, big stone walls everywhere. 24 double sockets, 2 outside lights, 10 light (x2 2 way) 2 bathrooms, oil combi boiler going in so stat and 2 channel programmer too.white accessories. x2 smokes.

Nobody has lived in the house for 10 years so nobody living there during rewire.

First fix will be a nightmare but second fix will / should be completed quite quickly.

 

[cbw]

Hahahahah.

Wait till you find out no floor cavity

Box cutting into flint.......

Every wall falls to bits

Oh I love farmhouses!!!

Quote £10K

 

[llywelyn111]

I have already said I ain't chasing walls. The builder is doing that hahahahahahah. Builders get to much money anyway

 

[cbw]

Last one I did,

She said..."I dont want the elm floor boards liffting"

He said, I cannot have cables on the beams and certainly no holes in the ceilings"

I said "abra flamincadabra"

I think they got the point....

Good luck!

 

[llywelyn111]

I was thinking 3K and hope they ask someone else

 

[electric will]

How big is the house? Beds? Not really many sockets compared to the amount of lights.

 

[llywelyn111]

that was a typo sorry 33k I was meant to put

 

[cbw]

This is one of those....how busy are you, your guaranteed the work so dont want to rob anyone.

Difficult really, I would spend time working out how long each circuit is going to take, charge your rate and then add materials.

THEN....Work on £50.00 per point, I am shocked at how close this comes out at what I have spent 2 hours calculating!!!!!

 

[llywelyn111]

How big is the house? Beds? Not really many sockets compared to the amount of lights.

there is nothing in the house. They only want 3 sockets in each room and 4 in a tiny kitchen

 

[Welchyboy]

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I concur! I heave also tried this a few times lately and must say it is always just over, this may become my new method

 

[ian.settle1]

Hahahahah.

Box cutting into flint.......

Or trying to chase sandstone

 

[topcat]

I find it hard to work out a price as well when you say £50 a point is that just sockets and light points or do you count switch drops as well .

 

[drew35]

I'd do that for 3k.

What's their number???

It sounds like an easy one to me, vacant, builders on site! Anything dirty or hard work then get the builders to do it. Anything goes wrong, blame the builders! Those are two of my top ten tricks to being an electrician!

 

[topcat]

Are but is the number one top trick for builders to blame the electrician

 

[drew35]

No one believes builders, they lie!!!

 

[glasgowbiker42]

BACK IN 1985, WHEN I STARTED ESTIMATING SPON'S GUIDE RECOMMENDED £50 FOR SMALL POWER POINTS AND £35 FOR LIGHTING POINTS!
In todays market you'll be doin well to get that:sad_smile: