Pricing

[Spazz]

I went to my local gym yesterday to handout a fyer and some cards, the owner asked how much I would of charged for the install he just had.
Run Down:
2 x 3 Phase DB (33 circuits in total)
15 x floor sockets
10 x wall sockets
1 x 32A socket
10 strip lamps
all cabling

All prep work was done by client - channeling floors & walls.


Room 25ft x 30ft (at most!)

He was charged £12,000 - does this sound reasonable?
He was onsite for 3 weeks, but only 3 days per week (9 days in total)


(I saw the invoice)

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Completely ripped off!

I expect who dic it took next month off & bought a jet ski & heli lifted it to Antigua

 

[Spazz]

He also priced up PAT Testing for £150.00 for only 20 items.
Im doing the PAT now in September for £40-£50 (£2 per Item)

EICR - He quoted £4K. - Im thinking about £600 max


Hes also building an extension for gym in September as well as a new build (domestic) so I think September will be sorted for me - hes already booked the work - deposit coming in August when he gets the ok from Planning.

He got planning by the way - but changed something so waiting for that before starting building!

 

[RISElectrical]

Possibly all the 3 circuits were RCBOs and thats adds a bit, plus top quality materials etc however even with all this then i still think he made a good £3000 easy profit. (all guesstimates)

 

[Spazz]

All MCBs, a CEF special 3-phase DB.

CEF special sockets
CEF Special floor sockets

I thought that but not the case

 

[Hiddo]

What is a special 3 phase board?

 

[Spazz]

The one that they have cheaper than the other makes - Think it was Weylex or something

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Possibly all the 3 circuits were RCBOs and thats adds a bit, plus top quality materials etc however even with all this then i still think he made a good £3000 easy profit. (all guesstimates)

An extra £300 ??

 

[SPARTYKUS]

Seriously, If Iwas given the chance to quote on this I WOULD have won it and took the next month off!

 

[RISElectrical]

An extra £300 ??

certain square D RCBOs can be £120 each so theoretically 33 x £120 = about £4k Add your boards and the SWA feeding them, plus maybe an MCCB for the origin and the distribution "could" be in excess of £5000 inc labour to install.

 

[Spazz]

I think the biggest problem was this sparky turned up after being told that this person needed a sparky.

No quote was given - start date within 2 days and they cracked on with it - then when the invoice was given £12,000.

He didn't get any other quotes or anything - like I told him its a hard lesson learned!