How much to charge for refitting 3 concrete paving slabs

[WAMS]

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Hi all,

Sorry this is the only picture I have as I forgot to take after photo.

A friend asked me to relay the flag as the were loose and in a dangerous position, my concern is how much to charge.

I quoted him £20 materials + £60 labour.

Have I charged too much?

Thanks

Wams

[wine~o]

What did you charge for? 1/2 a day @ £120 day rate?? sounds about right...not so sure about the mats cost...


Thing is if you are happy that you've done the job well and the customer is happy..........job done.

[cotswold builders]

Half hours work, way over the top.

Mind Dominique Littlewood don't come looking for you.

[WAMS]

Ok, the materials were 2 5kg bags of rapid set mortar from B&Q at £4.54 each, one LGE Flexitub at £5.98 and a mallet and trowel costing £5.10.

I was there for just over 2 hours

Thanks
Wams

[BillyGoat]

Taking the p*ss a bit charging him for the tools you've purchased, but if he's agreed to it.......hope he never asks for a lift to the train station, or you'll have to charge him for buying a taxi

BG

[WAMS]

The LGE Flexitub was bigger than I needed, that and the mallet and trowel I supposed should not be part of the materials but what other way could I do the job.

[WAMS]

Ok, if I subtract the tool costs from materials, what about the labour charge based on picture and just over 2 hours work.

[ayjay]

...hope he never asks for a lift to the train station, or you'll have to charge him for buying a taxi

BG

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It seems a bit on the high side to me, but we don't know how much travel time is involved etc. - it all takes time picking up materials - so, a couple of hours labour would not be unreasonable, (imo).

[WAMS]

Taking the p*ss a bit charging him for the tools you've purchased, but if he's agreed to it.......hope he never asks for a lift to the train station, or you'll have to charge him for buying a taxi

BG

I like that got my rib cage in a bit of a chuckle!!!

[wine~o]

I figured 1/2 day based on removing wobbly slabs and mortar then relaying.....

[happy handyman]

30 pounds labour, keep tools.....this is fair.....he's a mate too !

[Crooksey]

just over 2 hours work.

Where you doing something else as well?

To be fair you have to make a living, if this was a customer I didn't know I would charge them £100.

Materials I would probably have, but its my time and I need to budget for something going wrong. I wont do any job for someone I don't know for less than a ton.

[joinerjohn]

Fitted a living room for a "mate" with laminate flooring once. (He's a plumber (and was corgi reg) ) I only charged him £50 and was there for the best part of a day. Some months later I wanted a gas hob connecting , when I'd put a new kitchen in at home. Cheeky barsteward charged me £50 and was there about an hour at the most.

[Gadget]

Fitted a living room for a "mate" with laminate flooring once. (He's a plumber (and was corgi reg) ) I only charged him £50 and was there for the best part of a day. Some months later I wanted a gas hob connecting , when I'd put a new kitchen in at home. Cheeky barsteward charged me £50 and was there about an hour at the most.

A "mate" ?..I think not!

[Megaross]

I'd probably do £30 labour and materials at cost if it was a local job.

If it was far away I'd factor in travel.

Quick job after all