Am I being competitively priced?

Too expensive, I don't think so for supply, time to cut out, joint, a bit cheap I say, but I'm out of touch with prices nowadays.

How thick is oak worktop, you seal it as well?

 

When they phone you back asking If you can make good the bodge job they've had, tell um your too expensive.

 

Yeah! people can't afford me so I'm told....until it needs putting right!

 

I was gonna say £150 was mega cheap for supply and fit ..... Bargain of the century in fact !!

 

Don't what area, but I would say £250, maybe £300 in some area's.

 

It's a days work by the time you oil it, cut it, manoeuvre it in position being 3inch thick awkward and frigging heavy, join it, seal it, fit the sink, and clean up. And even if you get it done in less than a day you ain't going to go to another job so it's a days pay £150 - £200. She's clearly a buffoon trying to skimp on the fitting of an item she's going to see and use every day, think yourself lucky you dodged a bullet mate.

 

Stick to your guns mate; some people only want the cheapest possible deal they can get, then when it turns out to be dreadful, blame everyone but themselves. Thse kind of people aren't worth your time.

I quoted to board, level and tile a kitchen-diner floor (half floorboards, half concrete) I'd knocked through for a customer, but they then found a "professional tiler" that would do it for £100. Last time I was there, the "professional" had laid the tiles directly onto the floorboards.

 

Just thinking about the 5m worktop - is that one piece ? 5m long, 600mm wide, 75 thick thats going to be a beast to move about to cut and fit especially for one person.

 

And £150 was still considered too expensive for the customer? Despite the fact the work required two people to safely handle the worktop without denting or damaging it, even if one person managed alone its still bloody hard work with the sink cutout being weak and all, deduct tax, and fuel, possibly a router cutter (if was to butt and scribe) and you wonder what on earth potential customers expect tradespeople and sole traders to work for.

 

£200 plus £20 for the router bit, sounds expensive but you are covering the risk of damage etc. I'm get people asking me to price, when we check dates, & I can't do it they ask me to price it anyway, and are put out when I say no, when I have no chance of doing the job. Is there a polite way of saying I'm not going to provide a check price?