I am finding that I do about 75% of my work for builders which is good in that they tend to be bigger jobs (extension and loft conversion refurb / rewires) and that they tend to come on a plate but bad in that I have to put up with all the usual builder **** like having to work to their timescale and not mine Just wondering what other mostly domestic sparks are doing for their work....
There is only one or two private builders who I would contemplate doing work for and I don't particularly like doing that. I will try working for other builders but it rarely gets past doing one job for them, most are clueless muppets who could be millionaires if only they would do things in the right order.
If you find a good builder, stick with them. They're not all barstewards. You should be able to sit down with them and discuss how you can both make good money out of it. You have to shop about a bit though...
Not all builders are muppets...and you have to see it from the other side. Even on a smallish job there is so much 'behind the scenes' work that goes into running and organising a job. Sparkys have it easy in most cases as they can walk in (if you can get them when you need them) run a couple of cables and walk away with out all the hassle.