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Basically they had a quote from a guy who did their garage - £600 for the cabin. £200 materials, £400 labour. 2 days.
Then my mate saw my work, and said it was probably £1500 worth of work, with £400 of that going to materials, so £1100 labour.
I was comfortable with neither £600 nor £1500. So landed somewhere in the middle.Got a new job lined up doing a rewire for another sparky - aka, I do most of the work on a day rate. Happy to be busy regardless!
As for building furniture- go for it! You clearly know what you’re doing and what looks good. Can’t hurt to make a few bits and try and flog them?
Nef-
Its hard trying to price jobs sometimes, we make more off a job thats priced than if i had to just give a day rate to someone by a country mile.
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I do most of the work on a day rate
This was my preferred way to be employed when I was learning to price jobs. I'd always write out a quote for the work I'd be doing then compare it to what I'd actually done at the end of the job.
konastab01
Bobbo
Yes, it's a constant problem for most trades working on their own. You learn to live with your decisions in the long run. I recommend not worrying too much about other peoples approach and try to find what works for you, even if it is constantly doing stuff for very little personal financial gain!
I've been trying to slowly migrate to making smaller pieces of furniture but it's glacial. I have everything in place except the clients and the product :)