[carlton care]

Apologies Neil :-[Just read it again and realised I'd done something I've accused others of doing many times.................not reading the post properly

Joe

Spot on and what I'd go for.

[Jim_77]

Incidentally, if anyone is getting tangled up with feet, yards, metres etc there's a great little converting program I found on a building supplies website, it converts loads of stuff:

www.quadlock.com/about/unit_converter.htm

Well worth having!

[M.Acorn]

The way i look at commercial jobs is they are not paying really as it comes out of the tax at the end of the day.So why not go in high, have been the only one quoting on quite a few of the com ones,letting agy even tell me if i am in competition with anyone else,which helps,work still keeps flooding in so must be doing something right 
Not had a single day off this week booked on fri and sat which is nice,however the wife is now saying she wants me to take her away on holiday  but i want a stage 4 racing  tsr cylinder head for my scirocco bout the same price as a holiday :

[Joe H]

Quote "The way i look at commercial jobs is they are not paying really as it comes out of the tax at the end of the day".

Mark - apply that to yourself the same way....
all the cleaning stuff you buy, all the training, new tools, even the new truck mount "you" buying with new van costing £30k, dont you shop around whan these things are necessary? .......... all of this "comes out of the tax at the end of the day".

Have you got anything left from your turnover to pay yourself, to build your Scirroco, to take the wife on holiday.

Sorry, it does matter to them what we charge.

[M.Acorn]

Suppose so yeah,left with a reasonable amount  spent £170 on chems last week inc the duo,then spent another £85 yesterday p/sprays etc so yeah it`s costly as you know,not sure what bit of kit i will be getting next prob a new vac as my tennant is a bit battered now after over 4 years of abuse,will get a sebo vac i think 

And to shopping around i am a tight wad so i look for the cheapest possible deal when buying anything new, why i got my new sebo duo for £130 new 

[Doug Holloway]

Hi Guys

Commercial is not much different to domestic , you win  some , you lose some.

It's important to charge what you will be happy with.

I have a commercial Sat Morning 400 Pounds will take 3-4 hours.

Commercial is often unsociable hours and payment is slow.

It's important to work out how long and at what cost a job is going to take and then work out your required rate, but bear in mind that if you quote cheap then you may well end up working hard for not very much.

Cheers

Doug

[M.Acorn]

Exactly Doug 

[garyj]

Was that £130 including or excluding VAT Mark, either way it is still the cheapest I have seen one for.
Where abouts did you get that?

[M.Acorn]

Yep inc vat,won`t be any more at that price though  or i would by getting some more and selling them on.My mate works in the local cleaning suppliers and it was one that had been on display in the shop for some time,didn`t get any of the powder but i didn`t get it for that so not bothered.

[garyj]

Yep sorry, I remember you saying that last week.

The powder is rubbish anyway.

[Neil Williams]

Well I've got one lined up tomorrow £150
These are rare so take them as and when.
It might take 2 hours it might take 30 minutes as basically my patience has worn out with a local builders who seem to make a right hash of what ever they do.
The forms have been signed and if I turn up and it can't be cleaned then the bill for £150 is going in.
Basically we've got a wornout polyprop carpet with plaster on it which has parted company with the backing, and isn't fitted to either walls or floor.

[Jim_77]

Sounds like it's fitted to the ceiling, in a manner of speaking