Plaster Skim quote

[fourstardan]

I need my artexed bathroom ceiling skimmed that is 1.7x2.8 Metres.

Quote given today is £220 + VAT.

Reasonable or a bit much for half a days work probably?

[SteBrown91]

Id say thats fair - its probably a days work as they will need to seal/prim the artex first I would imagine.

[LennyM1984]

Sounds fine to me too (we've had loads of ceilings skimmed this year).

I think we've been paying around £250 a day plus materials (he isn't VAT registered) but I usually try to get a few bits done at the same time to make it more efficient (my assumption being that it isn't massively efficient for him or me to just get one small ceiling done at a time)

[B'stard Child]

fourstardan said:

I need my artexed bathroom ceiling skimmed that is 1.7x2.8 Metres.

Quote given today is £220 + VAT.

Reasonable or a bit much for half a days work probably?

Depends on where you are in the country - we've been doing a few ceilings every year to skim over artex

This year small downstairs toilet (2.0 x 1.0m), bathroom (2.1 x 2m) and a utility room same size as the bathroom and that was £330 inc the vat but he did all of them in two half days split because of prep work one half day and then skimming the next half day.

[iphonedyou]

Grand. That's a ball ache small job for anybody.

[andy43]

And don't even let them think about scraping the artex back unless you've had it tested for asbestos first, if it's an old house.
Overboarding could be the best option.

[ferret50]

Be satisfied that you have found someone who wanted to quote for the job!

[MattyD803]

ferret50 said:

Be satisfied that you have found someone who wanted to quote for the job!

Exactly this. Local to me I struggle to get people quoting for small jobs, let alone putting in what seems to be a reasonable price.

[valiant]

MattyD803 said:

ferret50 said:

Be satisfied that you have found someone who wanted to quote for the job!

Exactly this. Local to me I struggle to get people quoting for small jobs, let alone putting in what seems to be a reasonable price.

Yep!

That's reasonable money for a small job. Mond you, he hasn't turned up yet so don't count your chickens just yet.

Small jobs are a complete pain in the arse to get people in and trades say they're quieter than they've ever been!

[Glassman]

fourstardan said:

I need my artexed bathroom ceiling skimmed that is 1.7x2.8 Metres.

Quote given today is £220 + VAT.

Reasonable or a bit much for half a days work probably?

Are you weighing how much he wants against how long you think it will take?

[wolfracesonic]

That’s a decent price OP, unless the guy starts stupidly early he won’t be finished before lunch time if you include cleaning up time and it may be too late to go to another job. Also if he’s using BlueGrit or similar he may have to make two visits, BleuGrit and the like usually have to left overnight to dry.

[Glassman]

Also, the + VAT bit is a bit odd.

[Richard-D]

That sounds very reasonable to me too. Echo comment above about checking for asbestos.

[Glassman]

Richard-D said:

That sounds very reasonable to me too. Echo comment above about checking for asbestos.

One way around that would be to overboard it.

[Simpo Two]

Glassman said:

Also, the + VAT bit is a bit odd.

He might be more used to quoting for businesses, which are usually priced ex-VAT.

[Glassman]

Simpo Two said:

Glassman said:

Also, the + VAT bit is a bit odd.

He might be more used to quoting for businesses, which are usually priced ex-VAT.

That may well be the case.

When I'm quoting for windscreens, I give a + VAT price to businesses and an all in price to retail customers.

IME I've found there are some traders who will quote or charge VAT when they're not even registered.

[fourstardan]

Glassman said:

One way around that would be to overboard it.

No Ab, it's 1998.

[037]

Wondering what he's supposed to do for the remaining part of the day then.....
Seriously just pay the guy and be glad its been done without any fuss.