Originally Posted by
markee
Sod charging by the hour
just give a price always works for me
Think that sums it it up; It all depends on the job.
Just had a plumber in to quote moving the mains inlet to our house. He's yet to come back with a price (and only lives 400yards up the road). In truth its a bitch of a job, thats why I don't want to do it myself.....nor does he by the looks of it.
And I suppose that's the crux; easy jobs charge by the hour, and hard jobs charge what you like, or fob off the customer if you have better things to do.
In the end of the day, look at what you need to live off and work around that (petrol money, food, utilities, etc), obviously try to quote above this, but bear in mind qouting too much may mean days sat on your backside doing nothing due to lack of work.
