What a Small Job Should Actually Cost
Published rates for the eight things we get asked about most, and why the range is a range.
Nobody enjoys asking what something costs, and most trade websites make you ask. Ours are on the site because the alternative — a number on the doorstep — is where people get stung.
Why It Is a Range and Not a Price
Putting up a shelf is between fifty-five and a hundred and twenty pounds, and the difference is almost always the wall. Solid brick with studs where you expect them is the bottom of that range. Dot-and-dab plasterboard over an old chimney breast is the top, because it needs different fixings and considerably more care.
The Call-Out Explained
Forty-five pounds, covering travel and the first half hour. If you go ahead it comes off the total. It exists because roughly one visit in six turns out to be a job we should not take on, and neither of us should be out of pocket for finding that out honestly.
Where Materials Fit
At cost, with the receipt attached to your invoice. A lot of trades add twenty percent to materials, which is legitimate and also makes a quote impossible for you to check. We would rather charge properly for labour and let you see the till receipt.
The Half Day Is Usually the Answer
If you have four or more small jobs, a half day at a hundred and eighty is nearly always cheaper than four separate visits, because most of the cost of a small job is arriving at it.