As a self employed, not vat Registered, Domestic wet works plumbing only (no gas) I just charge a flat rate of £60 per hour for the first five hours and then that was it for my day rate of £300. The only time I ever thought otherwise was when it got to 3 hours or four hours then I quite often just charge a half day as it worked out a bit cheaper for the customer And I knew I’d keep them as a customer the next time. I was always still the cheapest in Winchester by around £20 per hour more without the VAT obviously but on the back of that I’ve never had to pay for advertising and always just worked off word-of-mouth. I know I could’ve charged more but as someone who is used to trades regularly in the past I just can’t bring myself to overcharge anyone. The parts and materials are generally added 20% on if anyone wanted to question that I just pointed out that I’m happy to charge them the two hours it took me to search for it instead, but that rarely happened.
if I come to gas I’ll be charging 80 or £90 an hour but I wouldn’t be touching any wet work whatsoever to make up for the added expenses needed for the gasworks.
if I come to gas I’ll be charging 80 or £90 an hour but I wouldn’t be touching any wet work whatsoever to make up for the added expenses needed for the gasworks.
