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George wrote:
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George wrote:
TMH :-)

Woman next door has just had a new toilet and wash basin fitted by a
local handyman.

Ripped the old toilet and washbasin out,fitted the new ones and a
new collar for the toilet to waste pipe.

All for £60,she supplied the Toilet and Washbasin plus taps.

Just inspected the work for her and its 100% good job.

Shame he doesn't have the sense to charge a decent price. Not far
off a days work, allowing for snags - you would need to book a day
just in case.

So, assuming he works 6 days a week, his total turnover is £18K a
year - less expenses. Lucky if he ends up with minimum wage.

Trust he is fully insured, pays Income Tax & NI, taxes & insures his
vehicle properly etc.

Thank heavens I sell my services for what they are worth. I charge
2.5 times what he does & am fully booked until the middle of April,
with jobs coming in every day.

The man is clearly an idiot.


He does work for a firm so weekends are a side line for him.
Started 9 this morning and finished 2 o'clock this afternoon,I must
say I thought £60 WAS cheap for what he did and was a bit dubious
about his workmanship but I had to take me hat off to him for a
perfect clean job.

Seems he's in demand according to my neighbour.

He would be at those prices - £12 an hour. No PL insurance, firms van or
uninsured car (not insured for business use), not paying tax or NI.

I lose the odd job to people like this, but I aint bovvered, I'm busy
enough at my prices.



I do not think you lose any jobs to these people as thay would never call
you in the first place. My apprentice does this type of job at the weekends.
Usually his jobs are found by word of mouth or via relatives etc.

He probably does one job per weekend on the side at £12 per hour or
hopefully more (no doubt using some of my kit) but this does not bother me.

Adam