Topic: DIY deco charges?

[kenkew]

I've been asked to price a paint only jobbo for a whole appartment. What's the going rate these days on labour only? I'm thinking 10 quid an hour??

[katynewbie]

 ???

More info please? Is it just emulsion and gloss paintwork, or wallpaper plus?

[Hyacinth]

Is this in England? Prices vary county to county & even district to district...see what others are charging?

[Baccy Man]

In this area (mid Wales) it varies between £10-£15 an hour for the local companies or there are currently a lot of Slovenian buiders about who charge £7.50 an hour for decorating.

[Ishard]

Rond here its 50 quid per 8 hour day non skilled labour.  :)

[kenkew]

A couple of Polish guys are willing to work cheap rates but their work is unknown. The job is a simple re-paint of walls and ceilings...I'm off to take a look at it today. I did similar work early this year @ £10 and we were all satisfied.
 The job has to be top-notch, no problem there, but there could well be quite a bit more come from this one and I wanted a fair rate from the start.
 I'll see exactly what's involved and work the time out and probably give him a total based on that hourly rate.

[rosebud]

  Ken, go for the hourly rate because you never know if you come across  a time consuming hiccup, if you know what i mean.  When we had a chap help us out he charged us £10 an hour but that was a couple of years ago now.
Don`t undercut yourself. :D

[kenkew]

Saw the job. Walls and ceilings in good order. He wanted a total price and I'm reckoning about 8/9 days so I quoted 800 Euro. He's very happy at that.
 Also, he's wanting a new wooden floor, I work with a good wooden floor layer too, and contact for that happens next week. Could be I'll soon be buying a new pushbike to get around on!