What would you pay for someone to build flatpack furniture?

[AintNobodyHereButUsChickens]

Obviously if you couldn't build it yourself and needed to pay a tradesman to do it. What would you be happy to pay?

To get an idea of what others charge I mean

@AintNobodyHereButUsChickens Whereabouts are you ? I'm doing an IKEA run in a few weeks.

[quote userxx]@AintNobodyHereButUsChickens Whereabouts are you ? I'm doing an IKEA run in a few weeks. [/quote]
Lincolnshire, an hour away from Sheffield Ikea.

Would you be offering any other services alongside it, or just flat pack?

Your personal earning ability is important too, though, eg in the event of DH’s ill health or divorce.

If you want to do paid work, makes sense to explore a range of options. employment is likely to offer better opportunities and money than self employment, unless you have skills to sell (eg electrician, plumber, accountancy)

I looked at Taskrabbit but they don't cover my area otherwise it would have been ideal to sign up!

Great idea, OP.

The 'woman-trusting-women' angle Is great too.

You could look at charging £20'per hour and including examples of what you'd get for 1, 2, 3 hours etc.

If you wanted to increase your earnings, you could set up training sessions / seminars were you could teach other people to do their own flat pack too?

@Dozer

Your personal earning ability is important too, though, eg in the event of DH’s ill health or divorce.

If you want to do paid work, makes sense to explore a range of options. employment is likely to offer better opportunities and money than self employment, unless you have skills to sell (eg electrician, plumber, accountancy)

I've been a stay at home mum since I was 19, I just turned 30. My CV is abysmal, I'm endlessly applying for jobs but I either don't hear back, get a no thanks or on the very rare occasion I get an interview, I don't get the job. I mean, a couple of weeks ago I had an interview for a bloody dog food factory and didn't get it

@AintNobodyHereButUsChickens Bummer, I'm about 2 and a half hours away from you. I'll look on task rabbit.

I like the sound of you, OP.

You sound ambitious.

I imagine not being in paid employment for more than 10 years is what puts off the form fillers like the dog food factory.

You've got a skill and a capability - that COULD have spin off aspects like training, coaching, YouTube tutorials?

Sounds exciting to me 😎😎

Absolutely, cheaper than a divorce!

OP, I know that’s not what you were asking, but I just wanted to check that you know that there is help there for women returning to work after long breaks.
Some ideas here: womenreturners.com/returners/retraining-courses/

God yes. Weve half build wardrobes. Cone now snd pud the doors a d runners on. Will gladly pay.

I would and have done - Ikea had some deal with Taskrabbit when after purchasing furniture you could go straight through and use Taskrabbit to book someone to do the job. He was incredible, such a nice guy and did a great job. Not cheap, but I still gave him a big tip as was so grateful for the service. This was about 5 years ago now - I hope it still exists?

Brilliant idea OP hope you do well with it

Yes i pay for ikea wadrobes to be assembled, using task rabbit.

DS will do it for a tenner.

I paid for a man to build a 3 door wardrobe and he charged £50 I also paid for a man to build a trampoline and he charged £40

Definitely market being a woman. If I was home alone I would definitely choose a woman handy person over a man. I hate tradesmen in the house it makes me feel really uneasy. I think I watched too much Luther!

I searched for a female driving instructor and I would say this is the same vibe for me.

Yes I would and I have. I’ve got a diy bloke to put together a bedside table, my dc’s cabin bed and a table and chairs.

I would definitely employ a woman to do diy stuff for me (single parent) but it would be good if you could do other things as well eg I had someone round recently to fix a wobbly table, replace a kitchen cupboard door and hang up some pictures for me.

Sorry my earlier comment may have sounded a bit negative. I find large flatpack a bit difficult because I am quite small. For example, supporting one bit of an item of furniture whilst putting hardware/screws/etc in isn't the easiest task for me. Brilliant when anyone can assemble larger flatpack without two people and if you can, go for it.

I just need a business name and work out the type of insurance I would need 🤔

@TheNestedIf

Sorry my earlier comment may have sounded a bit negative. I find large flatpack a bit difficult because I am quite small. For example, supporting one bit of an item of furniture whilst putting hardware/screws/etc in isn't the easiest task for me. Brilliant when anyone can assemble larger flatpack without two people and if you can, go for it.

Not at all, I appreciate what you're saying and I understand. I would probably have to enlist the help of DH with some bigger/awkward things like wardrobe doors or maybe bunkbeds.

I bought a wooden kitchen last Christmas that was a
Bloody nightmare so I paid someone £30 to assemble it - there was no way I was sitting up on Christmas Eve until the early hours worrying about that, not a chance.
The chap came and built it in my garage and then I left it there until Christmas Eve and moved it and I'd totally do the same again if I needed too x

We just paid £150 for a man to build 4 chests of drawers...put a sofa together and take away our old sofa and bed and drawers...took 2 of them about 6 hours..well worth it..