Is £260 a reasonable day rate for a handyman?

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Our local handyman seems to have really good reviews.

He does things like painting etc and minor electrical works.

Is £260 a day reasonable or slightly steep?

My old area had a good handyman and he was £30 an hour. This guy is £50 an hour or £260 a day

Same rough geographical location for pricing

Yes it's pretty standard for a skilled trade these days.

Think ours is about £200 for a day’s work just fit plenty in!

I’m in West Yorkshire and it would be at the steeper end but not off the spectrum

PS he came and did one of my taps and waste things took him like 2 hours and he charged me £50 plus the waste trap! Bargain as a plumber was going to charge me £150 + VAT! So I’m happy to pay the day rate

Sounds about right

Is it a handyman you need or do you just not want to pay the relevent trade?

I see loads of this on nightmare customers. People just don't want to pay for stuff and want to name the price and how long something takes.

I would nail down exactly what constitutes a day , ie 8 till 5 . As my experience of tradesmen is that it varies wildly

We're in the Midlands and have paid about that recently.

I recently paid £300 for a day rate (8:00 -16:00 - with 30 mins for lunch). He was an excellent carpenter, came on the agreed day, made very little mess and cleaned up afterwards.

Yes. Sounds about right, as long as it's 8:30 - 4pm ish.

This is normally what people are after when they say "oooh I can get a handyman to do it".

They are expecting the same job at reduced cost compared with the specialised trade.

Yes. It is.

I think that for that price, he would have to be really skilled. If he is, then I think I would pay it.

Depends what it’s for. If it’s stuff like painting which I could really do myself, then I wouldn’t pay more than £150. That’s a lot of money for me and more than I earn in a day myself, so it would have to be something very specialised to pay more than that.

It all depends how fast he works. Ask him to quote for the job then it’s up to him how long he takes.

I think of a handyman as literally that , not a skilled trade but someone like a clever grandad wanting pin money . I think £200 is reasonable.

For me, a handyman is the kind of work I could do myself if I had the time or (sometimes) the strength. I've had mine to do things like replace a fence panel, change a tap, repair some guttering, regrout the bath. Things that might need a head for heights or brute strength that I don't have but aren't particularly skilled. For that £260 seems a lot. If you're talking trades like carpenter or electrician, it seems OK.

But it boils down to whether you can find anyone as good, who is available for, a better price.