Painter prices in Hastings

[wakeupandsmellthecoffee]

Shocked at prices my sister had been quoted £130 a day
The plasterer was only £140
Do you all think this is a tad on the high side ?

Gtr Manchester....cheap painter £80 per day; most expensive approx £150 per day.
Plasterer from £100- £170 per day.
Experience is always worth paying for imo.

You don't think that a freelancer can charge £16.25 an hour, when out of that they have to pay for their own costs of being self-employed, down time, marketing, possibly VAT, equipment, potentially insurance and transport, not to mention experience and the assurance that they won't fuck it up?

What do you think they should be charging?

Just thought compared to Surrey prices it was a bit steep