To think this is expensive

[Sally150]

Hello I currently have somebody regrouting between my patio slabs.
It's quite a large area and entails him getting down on his knees constantly and its quite time consuming maybe 2 to 3 days worth.
How much would you expect to pay.

That's very cheap. Most tradesmen charge £120-£150 a day. Not only do they have to pay tax, NI, insurance etc, that's also holiday pay, sick pay and rainy days pay (let's face it we have a lot of those).

I work in property OP and use a lot of tradespeople. £300 for 3 days labour is super cheap, even for 2 days labour it is at the cheaper end of what I would expect. Remember he will be self employed so having to pay his own Tax, NI, insurance, pension, travel costs, equipment costs and put a portion aside to allow for periods when he doesn't work e.g. holidays or if sick.

I pay a handyman £140 per day which I think is very reasonable

Sounds very reasonable and cheap to me. You'd pay double that where I live.

Why do people accept quotes then moan it's too expensive. Labour is usually about £150 per day, so that price sounds spot on. A PP broke it down to £12/hour, would you want to do back breaking work for just £12/hour, I know I wouldn't.

Sounds very cheap OP. Think yourself lucky!

100 quid a day is 14 an hour. Not excessive at all. For context, on construction projects we are charged about 25/hr for a labourer.

How much would your time be worth?

£300 for 2 days work is a bargain!

It’s not expensive, it’s labor intensive manual work and it includes materials, frankly, I’d expect to pay a lot more for just the labour. Stop being so cheap.

It doesn't include materials I should have mentioned that sorry

You did mention that OP, it's still really cheap.

Yeah I wasn't expecting that to include materials. The £150 a day is labour only. The going rate in some places, ridiculously cheap in other places. Count yourself lucky you got a good deal.

Sorry I missed it didn't include materials but just for labor alone as I said before it's still cheap.

This sounds cheap. Does that include materials? Don’t forget the the saying ‘you pay peanuts you get monkeys’. Cheapest quote is never best value for money.

Remember they will be paying for income tax, pensions, insurance and replacement of equipment from that

LOL

Not to mention, also in that price is a contingency to cover the costs from when arseholes don't pay their bill.

£100 per day for labour only is very cheap. If he's doing 8 hour days (11-7pm) then that's £12.50 per hour gross - out of which he pays tax, NI, pension, insurance, cost of running his van. Plus savings for holidays, rainy days and sickness. For a job which is heavy on the back and excruciating on the knees.

Still think it sounds cheap?

Still think it sounds expensive, is what I meant!

sally150 you seem quite determined that it's expensive!

It seems reasonable to me

You could have done it yourself but chose not to, what do you think it’s worth to have someone do it for you?