Shocked at the cost of tradesman

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Nooooooou · 08/06/2025 08:37

3 bedroom, average size.

Costs are for labor only... no materials

install laminate wood flooring across house £1.5k to £2.5k (3 quotes were above £2k).
strip wallpaper, skim and paint walls -£3k to £5k.

based in south east..
I think this is really excessive. I think it works out to more than £400 per day.

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NoNoNoNo2025 · 11/06/2025 19:15

PinkyFlamingo · 11/06/2025 07:09

You surely understand about what you have to pay when you're self employed? Strange so someone with your education and position in society doesn't....

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Im not knocking them!!
I just think i may as well go and work as a gardener!
Much less stress and responsibility in a much nicer working environment for more pay!
Im not saying being self employed isn't stressful, I believe it is, and I'm not saying being a gardener isn't a big responsibility, I believe it is! But its hands down less stress, less responsibility and more money than the position I'm in.
I've been saying for a long time that I want my DC to go into trades rather than degree professions.
And this thread highlights my reasons!

Disturbia81 · 11/06/2025 19:18

I do it myself, no way would I pay those prices

Barrenfieldoffucks · 11/06/2025 19:52

ToadRage · 11/06/2025 13:26

What happened to DIY and men who can just do stuff? I remember when i was little, my dad gutted the entire house and redid it by himself, every time my FiL comes round he fixes something, my husband installed our laminate floor, replaced the taps in the bath, replaced the entire toilet, put in some extra plug sockets including a waterproof one outside, he built both our decks from scratch, the list goes on and on. Maybe I'm spoiled cos my Dad and FiL were both engineers, but i just assumed men could do most things. My husband is not perfect but he'll have a go.

A plasterer mate of mine is having a really hard time with apprentices. They are either thick, lazy or both, they don't listen, they want to get stuck in too early without learning the basics. He had a Mum complain to him, cos in two weeks all her son had been doing was filling buckets of water.

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This is true. We are always amazed by some of the jobs we are called out to.

We are a 'practical family'. There's very little we can't manage around the house between DH, my dad, and even me with a good YouTube video. But time is the thing, if it works out cheaper to pay someone else.to do it (given they will probably be quicker and better anyway) than it is for us to take the time out to do it ourselves then we will do that.

ThisTicklishFatball · 15/06/2025 22:40

Tradespeople are more than right to charge these high costs.

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