£200 per day for painter decorator

[MeganM3]

Is £200 about right for a reasonably good painter / wallpaper. I believe that is for 7 hours so roughly £30 per hour. I provide all the paint but he uses his own tools.

Been absolutely ages since we decorated.

Yeah that’s pretty good price.

West Yorks here. I paid 200 for my bedroom . One wall papering. 3 painted and some glossing. So it's a great price. Hes coming next week to paint my hall/ staircase/ spare bedroom all for £400. Two days work.

You might be better off agreeing a price per room/area - or make sure they will be doing the full 7 hrs. IME they clock off when they like so I don't think I would want to pay a daily rate.

Why would he be charging VAT?

Ours is £180 a day, same as our builder and both are excellent. In the N West.

Its cheap compared to what I paid 3 years ago.

Unpaid holiday, unpaid sick pay, potential travelling time, insurance, tools, pension, national insurance, tax etc to come out of that too. £200/day seems very reasonable to me.

not if you pay cash in hand...

Great, another non-taxpayer, probably blaming immigrants for everything wrong with the country while tying plastic flags to lamposts to rot over the year.

I would pay that in a heart beat. I can’t wallpaper for toffee but would happily pay someone for the small bits of wallpapering I need.

£200/day/person + paint is a reasonable rate.

I'm in the sunny south and the village painter charges £100/day/person but that's 'village' rates since he doesn't have to get up early and drive far (= extra petrol cost) plus he's community spirited.
That includes VAT and his tools/equipment but does not cover paint.

Thank you all. It is cash in hand.
He has done some work for family members who have been happy. So I’ll go with it!

Well said

Never pay cash @MeganM3

Its a good rate for a professional.

So probably not paying tax. Great.
Not.

52 weeks a year! Impossible
also, he doesn’t get any sick pay or paid leave
he has to have public liability insurance and insure his vehicle his tools.
on top of all that he has to do admin tasks (orders, invoicing, quotes, advertising, tax return)
it’s not a great wage tbh is it