Reasonable charge?

My son who is a plumber charges £110.00 to install an outside tap, we're in Essex on the edge of London. As he says the tap probably costs a tenner but he has the cost of running is van and every other aspect of his business etc. and it all adds up.

growstuff

It sounds like a bargain to me.

This afternoon I was quoted £120 to repair my walking boots. I decided to buy a new pair of boots.

Surely not!!

Replacing a broken one.

Luckygirl3

I am loving my tap ......

Was it putting a tap there from scratch, or replacing a broken tap?

growstuff

It sounds like a bargain to me.

This afternoon I was quoted £120 to repair my walking boots. I decided to buy a new pair of boots.

Too right. What the heck kind of repair was it?

Husband says that’s not extortionate. Depends on where you live- down south I would expect it to be more.

It sounds like a bargain to me.

This afternoon I was quoted £120 to repair my walking boots. I decided to buy a new pair of boots.

I am loving my tap ......

These days I am just so grateful for competent local tradesmen that I just pay and am glad I can. Just because the job only took half an hour you are paying for expertise, the right tools and the tap itself - enjoy it!

I spend my life saying ‘How much?’ 😳

Yes that doesn't sound a lot to me.

V3ra

What we tend to forget is the travel time it takes for the self-employed worker to get to us, and back again, plus any training updates they have to fund, professional body registration costs, insurance costs...
There's more to it than the 15 minutes they spend in our property!

Totally agree with this.

The tools, the van, the paperwork, the accountant………

Luckygirl3

Someone has just replaced my outside tap. Took all of 15 minutes plus new tap. £75.60 he has charged .... does that sound OK? I'll will pay it.... but just wondering.

Yes it’s a general charge

Very reasonable I think.

I m lucky my grandsons two friends are plumbers so I get cheaper deals thank goodness

What we tend to forget is the travel time it takes for the self-employed worker to get to us, and back again, plus any training updates they have to fund, professional body registration costs, insurance costs...
There's more to it than the 15 minutes they spend in our property!

Thanks folks - I must be a bit out of touch!

My lovely 5 year old newbuild is just beginning to develop little faults - seal on over door has just gone.

I would be happy with that charge.

Luckygirl3

I did not ask for an estimate as this is the partner of the person who cleans for me and she offered to ask him to do it for me. I thought it was a bit steep to be honest. He has charged £18 for materials, £45 for labour and then there is VAT. BUt hey I have a tap now and he got me a lever one which is easier to use.

Everything costs a fortune!!

That's a very reasonable charge.

I think I paid 150pounds last year to replace both taps on the wash hand basin.
I supplied the taps.
So yours sounds about right.

electricians are expensive too, my livingroom light kept flickering ,I called in the electrician, he got a screwdriver and tightened something, wasn't in the house 15 minutes and charged £40, and that was a few years ago...

I think that sounds about right. Most handymen/plumbers/electricians round here won't charge less than an hour's labour, even if the job only takes 15 or 20 minutes and the hourly rates are pretty high! Hope you enjoy your new tap!

Green with envy!!

I think a plumber charges about £50 an hour...not counting the tap.....it's a lot of money...where we live there's a company who will do small jobs for pensioners, and don't charge unless it's over a certain amount, I had both hot and cold water taps in the kitchen and wash hand basin in the toilet replaced as they were leaking at the bottom...no charge ,I didn't even have to buy the taps,,,

I did not ask for an estimate as this is the partner of the person who cleans for me and she offered to ask him to do it for me. I thought it was a bit steep to be honest. He has charged £18 for materials, £45 for labour and then there is VAT. BUt hey I have a tap now and he got me a lever one which is easier to use.

Everything costs a fortune!!