Neil S

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Right, I've had a plasterer in today to sort out my kitchen.

He's done a great job - skimmed the ceiling, cheeks of the window/door and one 2m wall which I plasterboarded.

He'll be coming back tomorrow to sort out a few little bits and skim another 1.2m wall.

All in all, probably about 1.5 days work.

I tried to ask him how much he wanted but he went all shy and said something along the lines of "Just pay me what you think's right"

I have no idea what the going rate for a decent plasterer is

I don't want to offend him as he's a nice guy and his work is spot on, but obviously I don't want to go OTT with it.

Any suggestions on a day rate?

Cheers!!

Neil.

Christian and Beccy

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About £150 per day down here.

Neil S

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Cool. £1.50 up here then!

Cheers Christian - I'd been thinking along the lines of £200 all in, so I guess I wasn't miles off

Neil.

joshF

work with a plasterer labouring and he charges £150 a day

RichardPON

A shy builder who wanted you to pay him on a value basis?

Where in the hell do you find these people?

Ryan

as above trades, are anything from 150-250 a day.

ballin

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Tis a bit strange!!!?

Jasesapphy

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My mate charges 200 a day

Neil S

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He's been put onto me by a friend of the family. I've used him without asking the price first because I've seen his work and he's bang on.

It just threw me a bit when he wouldn't say what he wanted!!! I guess he's trying to do me a favour but all it's done is confuse me LOL.

Neil.

Ryan

if the work is finished and is good, bung him £50 and kick him out the door.

next time he'll learn to state a price.

kiddie

not bad for a days work!
I paid £80 to have coving fitted above my stairs and landing, and the ceiling skimmed. They supplied everything aswell

James-W

£150 (ish) depending on the quality of work.
The one i use said he would usually charge around £150/£200.

Mike Rainbird

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He OBVIOUSLY doesn't know you, otherwise he would have realised what a fatal mistake that is to say that to someone who is full on Scottish bar the accent .

Stu @ M Developments

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Just had three rooms done and the chap with his mate charges £200 a day.

RichardPON

ROFL!

Neil S

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We can't all be millionaires Michael!

Cheers All - I've supplied all the materials so I'll bung him £150 and see if he looks happy

Neil.

Mike Rainbird

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If he's been forewarned about your "weeginess", be prepared with some smelling salts .

Stu.H

Yeh Id say about 150 is a decent gesture, if you've supplied stuff as well and he was on his own

dazoriginal

£100 and a bottle left over from xmas
nice gesture

rst deany

£100-150 Is a fair wage for a day and a half work in this area.

15D

I pay my plasterers from £150 minimum to a max of £300 a day for the best ie fast and good.
The meterage of your job sounds like about £150's worth but if the slack bastard can't price a job just bung him a ton and he will stop being coy about pricing jobs!
Can't fucking stand that "pay me what you think its worth" work ethic.
You will be doing him a favour by dropping him a ton even though he may not realise it/want to work for you again.

dumped

Reminds me of those pyramids i got from Egypt! Guy's sale patter was that they were a gift and it was up to me to decide what to pay him. As I had watched him annoy tourists and be pushy earlier in the day I gave him the obvious amount! He went ape lol. My mum loved them as a gift as well Suppose I could have said they were not from me....

mercury xr

He's probably trying to be fair whilst no offending you?

I been doing a job for my dad's mate, who owns a hairdressers and no matter what I get done there i have never paid for a cut or colour. So when he asked me how much I wanted to be honest I didn't know because I didn't wanna feel like i was robbing him, also I didn't wanna undercut myself.

Tangodeltasierra3

Well i had a good plasterer a few year ago but he didn't drive etc so i had to fetch stuff etc but he only charged £80 a day.

COS 22

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i am a decorator and would like to work for 15d

TIFF

Labour only.....£150 a day plus materials...if its cash

Lee Reynolds

Our plasterer charges 150 a day on his own or 200 with a lad mixing and putting a bit on

Lee Reynolds

just give him a crate of stella

righthooker

day and a half has to be around £225 or £200 cash ,if he is on his own .

Greedy mate of mine wont lift a finger for less than £225 a day ,the poor north east eh lol

matts1

150 - 200 a day, if the job is good, look after him, as you may want his services again and a good plaster who is not pissed is hard to find.

I Paid my bloke 1k for 7 days work and worked him like a mule he said he would never come back :top

Cozzie Bhoy

Don't take advantage of him just because he's a bit shy. Give him what he's due.You said he done a good quality job. There's a big wheel there that goes around. The next fella you get to do work will do a shit job and rob ya for it.

XRdodgybird

£150 a day...

dan le moignan

Just had the plasterers in about a month ago, wall skim, and i put a new ceiling up so that needed doing from scratch, was charged £350 and there was 3 of them doing it.

foreigneRS

my missus has the decorators in this week

foreigneRS

yep, taking the marmite motorway, turning left onto the bornville boulevard, right into dirt drive and parking the beef bus in shit street

Neil S

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APMSL @ foreigner!

Gave him £150 - looked like it was MORE than he was expecting!!

He's happy, I'm happy

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Really pleased with it TBH - just waiting for it to be ready to take paint then I can start fitting the new units

Neil.