Thanks so glad to hear it has helped, being in business costs money. Too many start out charging what they would expect to get if they did it as a job and go out of business pretty quick 👍
Up here in the north there’s no way a handyman could make £300 a day I wish it was possible. I tried I didn’t last no more then 4 months I’m back working for a local authority now doing social houses. I can’t give up the 32 days holiday, 6 months sick pay great pension fully stocked van etc etc the benefits are endless I don’t make a massive amount but my salary is 38k. I still do jobs for friend etc to top it up. I still wish I was my own boss I just can’t justify the hassle for such little reward for what i already have.
Crazy isn't it... In a few more years unskilled Labourers on minimum wage will be on the same wage as a skilled and experienced tradesman. They say that in the UK we have a huge shortage of tradesman, supply and demand! Yet I know many customers only want to pay peanuts 😬
Supply and demand... south west I charge £260 a day as a sparky. You could get £300 a day doing multiple small jobs but it never works out that way... These videos of people that are charging more but getting likely annoyed that customers are rejecting them because of price then come online telling everyone to increase their prices... £320 a day for 48 weeks of the year is over £76k a year, I know as trades we have overheads but that is up there with a GP.. If you can charge that rate and still get the work then good on you but most people we rely on our good name and reasonably priced, people are struggling these days and that reflects what they can pay a trades person, unfortunately with materials going up so fast a lot of trades people wages are taking a hit..
Also doesn't help that the commercial sector is flooded with Improvers and very few qualified and experienced tradesman like Sparks. Most of the Improvers haven't even done lvl 3... but that's what supervisors want as they pay them £150ish a day while charging the contractor a lot more, usually for a full sparks. London is terrible for it. I'm actually planning to move from London to Wales, the money will be less but not much difference and the overheads and bills will be far less and then there is the quality of life... no comparison.
@@steve11211 I recently started helping out with a green energy company again that I was with years ago. They are now paying sparkies £400 per day just to fit solar PV systems! It's not rocket science, I know a bunch of non electricians that fit solar on sheds and boats without any MCS or even training haha... They currently only cover South Wales but want to branch out nationally, I'm pretty sure I could help get you onboarded with them at some point if you wanted a nice pay rise 😜
I started my handyperson business August 23'. Currently my day rates are £180 due to the fact that I am from Newcastle and this is a side-gig with me being an full-time employee as well. Even though my day rate is £180 which I mainly use on Saturday's and Sunday's I would only work up to 6 hours per-day which still gives me a hourly wage of £30 before tax. But my day rate can be flexible depending on what the scope of the project is and like you said if I need to hire a van or equipment for the job. To this day I am always nervous when giving the client the cost of the job as there isn't really much guidance and the last thing I want is to over charge but also have the money come out of my pocket. So I have learned to add a percentage to every quote that seems reasonable as a financial safety net. I also do enticements such as if there are multiple little jobs that may take a 2-3 hours to do I would charge per-projects on one invoice and give a 15% discount on my labour fees. With the justification of me being at the premises longer, I am not having to drive around or have another expenses come out of my pocket. Let me now if this seems reasonable.
Hi Kelvin seems you have actually gone ahead and done the exact same thing i have been planning for a while, i am in essex and think £180 a day is a very reasonable rate, down here would propably need to charge £200, ar you busy most weekends ?
I do like your idea of adding enticements but personal feel it could be a little hard to comprehend for some customers. I offer something much easier that encourages customers to bundle as many jobs in as possible so that I stay at one house longer and works out cheaper for the customers in the long run. say something like: £50 per hour (minimum call out charge) £150 for a half day ( 4 hous ) £250 for a FULL DAY These are example figures but I'm sure you can see that the customer is much better off lumping all jobs into a full day rather than calling you up once a month for an occasional 30-60 minute job 👍
Hi. So im currently in a job that i am extremely tired of. And im seriously looking at a change in employment circumstances. I have been thinking a lot about going back to the trades. When i left school, i did an electrical course at college and earned a level 3 NVQ in electrical installations. But never followed it up to become qualified and never did an apprenticeship. Im now 39, and i wish id followed it up. Have i left it too long? I would rather be a handyman and be able to do all kinds of different work. Im naturally well rounded in terms of skill, im good at woodwork/joinery. I can lay bricks, i can do small bits of plastering. All kinds of things. But really only have experience which I've picked up myself through doing jobs for myself and a few other people. I dunno what to do really. My current job pays fairly well and i get 36.5k a year. But like ive said, i really am not happy doing it anymore. I get 0% satisfaction out of it and feel sick when i know i have to go to that job the next day. Advice is welcome. Because im struggling to figure out what i should do. I need to save my sanity somehow.
If you have the option to you should go part-time at your current job for 3-6 months that should give you long enough to get in a few trade jobs and see how you manage with it without completely losing all your income and putting yourself in financial stress. I did this but found after just 4-6 weeks (I can't remember exactly) I ended up quitting my previous job as I just had too much work coming in. The truth is, there is a ton of semi-skilled, lazy and down right rude obnoxious tradesman out-there making a living somehow every day. If you have just an ounce of respect and common sense alongside whatever skills you have, you'll find it is not that hard to find work. We help people start-up and run there businesses. We started out as an "Ex-Forces Handyman", but found that was too much of a restrictive niche. Now we just help out anyone that is interested.
Hi, I live in Northern Ireland and I've just started up my own handyman business and this video has helped me on what I should roughly be charging
Thanks so glad to hear it has helped, being in business costs money. Too many start out charging what they would expect to get if they did it as a job and go out of business pretty quick 👍
Up here in the north there’s no way a handyman could make £300 a day I wish it was possible. I tried I didn’t last no more then 4 months I’m back working for a local authority now doing social houses. I can’t give up the 32 days holiday, 6 months sick pay great pension fully stocked van etc etc the benefits are endless I don’t make a massive amount but my salary is 38k. I still do jobs for friend etc to top it up. I still wish I was my own boss I just can’t justify the hassle for such little reward for what i already have.
Crazy isn't it... In a few more years unskilled Labourers on minimum wage will be on the same wage as a skilled and experienced tradesman.
They say that in the UK we have a huge shortage of tradesman, supply and demand!
Yet I know many customers only want to pay peanuts 😬
Supply and demand... south west I charge £260 a day as a sparky. You could get £300 a day doing multiple small jobs but it never works out that way... These videos of people that are charging more but getting likely annoyed that customers are rejecting them because of price then come online telling everyone to increase their prices... £320 a day for 48 weeks of the year is over £76k a year, I know as trades we have overheads but that is up there with a GP.. If you can charge that rate and still get the work then good on you but most people we rely on our good name and reasonably priced, people are struggling these days and that reflects what they can pay a trades person, unfortunately with materials going up so fast a lot of trades people wages are taking a hit..
Also doesn't help that the commercial sector is flooded with Improvers and very few qualified and experienced tradesman like Sparks. Most of the Improvers haven't even done lvl 3... but that's what supervisors want as they pay them £150ish a day while charging the contractor a lot more, usually for a full sparks. London is terrible for it. I'm actually planning to move from London to Wales, the money will be less but not much difference and the overheads and bills will be far less and then there is the quality of life... no comparison.
@@PokerMuppet london is taking the mic. I'm looking elsewhere aswell 🤦🏾♂️
@@steve11211 I recently started helping out with a green energy company again that I was with years ago. They are now paying sparkies £400 per day just to fit solar PV systems!
It's not rocket science, I know a bunch of non electricians that fit solar on sheds and boats without any MCS or even training haha...
They currently only cover South Wales but want to branch out nationally, I'm pretty sure I could help get you onboarded with them at some point if you wanted a nice pay rise 😜
I started my handyperson business August 23'. Currently my day rates are £180 due to the fact that I am from Newcastle and this is a side-gig with me being an full-time employee as well. Even though my day rate is £180 which I mainly use on Saturday's and Sunday's I would only work up to 6 hours per-day which still gives me a hourly wage of £30 before tax. But my day rate can be flexible depending on what the scope of the project is and like you said if I need to hire a van or equipment for the job. To this day I am always nervous when giving the client the cost of the job as there isn't really much guidance and the last thing I want is to over charge but also have the money come out of my pocket. So I have learned to add a percentage to every quote that seems reasonable as a financial safety net.
I also do enticements such as if there are multiple little jobs that may take a 2-3 hours to do I would charge per-projects on one invoice and give a 15% discount on my labour fees. With the justification of me being at the premises longer, I am not having to drive around or have another expenses come out of my pocket.
Let me now if this seems reasonable.
Hi Kelvin seems you have actually gone ahead and done the exact same thing i have been planning for a while, i am in essex and think £180 a day is a very reasonable rate, down here would propably need to charge £200, ar you busy most weekends ?
I do like your idea of adding enticements but personal feel it could be a little hard to comprehend for some customers.
I offer something much easier that encourages customers to bundle as many jobs in as possible so that I stay at one house longer and works out cheaper for the customers in the long run.
say something like:
£50 per hour (minimum call out charge)
£150 for a half day ( 4 hous )
£250 for a FULL DAY
These are example figures but I'm sure you can see that the customer is much better off lumping all jobs into a full day rather than calling you up once a month for an occasional 30-60 minute job 👍
Hi. So im currently in a job that i am extremely tired of. And im seriously looking at a change in employment circumstances.
I have been thinking a lot about going back to the trades.
When i left school, i did an electrical course at college and earned a level 3 NVQ in electrical installations.
But never followed it up to become qualified and never did an apprenticeship.
Im now 39, and i wish id followed it up.
Have i left it too long?
I would rather be a handyman and be able to do all kinds of different work.
Im naturally well rounded in terms of skill, im good at woodwork/joinery. I can lay bricks, i can do small bits of plastering. All kinds of things. But really only have experience which I've picked up myself through doing jobs for myself and a few other people.
I dunno what to do really.
My current job pays fairly well and i get 36.5k a year.
But like ive said, i really am not happy doing it anymore. I get 0% satisfaction out of it and feel sick when i know i have to go to that job the next day.
Advice is welcome. Because im struggling to figure out what i should do.
I need to save my sanity somehow.
If you have the option to you should go part-time at your current job for 3-6 months that should give you long enough to get in a few trade jobs and see how you manage with it without completely losing all your income and putting yourself in financial stress.
I did this but found after just 4-6 weeks (I can't remember exactly) I ended up quitting my previous job as I just had too much work coming in.
The truth is, there is a ton of semi-skilled, lazy and down right rude obnoxious tradesman out-there making a living somehow every day.
If you have just an ounce of respect and common sense alongside whatever skills you have, you'll find it is not that hard to find work.
We help people start-up and run there businesses. We started out as an "Ex-Forces Handyman", but found that was too much of a restrictive niche. Now we just help out anyone that is interested.
@Coaching-Nomad is there a way I might be able to contact you directly please?
@@Coaching-Nomad I would really appreciate it
@@craggascas yeah you can go on my web dev site moocharoo.com and shoot me a message in the contact form. It is only me that will see it 👍
£180 per day I charge as a handyman in the South West.
Thanks. ❤
You're welcome 😊
All your videos are about money. God knows who you cropped up on my feed