Recent content by welchyboy

That's what happens when they pay a pittance for council re-wires The only ones who will do it are the very desperate and the lash up monkeys who couldn't care less as they have to do 4 in a day to earn a normal day rate

Lsf singles is a pretty standard cable nowadays, any half decent wholesaler will supply it for you And if the designers spec says how he wants the electrical system installed then he's responsible for it and will be signing the eic, so that part is his baby along with any future issues on the...

I would make sure you get it in somewhere as close as you can mate, the DNO will check to see its in place and if they can't see it they will probably refuse to do the PME

Well I would say there is always demand for good electricians supplying a good reliable service Don't think that will be a problem Just got to meet that criteria

personally my whole business model is based on supplying a professional electrical service, this is what ive always aimed at and threw all my efforts into For me nothing could be worse than being known as a jack of all trades/handyman, you may find it hard to shake that tag now

Jail........your joking! unless someone was killed or seriously injured no one gives a monkeys!!

things you must consistently do yourself be polite, be punctual, be tidy, do a good job, charge a fair price, be presentable, have a good after sales service, be easy to contact these are things to aim at eventually, you wont neccesarily be able to do them all at once but as your budget allows...

well it had to be done at the end of the day, cant be limited by the vat threshold, they will just have to pay it or get someone else, hopefully I will move into the direction of less domestic work and more from commercial/contractors and let some other new business start up take my tighter...

Just registered last night, Friday night at the accountants, quite a bit of extra book work to keep though, keep the missus busy

Regs aside, I'm a competent diy'er! Love it! they go together so well! Couldn't make it up! Phil when I price for a job and the customer is keen to help too I price the job exactly the same as if he not going to, as I will no doubt have to come behind him and sort out his work afterwards and...

Same as sparkies getting through 6 Eicr's in a day I suppose ??!! My assessors always seem to be in a rush to shoot off to the next job I don't mind that much though

What I meant by lower business costs was I have bought a new van in 2011 paid around

Dont understand that bit batty?

Hi all Im now at the point where vat registration is inevitable within the next few weeks, and I'm concerned about loosing domestic work, I currently undertake around 40% comm and 60% domestic, i would like to be vat registered as it would be cheaper for my business and currently some of my...