Not as daft as suggesting 6-8k for a rewire on 1 bed flat.
Re-wiring
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I think I will get back into contracting, if that is the price of a rewire, the last one i did was about £800 (15 years or more ago), and I thought that was a lot then, (£400 for the parts and £100 a day for me)
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do you really get 1K a day doing rewires?
that's about £100 per hour
4 days if occupied, maybe 3 if its a void
do you really get 1K a day doing rewires?
that's about £100 per hour
id expect that's between more than 1 person and also includes materials...
Not in my experience
Depends how much of that is materials. I would imagine 2k for the labour
I need to move as I get about £175 a day on a rewire.
It wasn't a quote from Artisan Electrics was it ???????
It wasn't a quote from Artisan Electrics was it ???????
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I Don't do any rewires these days , but if I did I wouldn't think 3.5 to 4.5 k is too bad a price these days depending on what your installing materials wise in the average 3 bed house .
Materials have gone through the roof so you end up spending a lot of time trying to find the best accessories at a good price for the customer which is time consuming.
Always good to build in a costing for all the new regs courses and registration fees for nap or nic ,insurances ,tool replacements and van maintenance and van buying costs .
250 ish seems to be the day rate around here on average ( South East) .
You didn't go through your years gaining experience and qualifications to work for the rate of a person doing a less qualified but just as needed job for nothing .
In my experience rewiring in a lived in house is a pita, Always get told everything will be moved and then spend 1.5 hours doing just that yourself . Totally empty properties I may still consider if desperate
Materials have gone through the roof so you end up spending a lot of time trying to find the best accessories at a good price for the customer which is time consuming.
Always good to build in a costing for all the new regs courses and registration fees for nap or nic ,insurances ,tool replacements and van maintenance and van buying costs .
250 ish seems to be the day rate around here on average ( South East) .
You didn't go through your years gaining experience and qualifications to work for the rate of a person doing a less qualified but just as needed job for nothing .
In my experience rewiring in a lived in house is a pita, Always get told everything will be moved and then spend 1.5 hours doing just that yourself . Totally empty properties I may still consider if desperate
£250 a day is about what you need to be charging to earn a reasonable living.
Empty property rewire I've been doing this year, 3 bed with garage is working out at around £5k. I've got one room left to do, because the customer is doing lots of DIY to save noney. Single fella who is quit happy to 'rough it' , so house hadn't been empty all the time. The room left to do is being used as a temporary kitchen. We started upstairs to create a clean area to live in, before commencing the downstairs work. It's driving me slightly mad, as I just want to get it done, and retire fully.
Empty property rewire I've been doing this year, 3 bed with garage is working out at around £5k. I've got one room left to do, because the customer is doing lots of DIY to save noney. Single fella who is quit happy to 'rough it' , so house hadn't been empty all the time. The room left to do is being used as a temporary kitchen. We started upstairs to create a clean area to live in, before commencing the downstairs work. It's driving me slightly mad, as I just want to get it done, and retire fully.
I think anyone reading this thread, as a potential customer, needs to realise that the requirements of rewires vary A LOT.
So if its 3 sockets per room and a single pendent the price would be low, but if its 5 sockets per room, hard wired CAT5 and multiple downlights in every room plus garden electrics would be much higher.
Theres a new build near me where the electrics cost over £250K
So if its 3 sockets per room and a single pendent the price would be low, but if its 5 sockets per room, hard wired CAT5 and multiple downlights in every room plus garden electrics would be much higher.
Theres a new build near me where the electrics cost over £250K
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I did some work on a £67M house in Hampstead and the electric install was more than that, but I do think for a domestic install it was a bit unusual, but not always, the house's on either side, the heated driveway was interesting: https://www.glentree.co.uk/binary_data/603_the_villa__courtenay_avenue.pdf
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Heated driveway ????? You get lots of ice down there ???? 
It looks like the garage entrance is down a ramp so it wouldn't take much frost to make it impassable.Heated driveway ????? You get lots of ice down there ????
It's not a family home is it? More like a small hotel designed for entertaining.
Chelsea tractors can't cope with ice, or at least their drivers can'tHeated driveway ????? You get lots of ice down there ????
no ice, all our roads south of Watford are heated, that's way we need the drive heatedHeated driveway ????? You get lots of ice down there ????
That will be those wireless charging cables for the next gen electric cars then !!!no ice, all our roads south of Watford are heated, that's way we need the drive heated
