yes I was thinking the same not sure how the surviveYou won’t get much work trying to charge £100 per hour ..
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thanks for the advice it was what I was thinking to charge but then we work out that when I am taking big jobs as bathroom refurbishments it would be unreasonable to charge 400+ for a days work. I have been charging 200 which works out only £25/hour. I guess these type of jobs give you the security that you are working full time which you may not be in other situations but my partner thinks that I am underestimatin my payA better option is normally to start out with what you actually want to earn. Then you need to work out what percentage of your time will be engaged in productive work. Taking in to account holidays, quoting, training, invoicing, travel between jobs, jobs cancelled at short notice you may only end up charging for 50 - 70% of your time. It costs me about £15/hr to employ a person, if you're on your own this might be a bit higher £20/hr, if your not doing gas it may be a bit lower.
Assume you want to make £40k, and manage to find productive work for 60% of the time:
£40K / (52 * 5 * 0.6) = £256/day or £32/hr (assuming 8hr day)
Add on your £20/hr for costs you need to charge £52/hr + VAT.
This covers costs and wages, realistically you need to be making a small profit to cover things like warranty claims, job over runs, accidental damage, van break downs, new tools etc.
£60/hr + VAT probably isn't a million miles off as a starting point, for big jobs where you know you'll have a couple of weeks of regular work you could choose to knock 30% off this rate.
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daily rate is £200, my hourly. depends a bit on the type work and location. for something small that will take 30min e.g fixing a fan at my neighbour's kitchen I will take £20 if I have to travel will be £40 an hour if it is more handyman type of work and £60 of plumbing
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