Reply to: Getting Quotes in for building work - with or without materials

[SueEllen]

Let them supply labour and materials. At the end of the job there will be a breakdown, anything they use has to be notified to you as the client. CDM rules changed in 2015, have a quick look through them to see if they affect you?

They were chnaged mainly because of all these house SOS build programs showing builders doing really dodgy things with lintels and RSJ's... IMHO, I used to cringe when I saw them knocking block out with no acro's in place...

I'm sure they were caught out a few times and suddenly put them in making up some tulip.

[Lost It]

Let them supply labour and materials. At the end of the job there will be a breakdown, anything they use has to be notified to you as the client. CDM rules changed in 2015, have a quick look through them to see if they affect you?

They were chnaged mainly because of all these house SOS build programs showing builders doing really dodgy things with lintels and RSJ's... IMHO, I used to cringe when I saw them knocking block out with no acro's in place...

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[SueEllen]

Any decent builder will be busy for the next decade and be charging £500/day.

If not they are not worth hiring.

Depending what you want doing they can fit you in.

[northernladyuk]

Any decent builder will be busy for the next decade and be charging £500/day.

If not they are not worth hiring.

Which will be about $10. Sounds about right.

[vetran]

Didn't the first former Mrs BP give you building cladding for Christmas?

well she was hot stuff!

[DimPrawn]

You still have to choose a really good builder in the first place.
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Any decent builder will be busy for the next decade and be charging £500/day.

If not they are not worth hiring.

[MrMarkyMark]

Didn't the first former Mrs BP give you building cladding for Christmas?

And the 2nd gift turned out to be defective fireworks I believe

[MrMarkyMark]

How does it work out if you have a contractual dispute post-payment? Is it pick axe handle time?

What with the VAT man?



You still have to choose a really good builder in the first place.
The way you arrange the finances shouldn't change that.

[northernladyuk]

The point I alluded was alluding too earlier was even VAT Inspectors have asked my old man for an "ex-VAT price"
He said the guy seemed totally serious.

Needless to say, he suggested he "Didn't operate on such a basis"

(Maybe you should do the same, if you have plenty of cash available, that's the way to save real money )

How does it work out if you have a contractual dispute post-payment? Is it pick axe handle time?

[northernladyuk]

That only happens with cladding on tower blocks....

Didn't the first former Mrs BP give you building cladding for Christmas?

[MrMarkyMark]

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The point I alluded was alluding too earlier was even VAT Inspectors have asked my old man for an "ex-VAT price"
He said the guy seemed totally serious.

Needless to say, he suggested he "Didn't operate on such a basis"

(Maybe you should do the same, if you have plenty of cash available, that's the way to save real money )

[BrilloPad]

I suppose the other side is that if they supply materials you want to know they're not over-charging you for them and/or charging you for top-spec and buying cheap crap.

That only happens with cladding on tower blocks....

[d000hg]

I suppose the other side is that if they supply materials you want to know they're not over-charging you for them and/or charging you for top-spec and buying cheap crap.

[MrMarkyMark]

The Real Way to Save Real Money.

I assume I can get "trade prices" using MyCo's registration details at most big firms, it is more hassle than its worth to save a few quid or can the savings add up

No income tax, no VAT..........

Please note that is your good self on the right

[vetran]

unless there is a really significant cost saving i.e. you can source X amount of reclaimed bricks for peanuts via a friend or your uncle owns an insulation factory I wouldn't bother far too much hassle.We have sourced stuff for builders where we wanted to choose e.g. sinks / lights but a few times it has been hard work when they arrived, builders didn't like them /had plumbed etc. incorrectly for them (we had shown them & printed the instructions out.)

Maybe price the materials up personally and compare to their quote?