SallyC Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Hi, we have received an estimate for putting all plumbing into a house that currently only has a cold mains water supply. It is over 3000 euro for the labour! It does not include any fittings or pipework. This is for all kitchen plumbing, hot water tank, a bathroom with bath plus a walk in shower, loo, basin and also an ensuite with shower, loo, basin.This seems a lot of money! Any thoughts on this from anyone please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mint Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 Look, I'm really amazed at what a bargain price that sounds to me and I am being perfectly serious. Won't bore you with the details but we paid in excess of 6k for a lot less work than yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SallyC Posted May 18, 2010 Author Share Posted May 18, 2010 Thanks very much for that. Thats reassuring. The costs for the fittings look reasonable, it was just the labour cost of 3000 as I said, that 'surprised' me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldgit72 Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 3000 euros= 2-3 weeks work. Sounds about right (thats why I'm doing my own) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sydney and Huggy Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 SallyIf you gave us a clue to your location (though maybe you don't want to), perhaps somebody will 'know someone' who does a good job at a good price.Though from what's been said your devis seems reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG MAC Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Would £3,000 be unreasonable for that amount of labour in the UK? We pay £28.75 for skilled Tradespersons per hour so you have approximately 105 man hours @ 35 hrs per week (In France) = 3 Man weeks or basically a job which will take two weeks with one guy all the time and an assistant 50% of the time.If the artisan is properly registered and insured sounds like a bargain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chippiepat Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Gizza job,,you pay £230 per day!!?What do you charge the client?Bin in the game 30yrs & dont know many subbies that can command that sort of dough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIG MAC Posted May 21, 2010 Share Posted May 21, 2010 To be fair in the Instance referred we are the Client (Hence we pay) which is why there is some parity between what the OP was discussing and the scenario portrayed. Within the fee there are network fees and overheads. However a French Artisan also carries hefty social charges. Of our 30 or so network repairers......they all command that sort of dough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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