Decorators fees

[mason1]

We paid £140 a day - we buy the materials. Took 4 days to do our lounge, but one of the walls needed redoing as it had a reaction to the existing paint. Was happy with the cost.

[mickey house]

£150-200 a day, but I have seen some poor quality work done by so called decorators because some don't have the skill and it's an easy job to get into with little outlay on tools.

[dizzymcfarlane]

Thanks everyone. What a range of charges/prices ! Hopefully get our quote today and will see how we go from there.

[grant_w]

We are in the process of having the house decorated, and we're being charged about £250 per room, thats for paint (1 or 2 coats as needed), wallpaper in 1 room, and all woodwork, so far they've taken 3-4 days each to complete. We are supplying the paint, but he's supplying all sundries and tools.

[MariaLynda]

Originally Posted by grant_w

We are in the process of having the house decorated, and we're being charged about £250 per room, thats for paint (1 or 2 coats as needed), wallpaper in 1 room, and all woodwork, so far they've taken 3-4 days each to complete. We are supplying the paint, but he's supplying all sundries and tools.

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That seems cheap to me, wish ours was that price!

[Smilesonfaces]

Husband is a decorator and is usually around £175 a day. Rates will also vary by area. If you are being quoted a day rate make sure you know what his or her version of a day is ! DH works 8.00 to 4.30 usually. Some tradesmen think 10 til 3 is a day.

[cornishfrogboy]

I used to charge £12 an hour up to 2012.
Friends still in the business charge £17 an hour at the moment around here.

There are some advantages to living in Cornwall.

[ClaireNJ]

Originally Posted by Smilesonfaces

Husband is a decorator and is usually around £175 a day. Rates will also vary by area. If you are being quoted a day rate make sure you know what his or her version of a day is ! DH works 8.00 to 4.30 usually. Some tradesmen think 10 til 3 is a day.

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Too true 🙄I have new fences being put in & a brick wall taken down, they started yesterday arrived 10.45 as went to the cafe due to the rain & left just after 3 🙄
Did a bit longer today though, he said it’s a weeks work, but judging by his day he means 20-25 hours 🤣🤣

[snowbelle]

DH charges £150 / £175 per day depending on work, he visits all jobs prior to starting and provides quotes by email or written if the customer does not have email.
He works 9 -5:30 M-F and stays on if he wants to finish a particular area , last week he stayed at one job until 8 pm
He is fully booked until May next year and has just slotted a job in , where the decorator did a terrible job and wouldn’t come back, it’s jobs like these that nearly always lead onto further work .
Last week he went to see a huge job , but realised that the roof was leaking and it would be a huge waste of money to get the job decorated before fixing the roof , he knows that when the customer fixes the roof the potential for work is there as it would have been dishonest to take the money for a job which wouldn’t last .

[ClaireNJ]

Originally Posted by snowbelle

DH charges £150 / £175 per day depending on work, he visits all jobs prior to starting and provides quotes by email or written if the customer does not have email.
He works 9 -5:30 M-F and stays on if he wants to finish a particular area , last week he stayed at one job until 8 pm
He is fully booked until May next year and has just slotted a job in , where the decorator did a terrible job and wouldn’t come back, it’s jobs like these that nearly always lead onto further work .
Last week he went to see a huge job , but realised that the roof was leaking and it would be a huge waste of money to get the job decorated before fixing the roof , he knows that when the customer fixes the roof the potential for work is there as it would have been dishonest to take the money for a job which wouldn’t last .

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He sounds perfect, where do you live