MatG
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Registered: 26th Apr 02
Location: Birmingham UK
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Skilled tradesman are starting to get good money and its about time. I am not sure about your trade VT but I do have a family friend that does a similar job to yourself and he earns lots and lots of money, but then he take son enormous projects with a lot of financial responsibility, without cash flow many couldn't do it.
With my trade (floor laying) I pay around £130 to £180 a day. Unlike you Day rate is more preferred, due to materials costings and no real room for remedials. I pay a decent day rate but then I expect a perfect job.
Problem with our trade is that I am still classed as being very young (30) within the trade as young people are still not coming though, which means tradesman can demand a higher pay cheque.
Back to the thread title though if a lad came to me that was skilled enough for my work and only wanted £90 a day I wiould bite his hands off  
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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Originally posted by VenomTurbo
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Originally posted by Nismo
cool each to there own , but id have me sumit abit more upmarket than a corsa, im not saying spend 50K but even as little as 10K could get you a decent runner 
My everyday car is a Bishi Warrior, uncle sells cars for Mitsubishi and he gave me £900 discount.
plus it's a commercial vehicle
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J da Silva
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Registered: 10th Apr 03
Location: The FACTory
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Originally posted by loafofbrett
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Originally posted by VenomTurbo
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Originally posted by Nismo
cool each to there own , but id have me sumit abit more upmarket than a corsa, im not saying spend 50K but even as little as 10K could get you a decent runner
My everyday car is a Bishi Warrior, uncle sells cars for Mitsubishi and he gave me £900 discount.
plus it's a commercial vehicle
There is that, but I use a transit connect TDCi for any work driving, good little vans them.
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Robbo
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Registered: 6th Aug 02
Location: London
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Originally posted by TNM
i would put VT in the top earners bracket of CS.
Along with Half pint, AK, Tomas and maybe Tim.
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Ludacris Turbo
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Registered: 28th May 04
Location: High Green, Sheffield
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Taking any apprentices on VT?
[Edited on 16-02-2006 by Ludacris Turbo]
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langey
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Registered: 7th Sep 03
Location: Wigan
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Originally posted by VenomTurbo
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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
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Originally posted by VenomTurbo
it's a scruffy looking job, people associate jobs like that and building to be badly paid, 30k is considered reasonable.
our builders earn silly amounts, but they really do have to earn their money, i prefer to be a bit lazy and in the office than the hard graft and constant work
It's not constant work when your self employed though, I've dug a random worker out of my file and the person earnt from April 6th 2004 - April 5th 2005, £43,390 gross and they worked 218days in that period.
21weeks off work, and the days he did work, £199 a day  i'd day a 24hr day for that money 
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