Total success today...
last week i quoted for a job on the assumption of 1.5 days labour and £130 for materials. started at 9:30 today and finished (having had lunch) at 1.36pm. fixed price contract means that today i made (after deductions for wages, materials, tax and wear&tear) £498 for 4hours and 6minutes work, and still got 6 hours in on the refurb of my own place.

furthermore, the client now wants me to replace a corroded heating return pipe (£1,600) because they didn't listen to me last year when i was replacing the flow pipe. could have done both at once for only £200 more cos now we need to break out a concrete floor for a second time and so forth.

i am loving their short-sightedness and felt the need to share teh joy and financial weight lifting from my shoulders!!!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Mon 16 Feb 2009, 22:09, 5 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

Hoorah!
I love making easy money.

I also love playing at ceilidhs which start late and have really long breaks. Makes for high wage/hour ratio.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Mon 16 Feb 2009, 22:11, Reply)

playing at ceilidhs??
wadya play?

edit: and boy, was it easy! none of the predicted problems reared their heads, barely got my hands dirty thanks to the presence of the apprentice!!!

and the sun came out and everything!!
( blaireau69 , the Cumbrian Travis Bickle., Mon 16 Feb 2009, 22:13, Reply)

We play ceilidh music =)
Ha.

I usually play the bass. I am also qualified* to play the guitar, and am working on my drumming so I have the ability to drum at them too.

*Qualified in that I can play it quite well, and have done for longer than the bass.
(PenguinOfDeath is Scottish, and most likely angry, Mon 16 Feb 2009, 22:14, Reply)

*envies*
/wishes he had a trade
( whenanimalsattackhumans clad in global hypercolour, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 9:27, Reply)

I'll trade you
A bit of lint and an empty Muller pot.
(Ethelred is watching cheese grow, Tue 17 Feb 2009, 15:47, Reply)