507 sq m external decoration 2 floors charge £3.19 inc paint per sq m - is this fair?

[newclient]

507 sq m external decoration 2 floors charge £3.19 per sq m - is this fair? Cheap or expension - this is sub contractor price, my main contractor is then adding 10% + vat

This includes paint - scaffolding etc already in place - is this fair?

[TonyM]

Somebody is buying their work. I feel sorry for their employees/subbies.

[E.K Taper]

Yip, its fair for YOU. Not fair for the hard working lads who will be grafting at your house and probably being treated with contempt too

[RobPristine]

i presume we are talking about masonry painting rather than metal cladding, standard rates for this is about £5.00 - 6pm2 for a mist +two coats of masonry coating including materials, if he is using a decent masonry paint that will cost him about £1.50pm2 (if not more) if it hasnt been painted before, so that leaves him £1.69pm2 then he has to put two decent coats on which will take him a while maybe one guy could do 100m2 per day per coat, so he will probably be on site for 10 days. so he will make around £85 per day, so its not what i would call a decent wage. and exterior painting can be hard work if its rendered, lots of elbow grease required. if he was getting the proper rate he would be on a decent wage, so basically i wouldnt do it for £3.19. not having seen the job he may need a labourer with him for a couple of days aswell, so there is not much room for manouvre.

[scottishlad2k10]

thats awfully cheap....... wouldnt get out of bed for that!

[dan]

i presume we are talking about masonry painting rather than metal cladding, standard rates for this is about £5.00 - 6pm2 for a mist +two coats of masonry coating including materials, if he is using a decent masonry paint that will cost him about £1.50pm2 (if not more) if it hasnt been painted before, so that leaves him £1.69pm2 then he has to put two decent coats on which will take him a while maybe one guy could do 100m2 per day per coat, so he will probably be on site for 10 days. so he will make around £85 per day, so its not what i would call a decent wage. and exterior painting can be hard work if its rendered, lots of elbow grease required. if he was getting the proper rate he would be on a decent wage, so basically i wouldnt do it for £3.19. not having seen the job he may need a labourer with him for a couple of days aswell, so there is not much room for manouvre.

Exactly, I agree.