Landlord gas cert pricing?

[heliotrope]

£20-25 seems to be about the going rate for this.

Any more would be a rip off.

Have heard of £15 certificates but these are usually done
on a drive past.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

£20-25 seems to be about the going rate for this.

Any more would be a rip off.

Have heard of £15 certificates but these are usually done
on a drive past.

Your joking right ?

 

[heliotrope]

Your joking right ?

No.

 

[woodsy]

£20-25 seems to be about the going rate for this.

Any more would be a rip off.

Have heard of £15 certificates but these are usually done
on a drive past.

Your having a laugh !!! You can spend £25 of time running round after keys . And we wonder why the industry is going to the dogs with people charging this .

 

[Ric2013]

How can you run a business when your minimum charge is so low?
I've worked out that my business needs to take in at least £250 plus materials, per week, to be worth running at all (and I don't have the same costs that an RGI would have). Do you really manage to get 10 or more callouts a week and without too much mileage?

 

[jtsplumbing]

This depends on what you are going to be doing, are you just doing the gas safety checks ? or are you servicing the appliances has well ? two different types of work CP12 doesn't include a service, that's where a lot of people come unstuck on costs, a CP12 can take a little as 30min, whereas if you are including the service it could take 2/3 hrs. depending what has to be done.

 

[Last Plumber]

No.

How can you do a LL Cert for £20-£25?
Even if there was just a fire.

You must Tightness test twice, remove fire, visual up chimney, smoke test flue, Check in loft and bedrooms etc, inspect the gas fire even if you are not servicing it, replace it, Gas pressure, Gas rate, spillage tests.

Not to mention any other appliances, time involved getting to the job and onto the next, form filling.


Just out of curiosity how long does all this take you if you don't mind me asking?
Like I said above, I know a chap who does this for the same price and he is hideously busy but makes no money.

 

[jtsplumbing]

How can you do a LL Cert for £20-£25?
Even if there was just a fire.

You must Tightness test twice, remove fire, visual up chimney, smoke test flue, Check in loft and bedrooms etc, inspect the gas fire even if you are not servicing it, replace it, Gas pressure, Gas rate, spillage tests.

Not to mention any other appliances, time involved getting to the job and onto the next, form filling.


Just out of curiosity how long does all this take you if you don't mind me asking?
Like I said above, I know a chap who does this for the same price and he is hideously busy but makes no money.

No but a lot do, even less, I think a lot of it is to do with new guys just starting out, and letting agents screwing the price down, newbies tend to jump on this with the promise of X amount of jobs, then after 6mths find they are running at a loss, ask for an increase then don't get any more work, always someone willing to jump in for even less money.

 

[Last Plumber]

No but a lot do, even less, I think a lot of it is to do with new guys just starting out, and letting agents screwing the price down, newbies tend to jump on this with the promise of X amount of jobs, then after 6mths find they are running at a loss, ask for an increase then don't get any more work, always someone willing to jump in for even less money.

Yes, I thought it must be something like that. I get estate agents ringing us every now and again with the patter. You will have heard it,

" Hey, I am calling from xyz estate agents, we have thousands of landlords properties on our books and we are looking for a gas installer to do all our work for us and guess what, you're it! YAY
We can put lots of work your way".

What they really mean to say is

"You go out and work hard all hours to fit in around us and the tenants, keep qualified and insured costing you a fortune, Stick £90 a week in a van to chase around all over creation, sign your name to all documents needed then we can point our fingers at you when there's a fatality, gas leak, fire etc, charge us a pittance so we can add on the other £75 that the job is actually worth and charge that to the Landlord who is completely clueless, wait three month's for your money so I can pay for my suit, tan, aftershave and Porsche !

My answer is always very similar but I cannot post it on open Forum.

Rant over!

 

[hammers4spanner]

I charge £50 but plenty round here charging £25