landlord cert input

[REDSAW]

i have an estate agent on my books, one of those small 2 man band types. he is a good chap and i get quite a lot of bread n butter repair work (all of it) from him so all is well, nice chap too.

he has used someone else in the past doing cp12's for around £35 a pop but he wants to do away with him as our business relationship gets better and now he wants me to do them as he says he trusts me to do a better job. on another breath he dosnt want to pay much more for them!. he has about 16+ properties of his own and i have my own set of keys so all good.
all the properties are within spitting distance of each other.

i have no idea in mind what to charge each. my normal one offs are £50 + £10 per appliance, each property have boiler and hob. so the conundrum is enough to not cut my own throat and low enough to keep everything ticking smoothly with the business relationship.

what do you think price wise is a good shot?

in advance..thanks

 

[Scott_D]

Can you do them all over 2/3 days? or is it spread out over the year?

 

[REDSAW]

Can you do them all over 2/3 days? or is it spread out over the year?

he wants 6 doing this week!
should be 2-3 days total all due together.

 

[jonnyswamp]

I do boiler and hob/cooker for £50 incl cert, fires another £10/20,think that's cheap enough TBH
Direct him to other firms websites, see what they charge (make sure you pick the expensive ones)

 

[Chalked]

Don't undersell yourself. But you could say, if we can do the lot in one go I eill charge you a day rate of x . And it will take x amount of time.

 

[REDSAW]

he wants me to charge him a day rate that will take the job from the other guy that does it for £35 a property. he does them in 2 days!.

16x35=£560= £280 a day but he also says him and his lad do them together the lad goes around doing the drop tests. one gsr and an apprentice!!

my day rate to regulars is £180 but would only include one document,

 

[leelister6]

Tell him you'll do the lot for £500, it's a only safety check after all, any repair/remedial work is extra. And how long does it to fill out a cert? Keep him sweet, it sounds like a nice little number to me

 

[jtsplumbing]

If it takes you 3 days at your normal rate you are still just under the other chap ! have you done any of them B4 ? if not tell him £50 per property for the first year, what happens about servicing and any faults found at time of inspection, is he expecting a service being included in the price of the cert ? if not then give him a price for service & cert but not including the cost of any repairs, any faults found then you will report back and give a price to rectify.

 

[REDSAW]

he already knows i want more than the other guys £540. but he wants me to do them for the same ish price as he trusts me to do a better job hence giving me my own set of keys for all the properties. altough being a business he obviously dont want to spend more on the budget for the job.
he wants me to be vigillant whilst at each property and fix any faults found as i go on at a day rate then invoice for it. i will have full say in what needs doing.
he has a contract for boiler break downs and servicing with npower so i wont pick up any of those. i get all the plumbing jobs at all the properties for a reasonable jobbing price!

thinking £42 per cert as i will be actually doing more than the other guy for the £7 extra.
bloody hard to go low as my cheapest i have ever done is £50 for just meter and boiler@~@ something inside being resistant.lol

 

[lame plumber]

So my £75 for a cp12 would be too high then. Personally, I would go in at your normal rate as he knows you but just wants someone else but still cheap, if you do it cheap you do yourself out of earnings, if he doesnt like your price you lose a bit but you dont end up working for too little reward, it isnt as if your even going to get any repair work or servicing if npower have a contract. Try it for once and see what happens, you might be pleasantly surprised

 

[REDSAW]

did have this conversation last year with him 35v my 50. but, did him two last month for him after he asked me to service 2 boilers in the same block but he ment to say cp12¬
i charged £65 each cp12 and service he paid no problems!!!

 

[JWLPlumbing]

Seems like a decent winner you onto there, I reckon £500 for it.