Materials & consumables at cost price, plus an hourly rate for our normal working time (including the use of the tools and workshop space as required).
A quote/invoice will be calculated with all direct costs calculated, plus a list of ‘billable hours’. Where appropriate this will all be as agreed in advance.
If we finish things quicker than expected, your invoice will be billed for less than your initial quote as applicable.
Similarly when lifting floorboards a greater issue may be uncovered which may take longer, you may wish to add other tasks to my work mid-way through a project. These additions will be explained and discussed prior to continuing, before any variations are made to the quote/billing where applicable.
If you have a particular budget to stick to for your project, we’ll talk to you about if it’s feasible, with potentially simplified options as appropriate.
We always try to bring as many materials with me as we can in advance, so we shouldn’t need to go shopping in the middle of the day when working on-site.
Similarly when working from my own workshop, we tend to keep lots of parts and consumables on hand. Similarly if waiting for the glue to dry, billable hours to you stop until the next stage can be worked upon (and we just work on another project for someone else in the drying time).
Please also note that if on-site, our working time starts from when we arrive, to when we drive away : so this is the time we can’t be working for anyone else. Please respect this in helping us keep my time on location as efficient as we can make it, particularly giving clear access to load and unload tools and any materials we may need to bring in to work with, and providing us a suitable/clear/dry location in which to work as appropriate when on site. Thank you.