Moving my stuff soon to another place, which is 30 miles away in
Somerset.
Thinking of asking someone I vaguely know who has large transit van to
help, and offering =A31 a minute.
Job will prolly take 3+ hours to do from start to finish, and so will
pay approx =A3200.
Is that OK, or am I being too generous?
dnw wrote:
> Moving my stuff soon to another place, which is 30 miles away in
> Somerset.
> Thinking of asking someone I vaguely know who has large transit van to
> help, and offering £1 a minute.
> Job will prolly take 3+ hours to do from start to finish, and so will
> pay approx £200.
> Is that OK, or am I being too generous?
>
Consider offering price per mile for use of the van and diesel - say a
generouus £1 per mile = £60 - and then a labour rate of £10-£15 per
hour. £45
Comes in at a much more reasonable £105
On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:31:16 +0100, Sharky <> wrote:
>dnw wrote:
>> Moving my stuff soon to another place, which is 30 miles away in
>> Somerset.
>> Thinking of asking someone I vaguely know who has large transit van to
>> help, and offering £1 a minute.
>> Job will prolly take 3+ hours to do from start to finish, and so will
>> pay approx £200.
>> Is that OK, or am I being too generous?
>>
>Consider offering price per mile for use of the van and diesel - say a
>generouus £1 per mile = £60 - and then a labour rate of £10-£15 per
>hour. £45
>
>Comes in at a much more reasonable £105
It may mean you have to do it on your own without the van!
--
Peter Saxton from London
"dnw" <> wrote in message
news:
Moving my stuff soon to another place, which is 30 miles away in
Somerset.
Thinking of asking someone I vaguely know who has large transit van to
help, and offering £1 a minute.
Job will prolly take 3+ hours to do from start to finish, and so will
pay approx £200.
Is that OK, or am I being too generous?
You might allow some extra time in case of traffif delays or blistering
weather which will slow you both down.
"dnw" <> wrote in message
>news:
>Moving my stuff soon to another place, which is 30 miles away in
>Somerset.
>Thinking of asking someone I vaguely know who has large transit van to
>help, and offering £1 a minute.
>Job will prolly take 3+ hours to do from start to finish, and so will
>pay approx £200.
>Is that OK, or am I being too generous?
It's in the right ball park. But you may find a 'professional'
man and Van will do it for less.
tim
>>But you may find a 'professional' man and Van will do it for less.
That's interesting - but prob is that I'm kind of in the middle of
nowhere, and there's a lack of these guys advertising their services,
otherwise yes I'd investigate this option.
tim wrote:
> "dnw" <> wrote in message
> >news:
> >Moving my stuff soon to another place, which is 30 miles away in
> >Somerset.
> >Thinking of asking someone I vaguely know who has large transit van to
> >help, and offering =A31 a minute.
> >Job will prolly take 3+ hours to do from start to finish, and so will
> >pay approx =A3200.
> >Is that OK, or am I being too generous?
>
> It's in the right ball park. But you may find a 'professional'
> man and Van will do it for less.
>=20
> tim
"dnw" <> wrote in message
news:
> Moving my stuff soon to another place, which is 30 miles away in
> Somerset.
> Thinking of asking someone I vaguely know who has large transit van to
> help, and offering £1 a minute.
> Job will prolly take 3+ hours to do from start to finish, and so will
> pay approx £200.
> Is that OK, or am I being too generous?
Sounds way over the top. Last time I moved (7 years ago) I got two men with a van for
£19 an hour. Did a good job too.
--
Andy
"Andy Pandy" <> wrote in message
news:
>
> "dnw" <> wrote in message
> news:
>> Moving my stuff soon to another place, which is 30 miles away in
>> Somerset.
>> Thinking of asking someone I vaguely know who has large transit van to
>> help, and offering £1 a minute.
>> Job will prolly take 3+ hours to do from start to finish, and so will
>> pay approx £200.
>> Is that OK, or am I being too generous?
>
> Sounds way over the top. Last time I moved (7 years ago) I got two men
> with a van for
> £19 an hour.
so did I (25 quid).
Now the one man wanted 60 quid for an hour. I think that
this market has moved up a bit, there are probably more
'other' jobs around
tim
> Did a good job too.
>
> --
> Andy
>
>
Obtain a fixed price for the job, then they won't be tempted to prolong the
job.
"dnw" <> wrote in message
news:
Moving my stuff soon to another place, which is 30 miles away in
Somerset.
Thinking of asking someone I vaguely know who has large transit van to
help, and offering £1 a minute.
Job will prolly take 3+ hours to do from start to finish, and so will
pay approx £200.
Is that OK, or am I being too generous?
ps - Just found a local "man/van" ad, and got a =A3190 quote which is
good I think, and am going for it.
dnw wrote:
> Moving my stuff soon to another place, which is 30 miles away in
> Somerset.
> Thinking of asking someone I vaguely know who has large transit van to
> help, and offering =A31 a minute.
> Job will prolly take 3+ hours to do from start to finish, and so will
> pay approx =A3200.
> Is that OK, or am I being too generous?