Gavin’s timber frame thread

[gavztheouch]

I’m looking for help finishing my house. Prob a good joiner or general builder would be best. I would love to work with someone say 3 days a week consistently. This would give someone guaranteed steady work, could be attractive vs bidding for work quoting etc..

 

Most big joiner companies don’t like just giving one man they usually come with a labourer which really pushes the price up and I don’t always have work for them. 
 

Any advise on seeking extra man power?

 

Spoke to a local joiner could do two days a week but their rate was £50 which was a little steep I thought. Was budgeting on £35 I could sustain that for a few months at least.

Edited Thursday at 21:01 by gavztheouch

[G and J]

9 hours ago, gavztheouch said:

Spoke to a local joiner could do two days a week but their rate was £50 which was a little steep I thought. Was budgeting on £35 I could sustain that for a few months at least.

I would say depends on how much he can do in the two days....may be the equivalent of 3 days of someone not so skilled?

 

We are working with a retired master carpenter, and despite (his) initial concerns that he "wouldn't be as quick as he was once" he's like mustard, and we are benefitting from the years of experience and the desire/willingness to be mm perfect. We made the decision to up his day rate for 4 days a weeks to reflect how happy we were. Everyone wins.