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?
removals cost
Jul 20, 2006
9 Replies
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!
You might allow some extra time in case of traffif delays or blistering weather which will slow you both down.
It's in the right ball park. But you may find a 'professional' man and Van will do it for less.
tim
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:
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.
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
Obtain a fixed price for the job, then they won't be tempted to prolong the job.
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