So the question I'm sure that has been on your mind is what will you earn as a plasterer?
Well this is something that of course will go up over time with inflation, but at present you will earn between £180 - £250 a day. ( Yes, sometimes you can earn £300 a day working in wealthy areas in London and elsewhere.) but I want to give you normal standard earnings at present.
So if you were working full time earning £180.00 a day doing a five day week, and taking 6 weeks off you would earn £37,800 a year.
If you were working full time earning £250 a day doing a five day week, and taking 6 weeks off you would earn £52,500 a year.
Now should you give a fixed quotation to your customer or work on a day rate? Well both are fine, and I know what your thinking, a day rate right? Well I've always gone for a fixed quotation and added more to the quote if the client asks for extra work from me. There are three main reasons I do this.
Firstly the client is much more relaxed and they leave you to do the job. They don't keep popping their head in to see what your up to.
Secondly people generally don't understand your trade, they might think your taking longer than you should to finish the job, and they're having to pay for the extra time. So a fixed quote builds both trust and a great reputation. And over time you get recommended to new clients and also get repeat work.
And thirdly, and most importantly it puts you in charge of your rhythm for the day, the week and the month. I like to have a calm morning and show up at 10.30am missing the morning rush, with a coffee in my hand and put the music on I like. I can always choose to leave early that day or take a longer lunch if I want to. Theres a HUGE freedom in that.
I can do two jobs back to back and take a week off, or do one job and take a break for a few days and do something completely different altogether. It's up to me, I'm my own boss, and you can be too.
Have an eye on that future dream home!
The great thing about being a plasterer is over a couple of years of working not only will you be earning money, you will be gaining invaluable experience. If you decide to purchase a property in the future you will be able to plaster the entire property yourself saving you thousands upon thousands of pounds. But that's not all...
As you work at times other tradesman will come and go as your working and you will be able to observe them. This will give you a natural understanding of the order in which those trades have to happen to complete the interior of a house refurbishment. You will also be able to exchange numbers with those tradesman who did a good job. ( this will also bring you more work yourself)
Your confidence will have also naturally grown in the building industry.Now with this knowledge of how to complete a refurbishment of a flat or house and with those tradesmans numbers in your back pocket, if at some point in the future if you do decide to purchase that cheaper run down property; you now have the ability to bring those good tradesman in yourself and run the ENTIRE job from start to finish. This will save you a huge amount of money all round.That's exactly what I did with our home below.
Our refurbished Home
This whole house was a 1970's style. Everything was changed!
All the walls of our house had to be plastered before applying the specialist finishes.
(A sneak peak into specialist finishing) Thats right, the walls have to be plastered first if they are not flat and smooth before applying the specialist finishes. That's how important the plastering stage is.
You may be thinking well that all sounds well and good, but I'm a shy person. Well, I was a really shy person at the very beginning and the amazing thing, is after the first few months of seeing and doing your first jobs that begins to melt away. Everything happens in stages.
P.S: In the next couple of days I'll be talking about the huge flexibility being a plasterer gives you and following a second passion. Watch your inbox!
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