Anybody got any recommendations for a good plasterer that won't charge loads of money?

stan cheap plasterer from poland hes very cheap ring him on 07933522832

excellent standard of workmanship very nice chap ring him for a quote

When you say he's 'very cheap'... is he cheap, but doesn't do perfect work, or cheap and good quality?

Good and cheap dont mix !!!!!!!!!! What would you class as cheap ? Im sure someone will help you out thou!!!!!!! who is on the dole doing fiiddle , or just come of a 4 day course and dont pay taxes , insurance ect ect , ps sorry to sound negative to your post but i see post like this all the time, asking for cheap TRADESMAN , and its like the saying goes pay peanuts get monkeys. I have to go and put alot of peoples work right and i dont like to see anyone fall in the hands of a cowboy whos says there CHEAP AND GOOD. Be carefull and good luck. :)

highly reccomend m.r plastering . his work is spot on

Good and cheap dont mix !!!!!!!!!! What would you class as cheap ? Im sure someone will help you out thou!!!!!!! who is on the dole doing fiiddle , or just come of a 4 day course and dont pay taxes , insurance ect ect , ps sorry to sound negative to your post but i see post like this all the time, asking for cheap TRADESMAN , and its like the saying goes pay peanuts get monkeys. I have to go and put alot of peoples work right and i dont like to see anyone fall in the hands of a cowboy whos says there CHEAP AND GOOD. Be carefull and good luck.

i have known stan for a few years now hes not on the dole hes self employed a very experienced plasterer over 20 years experience hes no cowboy hes a professional person
hes very competitive with his prices.he does all aspect of plastering rendering tiling brickwork work very nice genuine chap please call him on

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Good and cheap dont mix !!!!!!!!!! What would you class as cheap ? Im sure someone will help you out thou!!!!!!! who is on the dole doing fiiddle , or just come of a 4 day course and dont pay taxes , insurance ect ect , ps sorry to sound negative to your post but i see post like this all the time, asking for cheap TRADESMAN , and its like the saying goes pay peanuts get monkeys. I have to go and put alot of peoples work right and i dont like to see anyone fall in the hands of a cowboy whos says there CHEAP AND GOOD. Be carefull and good luck.

i have known stan for a few years now hes not on the dole hes self employed a very experienced plasterer over 20 years experience hes no cowboy hes a professional person
hes very competitive with his prices.he does all aspect of plastering rendering tiling brickwork work very nice genuine chap please call him on

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Did i quote about your friend stan !! NO , i was just givin good advice as i see alot of upset people , that end up paying twice to have the jobs done because they whent for cheapest option .

Cheers for recommendation evvy .

in this current climate u have to be cheap to get the work. we are cheap and have loads of work and customers are always 110%happy

i agree with reliable i am sick of the word cheap.. i am a fully qualified tradesman who quite often put cowboys work right.. but also have a wife kids and morgage to pay.. pay peanuts expect s*:t...

people are welcome to come look at our work. see the quality. luckily i dont have a wife and kids to pay for but manage fine on the wage i earn.

didnt mean you in particular but when people start threads with i know a cheap polish guy it drives me mad.. i know what your saying about going in cheap as i am also having to but you just cant go as cheap as 5 polish guys living in the same house???

I dont charge the rates i was last year , but i hate it when people think they can dictate because of current times , ps tc what do you class as cheap id say £100 a day is cheap but when people ask for cheap they normally mean £50 a day so after taxes , insurance its not worth me takin my vechile on the road for . Im doing good work wise and i have been very lucky as i have dropped my rates to keep work comming in ect but i will never go and look at jobs when people ask for cheap its a bad start before you go to give a free quote.

ps cheers for the support rich. bell

If you are good why be cheap? Good work should be well rewarded and people wanting a good job should be prepared to pay a good price to both parties. I fell for a customer in the 80's recession when I was desperate. She made it clear she wanted a cheap price or don't bother. But would she let me give her a cheap job, NO! She wanted the best and nothing else would do. Taught me a big lesson. No more cheap customers for me, they dont neccesarily mean they want a cheap job doing, so from that job on is was good work only and a good price in return or find some other idiot to it.

By the way? What tough times? Hardcores builders merchants is reporting sales increasing and every tradesman I know is busy. All my contacts are first class and non of them are hard up for work, never have been. The sites are starting to start up again and house prices are begining to rise. Theres no need to sell yourself cheap. You will get a good name for being cheap but why? theres plenty of cheap and c8@p plasterers around, let the bargain hunters have them and save yourself for the quality customers.

cheap you should be ashamed its people like you who promote our downgraded society

I always think of it this way, if you can be competitve and still have the same quality then why the hell would you not be cheap!? your in a business and if getting trade means you have to cut quotes to get the work then why not?

Long as the quality dont lack as well. Why worry about other when you looking out for yourself, if you can offer the same job and same quality as the next person but alot "cheaper" then go for it.

Because someone is "cheap" doesnt mean there work will be ****!

i think people get confused...
some people want it cheap... i would call that a low price for low standards of work.
others want "good value for money". - so if mr A can do a good job for £150 and mr B can do just as good a job for £120... who would you choose.

the problem with this is you don't know if mr A or mr B is any good. so weither you pay £120 or £150 you could get ripped off. its just that one person MIGHT rip you off more then another.

always best asking friends for reccommendations, going round to see if your happy with the level of work. I for one am abit of a perfectionist. I want two walls in our living room to look like sheet glass because we are having two up-wall lights.

i know generally speaking you get what you pay for, but some people have a budget and don't know any better. they think a plastered wall is a plastered wall and don't see reason in paying more for it... untill its too late in some cases.

just remember... good value for money!

i was talking about people that go in cheap because they dont pay tax,ni,liability ins,van ins i just wonder how much money people save when it all goes wrong and the "cheap" dole scrounger scarpers????

two sides of a coin (technically four :suspect:)

Person 1 wins because they recived two quotes, one lower then the other. They go for the lower quote, the work is done satisfactory. they get a good deal.
Person 2 loses. They too choose the lower priced quote but the work is unacceptable and end up paying more then person one because they have to have the work re-done/fixed.
Person 3 goes for the higher priced quote and the work is satifactory. They still win but have paid more.
Person 4 also goes for the higher quote but the work is not good enough, therefore they can pay even more then person 2 because they pay more for the inital work and pay again to have it re-done/fixed.


Its all a gamble really.
The customer is gambling if they don't know the person who is carring out the work - no matter what the price. They may or may not be happy with the work.
The tradesman is gambling if he is not paying insurance/tax/etc/etc. Thats upto him. As much as i don't like it, its every man for himself. I personally don't think its fair that a professional tradesman is priced out of a job by someone going in on the cheap (illigally/not to a standard), but some take the pi55 and rip people off.
End of the day, its upto both parties. the best deal is when both sides are happy!

Anybody got any recommendations for a good plasterer that won't charge loads of money?

good and cheap aren't compatible, if you would like a reasonabl price and a high standard of workmanship the feel free to phone me on 0114 2558800. or call into our showroom ;49 valley road, meersbrook, sheffield, s89ft.


with regards,
mastercast.

My point was towards the tradesman who is good and self confessed cheap. As for the customer including myself we all want the very best for a cheap price or preferably better still, free.

If you are in business and need the work, then undercutting the competition is one way of winning the business. Then the competition has to undercut you and it becomes a downhill auction. Then as I witnessed in the early 90's wages or then as it was self employed rates become so bad that tradesmen find it better to get out of the trade and into something more secure and probably better paid.

So there is two sides of the coin. The customer wants the best for less (don't we all?) and the tradesman who has left paid employment and wants to make enough at least to make it worthwhile going it alone. This is where the less intelligent tradesman fails. It's a lack of simple arithmetic and business sense. The cheapo's only charge enough to cover themselves for that 1 particular day. No allowance for holidays and bank Holiday's which they gladly took in paid employment, sick days and days when they have work but the weather prevents them. Then there is the overheads. Cheapo's don't even what the word means. You need to charge enough for yourself and your overheads. The biggest one being the van. My van cost £5200 per year to run. That's the usual running cost plus the depreciation. Most cheapo's don't have the intelligence to work it out.

Then the 'true' self employed man has to compete with the cheapo's and when it fails to pay they have to go back to paid employment. Even builders are no angels, they will look for a cheap subbie if they can find one. I myself stick to the men I know who are good and reliable. Yes they charge to make worth their while but I get good trouble free work and that leads to more recommended work. My customers don't shop around and are prepared to wait months for me to do their jobs.

Cheapo's don't stay around for long, they soon realise they are not making anything but there is always someone new waiting to take their place.

My point was towards the tradesman who is good and self confessed cheap. As for the customer including myself we all want the very best for a cheap price or preferably better still, free.

If you are in business and need the work, then undercutting the competition is one way of winning the business. Then the competition has to undercut you and it becomes a downhill auction. Then as I witnessed in the early 90's wages or then as it was self employed rates become so bad that tradesmen find it better to get out of the trade and into something more secure and probably better paid.

So there is two sides of the coin. The customer wants the best for less (don't we all?) and the tradesman who has left paid employment and wants to make enough at least to make it worthwhile going it alone. This is where the less intelligent tradesman fails. It's a lack of simple arithmetic and business sense. The cheapo's only charge enough to cover themselves for that 1 particular day. No allowance for holidays and bank Holiday's which they gladly took in paid employment, sick days and days when they have work but the weather prevents them. Then there is the overheads. Cheapo's don't even what the word means. You need to charge enough for yourself and your overheads. The biggest one being the van. My van cost £5200 per year to run. That's the usual running cost plus the depreciation. Most cheapo's don't have the intelligence to work it out.

Then the 'true' self employed man has to compete with the cheapo's and when it fails to pay they have to go back to paid employment. Even builders are no angels, they will look for a cheap subbie if they can find one. I myself stick to the men I know who are good and reliable. Yes they charge to make worth their while but I get good trouble free work and that leads to more recommended work. My customers don't shop around and are prepared to wait months for me to do their jobs.

Cheapo's don't stay around for long, they soon realise they are not making anything but there is always someone new waiting to take their place.

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Anybody got any recommendations for a good plasterer that won't charge loads of money?

yes prb home improvements good rates will beat any quote

Always ask for references and pictures of peoples work and mainly good feedback from other forum members ect , just remember 1 thing!!! CHEAPEST ISNT THE BEST . There is lots of plasterers on here with excellent feedback so take your time and be a good judge of carrictor as there is alot of sh.t about at the momement under cuttin true tradesman . Ps hope this helps .

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