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Nott Clinic, clinic fit-out in Bristol: 94 m² floor. £30,250 ex VAT at 21.0% margin. Lost Mon 14 Sep: chose a firm that could start sooner.

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  1. Drafted
    Mon 24 Aug
    By Neil Barton, hours from the rule of thumb
  2. Sent
    Fri 28 Aug
    To Louise Radford, by email and in the portal
  3. Followed up
    2 Sep
    1 reminder, by email
  4. Lost
    Mon 14 Sep
    Chose a firm that could start sooner
How the price is built
Hours from the old rule of thumb, then materials, subcontract and margin
£30,250
ex VAT
Labour £4,600Materials £10,350Subcontract £8,950Margin £6,350
Labour£4,600
94m² floor×1.8h per m² of floor=169 h
169 h×£27.24an hour=£4,600to the nearest £10
1.8 h per m² of floor is the old rule of thumb. The 3 clinics and practices finished this year really took 1.94.
Materials£10,350
Partitions, board and ceilings
Avonmere Builders Merchants
£3,110
Joinery timber and sheet
Kestle Timber
£1,660
Lighting and electrical
Voltmere Electrical Wholesale
£2,070
Safety flooring
Cotsmoor Flooring Trade
£1,860
Clinical sinks and taps
Linmouth Bathroom Supply
£1,650
Subcontract£8,950
Electrics and data
Andy Rees Electrical, electrician
£4,030
Plumbing
Jon Haskins Plumbing and Heating, plumber
£3,130
Floor laying
Nick Weller Flooring, floor layer
£1,790
Cost£23,900
Price at a 21% margin, to the nearest £50£30,250
Margin£6,350, 21.0%
VAT 20%£6,050
Price inc VAT£36,300
On the true rate, it would have been
Same 94 m² floor, same materials and subcontract
Old ruleTrue rate
Hours per m² of floor1.81.94
Labour hours169 h182.5 h
Labour cost£4,600£4,970
Price ex VAT£30,250£30,700
Margin if it takes the true hours19.8%20.9%

This went out on the old rule and was lost: chose a firm that could start sooner. Priced on what clinics and practices really take, it would have been £30,700.

Where the hours come from
Every clinic job finished this year: hours from the timesheets, per m² of floor
rule 1.8true 1.94
after go-liveimported, before 1 Jun
3998Kingsmere Vets, 150 m² floor17 Jul1.81 h272 h vs 270.5 h3946Avonvale Podiatry, 93 m² floor26 Jan, imported2.06 h192 h vs 167 h3941Brookmead Hearing, 148 m² floor5 Jan, imported2 h296 h vs 266.5 h
Estimates on these jobs ran 13% over on hours before go-live (2 jobs), 1% since (1). 2 of them were imported from paper job sheets.
Client
Nott Clinic
103 Queens Road, Bristol
ContactLouise Radford
Phone0117 496 0584
First in touch18 Aug 2026