Quote · Bathroom · homeowner
Q-1178
Sent, waitingEmma and Ian Norris, family bathroom in Knowle: 13 m² tiled. £9,000 ex VAT at 25.0% margin. Sent 19 days ago, 2 follow-ups so far.
- DraftedThu 24 SepBy Neil Barton, hours from the rule of thumb
- SentSat 26 SepTo Emma Norris, by email and in the portal
- Followed up1 Oct, 8 Oct2 reminders, by email
- DecidedWaitingOpen 19 days
How the price is built
Hours from the old rule of thumb, then materials, subcontract and margin
£9,000
ex VAT
Labour £1,500Materials £3,350Subcontract £1,900Margin £2,250
Labour£1,500
13m² tiled×4.2h per m² tiled=54.5 h
54.5 h×£27.47an hour=£1,500to the nearest £10
4.2 h per m² tiled is the old rule of thumb. The 25 bathrooms finished this year really took 4.5.
Materials£3,350
| Sanitaryware and brassware Linmouth Bathroom Supply | £1,610 |
| Wall and floor tiles, adhesive, grout Brackwell Tiles | £900 |
| Board, tanking and sundries Avonmere Builders Merchants | £440 |
| Lighting and extractor Voltmere Electrical Wholesale | £170 |
| Timber and fixings Kestle Timber | £230 |
Subcontract£1,900
| Plumbing Jon Haskins Plumbing and Heating, plumber | £1,180 |
| Electrics Gary Pullen Electrical, electrician | £340 |
| Plastering Mark Dent Plastering, plasterer | £380 |
Cost£6,750
Price at a 25% margin, to the nearest £50£9,000
Margin£2,250, 25.0%
VAT 20%£1,800
The client pays, inc VAT£10,800
On the true rate, it would be
Same 13 m² tiled, same materials and subcontract
Old ruleTrue rate
Hours per m² tiled4.24.5
Labour hours54.5 h58.5 h
Labour cost£1,500£1,610
Price ex VAT£9,000£9,150
Margin if it takes the true hours23.8%25.0%
This went out on the old rule. If it is won and takes what bathrooms really take, 4 h more labour comes out of the margin: 25.0% quoted, about 23.8% in the end.
Where the hours come from
Every bathroom job finished this year: hours from the timesheets, per m² tiled
4013Winter, 22 m² tiled1 Sep4 h88 h vs 92.5 h4014Durbin, 21 m² tiled24 Aug4.19 h88 h vs 88.5 h4010Cleeve, 22 m² tiled17 Aug4 h88 h vs 92.5 h4007Brimble, 13 m² tiled3 Aug4.92 h64 h vs 54.5 h4003Bevan, 15 m² tiled27 Jul4.27 h64 h vs 63 h4001Moxham, 16 m² tiled20 Jul4 h64 h vs 67.5 h3997Quantock, 21 m² tiled8 Jul4.19 h88 h vs 88.5 h3993Hughes, 19 m² tiled1 Jul4.63 h88 h vs 80 h3992Morgan, 15 m² tiled22 Jun4.27 h64 h vs 63 h3988Yeo, 19 m² tiled12 Jun4.63 h88 h vs 80 h3987Chivers, 16 m² tiled8 Jun4 h64 h vs 67.5 h3983Kingdon, 12 m² tiled29 May, imported4 h48 h vs 50 h3977Hembrow, 27 m² tiled30 Apr, imported4.15 h112 h vs 113.5 h3974Thatcher, 23 m² tiled17 Apr, imported4.87 h112 h vs 96.5 h3970Chapman, 13 m² tiled9 Apr, imported5.54 h72 h vs 54.5 h3969Fletcher, 19 m² tiled30 Mar, imported4.63 h88 h vs 80 h3965Jarrett, 19 m² tiled18 Mar, imported4.63 h88 h vs 80 h3961Lovell, 26 m² tiled6 Mar, imported5.23 h136 h vs 109 h3960Radford, 16 m² tiled26 Feb, imported4.5 h72 h vs 67.5 h3955Nash, 14 m² tiled17 Feb, imported4.57 h64 h vs 58.5 h3954Rossiter, 15 m² tiled9 Feb, imported4.27 h64 h vs 63 h3950Sparrow, 13 m² tiled29 Jan, imported5.54 h72 h vs 54.5 h3949Vranch, 12 m² tiled23 Jan, imported4 h48 h vs 50 h3948Harding, 16 m² tiled15 Jan, imported4.5 h72 h vs 67.5 h3943Hurst, 22 m² tiled5 Jan, imported5.09 h112 h vs 92.5 h
Estimates on these jobs ran 12% over on hours before go-live (14 jobs), 1% since (11). 14 of them were imported from paper job sheets.
Client
Emma and Ian Norris15 Belmont Avenue, Knowle
ContactEmma Norris
Phone07700 900556
First in touch16 Sep 2026