Quote · Bathroom · homeowner
Q-1184
Sent, waitingLouise and Ben Fussell, en-suite shower room in Keynsham: 19 m² tiled. £10,750 ex VAT at 25.1% margin. Sent 13 days ago, 2 follow-ups so far.
- DraftedThu 1 OctBy Neil Barton, hours from the rule of thumb
- SentFri 2 OctTo Louise Fussell, by email and in the portal
- Followed up7 Oct, 14 Oct2 reminders, by email
- DecidedWaitingOpen 13 days
How the price is built
Hours from the old rule of thumb, then materials, subcontract and margin
£10,750
ex VAT
Labour £2,200Materials £3,800Subcontract £2,050Margin £2,700
Labour£2,200
19m² tiled×4.2h per m² tiled=80 h
80 h×£27.47an hour=£2,200to 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£3,800
| Sanitaryware and brassware Linmouth Bathroom Supply | £1,820 |
| Wall and floor tiles, adhesive, grout Brackwell Tiles | £1,030 |
| Board, tanking and sundries Avonmere Builders Merchants | £490 |
| Lighting and extractor Voltmere Electrical Wholesale | £190 |
| Timber and fixings Kestle Timber | £270 |
Subcontract£2,050
| Plumbing Jon Haskins Plumbing and Heating, plumber | £1,270 |
| Electrics Gary Pullen Electrical, electrician | £370 |
| Plastering Mark Dent Plastering, plasterer | £410 |
Cost£8,050
Price at a 25% margin, to the nearest £50£10,750
Margin£2,700, 25.1%
VAT 20%£2,150
The client pays, inc VAT£12,900
On the true rate, it would be
Same 19 m² tiled, same materials and subcontract
Old ruleTrue rate
Hours per m² tiled4.24.5
Labour hours80 h85.5 h
Labour cost£2,200£2,350
Price ex VAT£10,750£10,950
Margin if it takes the true hours23.7%25.1%
This went out on the old rule. If it is won and takes what bathrooms really take, 5.5 h more labour comes out of the margin: 25.1% quoted, about 23.7% 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
Louise and Ben Fussell18 The Crescent, Keynsham
ContactLouise Fussell
Phone07700 900829
First in touch22 Sep 2026