Quote · Kitchen · homeowner
Q-1192
Waiting for your OKHelen and Richard Lockwood, kitchen-diner fit-out in Westbury-on-Trym: 16 cabinets. £24,850 ex VAT at 24.9% margin. Labour from the 15 kitchens finished this year: 12.95 h per cabinet, not the old rule of 11.5. Over £20,000, so it goes out with Owen's OK.
- DraftedThu 15 OctBy Neil Barton, hours from the true rate
- Owen's OKWaitingOver £20,000
- SentNot yetGoes when Owen approves
- Followed upNot yetAfter it is sent
- DecidedWaitingAfter it is sent
How the price is built
Hours from the firm's own history, then materials, subcontract and margin
£24,850
ex VAT
Labour £5,700Materials £9,900Subcontract £3,050Margin £6,200
Labour£5,700
16cabinets×12.95h per cabinet=207 h
207 h×£27.55an hour=£5,700to the nearest £10
12.95 h per cabinet is what the 15 kitchens finished this year really took, from their timesheets. £27.55 is the average cost of an hour on those jobs: each fitter's cost rate, weighted by the hours they logged.
Materials£9,900
| Kitchen units and doors Wrenfold Kitchen Supply | £5,740 |
| Worktops, templated and fitted Halbrook Worktops | £2,670 |
| Plaster, board and sundries Avonmere Builders Merchants | £400 |
| Timber, panels and fixings Kestle Timber | £300 |
| Lighting and electrical fittings Voltmere Electrical Wholesale | £400 |
| Splashback tiles and adhesive Brackwell Tiles | £390 |
Subcontract£3,050
| Electrics Gary Pullen Electrical, electrician | £1,370 |
| Plumbing Jon Haskins Plumbing and Heating, plumber | £1,010 |
| Plastering Mark Dent Plastering, plasterer | £670 |
Cost£18,650
Price at a 25% margin, to the nearest £50£24,850
Margin£6,200, 24.9%
VAT 20%£4,970
The client pays, inc VAT£29,820
Against the old rule
Same 16 cabinets, same materials and subcontract
Old ruleTrue rate
Hours per cabinet11.512.95
Labour hours184 h207 h
Labour cost£5,070£5,700
Price ex VAT£24,050£24,850
Margin if it takes the true hours22.5%24.9%
The old rule would have priced this £800 lower with 23 h fewer hours. The crew would still take the hours; the margin would pay for them.
Where the hours come from
Every kitchen job finished this year: hours from the timesheets, per cabinet
3999Lear, 16 cabinets20 Jul12 h192 h vs 184 h3994Blake, 13 cabinets8 Jul12.92 h168 h vs 150 h3989Naish, 12 cabinets25 Jun12 h144 h vs 138.5 h3984Keedwell, 11 cabinets15 Jun13.09 h144 h vs 127 h3980Bendall, 14 cabinets29 May, imported14.29 h200 h vs 161.5 h3975Merrick, 17 cabinets13 May, imported12.71 h216 h vs 195.5 h3971Penfold, 15 cabinets29 Apr, imported12.8 h192 h vs 173 h3968Davies, 15 cabinets13 Apr, imported12.8 h192 h vs 173 h3964Mallett, 14 cabinets25 Mar, imported13.71 h192 h vs 161.5 h3959Gazzard, 17 cabinets11 Mar, imported12.71 h216 h vs 195.5 h3957Gane, 9 cabinets3 Mar, imported13.33 h120 h vs 103.5 h3952Pocock, 13 cabinets18 Feb, imported12.92 h168 h vs 150 h3945Kingscott, 16 cabinets30 Jan, imported13.5 h216 h vs 184 h3944Osborne, 11 cabinets19 Jan, imported13.09 h144 h vs 127 h3942Thornton, 17 cabinets5 Jan, imported12.71 h216 h vs 195.5 h
Estimates on these jobs ran 14% over on hours before go-live (11 jobs), 8% since (4). 11 of them were imported from paper job sheets.
Client
Helen and Richard Lockwood47 Elm Park, Westbury-on-Trym
ContactHelen Lockwood
Phone07700 900783
First in touch6 Oct 2026