Cost guides
Know the price before you pick up the phone
Independent UK price ranges for the jobs people actually book, plus a calculator that prices your own job in about thirty seconds. No sign-up, no lead form.
14 guides
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Every guide gives per-item prices, typical day rates, what pushes a quote up, and the questions worth asking before you agree anything.
Plumber prices
Plumbing prices split into three buckets: emergency call-outs charged by the hour, planned replacements priced per item, and full re-pipes priced by the day.
Day rate £280–£420 · jobs from £90
Electrician prices
Electrical work is priced per point for small jobs and per circuit or per day for rewires. Certification is part of the price, not an extra.
Day rate £280–£400 · jobs from £55
Painter and Decorator prices
Decorating is priced per room or per day. Preparation — filling, sanding, sealing — is where the hours actually go.
Day rate £180–£280 · jobs from £35
Roofer prices
Roofing prices depend on access as much as materials. Anything above two storeys usually needs scaffolding, and that is a fixed cost.
Day rate £300–£480 · jobs from £25
Bathroom Fitter prices
A bathroom is a multi-trade job: strip-out, first-fix plumbing, electrics, tiling and second fix. Most quotes are labour only.
Day rate £250–£380 · jobs from £45
Kitchen Specialist prices
Kitchen fitting is quoted per unit or as a fixed install price, separate from the units themselves and from worktops.
Day rate £250–£400 · jobs from £70
Plasterer / Renderer prices
Plastering is priced per wall, per ceiling or per day. Skimming over sound plaster is cheap; hacking off and re-boarding is not.
Day rate £180–£280 · jobs from £35
Carpenter / Joiner prices
Carpentry is mostly a day-rate trade, with fixed prices for common items like doors, skirting and fitted wardrobes.
Day rate £200–£320 · jobs from £18
Tiler prices
Tiling is priced per square metre, with a minimum charge for small areas. Preparation and tile format move the rate more than anything else.
Day rate £200–£300 · jobs from £25
Gardener / Landscape Gardener prices
Garden work is priced by the hour or day for maintenance, and per job for hedges, turf and clearance.
Day rate £150–£250 · jobs from £12
Builder prices
Building work is quoted per square metre of finished space, or as a fixed contract sum with a staged payment schedule.
Day rate £280–£450 · jobs from £2,200
Gas / Heating Engineer prices
Boiler and heating work is priced per installation. Only a Gas Safe registered engineer may legally work on gas appliances.
Day rate £300–£450 · jobs from £80
Driveway Specialist prices
Driveways are priced per square metre. Excavation, sub-base and drainage account for more of the cost than the surface itself.
Day rate £280–£450 · jobs from £55
Window Fitter / Conservatory Installer prices
Windows and doors are priced per opening, supplied and fitted, including making good internally.
Day rate £250–£380 · jobs from £450
Prices are typical South East figures excluding VAT, updated for 2026. They are a guide to help you sanity-check a quote — the only real price is the one a tradesperson gives you after seeing the job.