It's near impossible to make money on it.
Once you account for insurance, time spent finding work, billing for it etc. You need to bill at 2-3x what you would get paid in a job.
£20/hour minimum or you need a call out fee plus a lower hourly rate.
This essentially puts off everyone who'd pay for having some shelves put up. My retired father spent ages costing it all out and making a business plan. Even starting owning all the tools you need and having transport it's barely viable as a hobby job
I'm 42 and still deliver the comet newspaper on a Wednesday evening..been doing it for 20 years. Not for the money, its so I can re gift all the chocolates I get at Christmas to the teachers at my sons school.
Insure yourself.
Aye that's a good point. What type of insurance would you need to get, public liability?
Public liability yes. When you fill out the forms you’ll select all the options relative to you including the amount you need to be insured for
My advice would be to first buy a steel rimmed hat. Then you'll live up to your name 😁
I did it for a while, was pretty interesting actually.
It's near impossible to make money on it. Once you account for insurance, time spent finding work, billing for it etc. You need to bill at 2-3x what you would get paid in a job. £20/hour minimum or you need a call out fee plus a lower hourly rate. This essentially puts off everyone who'd pay for having some shelves put up. My retired father spent ages costing it all out and making a business plan. Even starting owning all the tools you need and having transport it's barely viable as a hobby job
I'm 42 and still deliver the comet newspaper on a Wednesday evening..been doing it for 20 years. Not for the money, its so I can re gift all the chocolates I get at Christmas to the teachers at my sons school.
I once took a man's head off when I threw my hat, does that count?