What is the approx hourly rate for labour in a small (tiny) garage?
This garage on the outskirts of London.
Hourly rate for small London garage?
Dec 06, 2006
13 Replies
55 quid
I've been paying 35 plus VAT in Welling. Bloody good mechanic too.
in sunny Bournemouth we charge £45 an hour, but due to go up in the new year.
£30 in Horsham. Father and son setup. No complaints so far. Mike.
I got my exhaust rewelded to my cat for 30 quids last year. If you know how long that would take then you can work it from that. Did a good job too, told me it may only last six months becasue fo various other factors at play, I been driving it for 18 months now and not a blip!
Nice one George!
If access is good then 15 minutes, so that is about 120 quid an hour, mind you a little job like that, but using special gear like a mig welder would be at a higher rate than normal servicing.
Mrcheerful
It's oxy-acetylene welded, ut you can't charge much less than that can you?
I'd charge 20 quid myself.
I would charge a lot more to weld it with flame, but I probably have more experience than you, and know how to charge.
Mrcheerful
lol, right, and I was charged 30 quids.
I thought you were saying that you would charge 20 quid, if so, why did you pay 30 ??
I was in London, my exhaust fell off just by Tower Bridge. I was staying in Streatham, (South London) and the gear I had access to was in Merseyside. Got caught with my pants down as it were. My car sounded like a Spitfire driving those six or seven miles lol.
Ah! I see, and of course Merseyside rates are likely to be much lower than London.
Mrcheerful
I am aware of only one reason for that; rent prices. Oh, and I suppose council tax is a bit higher. But almost everything in London is the same price as up Norf (except beer of course, it's dearer down there)
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