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Rates you can read before you call

Most contractors keep pricing vague until you are committed. We publish our indicative London rates for all ten trades so you know the shape of the cost before the engineer is on the way. Every job is still confirmed with a written quotation before work proceeds.

Indicative rates by trade

Indicative rates, excluding VAT and parts. Standard hours are Monday to Friday, 8am–6pm; out-of-hours covers evenings, weekends and bank holidays. All rates are confirmed on quotation before work begins.
TradeCall-out (standard hours)Hourly (standard hours)Call-out (out-of-hours)Hourly (out-of-hours)
Plumbing£95£85£165£130
Heating£110£95£185£145
Drainage£120£95£195£150
Electrics£95£85£165£130
Bathrooms & Kitchens£85£75
Carpentry & Joinery£85£75£150£115
Roofing£120£90£195£140
Building & Decorating£85£70
Air Conditioning£110£95£185£145
Pest Control£95£80£160£120

“—” indicates planned work quoted as a fixed-price programme rather than attended out-of-hours. The first hour of attendance is included in the call-out charge; time thereafter is billed in half-hour increments.

Subscribers pay less on every job

The rates above are our standard public figures. Properties on a GEM subscription plan are quoted at subscriber trade rates instead — the deeper the plan, the deeper the rate.

Essential subscribers

Standard subscriber rates — typically around 10% below the indicative figures shown here, confirmed on every quotation.

Protect subscribers

Deeper subscriber rates on all quoted labour, plus priority scheduling in the daily run.

Complete subscribers

Our deepest trade rates, priority emergency dispatch and no standard-hours call-out charge on subscribed properties.

Want your exact numbers?

Tell us about the work or the portfolio and we will confirm firm pricing in a written quotation — indicative rates become exact ones before anything starts.