How much to charge?

• thavoice

  After staining my deck a few weekends ago someone wants me to also do their deck as well. They asked what I would charge and I have no idea. What would be an hourly rate that you would charge for some amatuer work done?
  
  I imagine it will take 12-20 hours to complete.
• dlazz

  $25
• vball10set

  dlazz;1621882 wrote:$25

  This, plus beer.
• sleeper

  

  *Market rate
• Iliketurtles

  

  tree fiddy.
• cruiser_96

  

  Whatever you do, don't charge $12. It'll piss some people off!
• Ironman92

  

  thavoice;1621881 wrote:After staining my deck a few weekends ago someone wants me to also do their deck as well. They asked what I would charge and I have no idea. What would be an hourly rate that you would charge for some amatuer work done?
  
  I imagine it will take 12-20 hours to complete.

  Friend? Random neighbor?
  
  They buy the stain and then between $15-$25 an hour. If you really don't have time or don't know them I'd make it $25
• Belly35

  

  They buy the stain, brushes and rollers supplies
  12 to 20 hour that a big spread.. Lots of trim and spindles.... 35.00 I is good. Better to make it worth your effort..
  little trim and roll, smooth and go...25.00
• HitsRus

  

  ^^^^What he said.
• Manhattan Buckeye

  For stuff for friends $20/hour plus free beer/soda/water for the work.
• Heretic

  

  If said friend has an attractive wife/daughter, bang them and when your friend offers to pay you, simply smile, give them a friendly pat on the back and say, "You already have, buddy, you already have."
  
  And then quickly leave before two and two get put together.
• Devils Advocate

  

  If they are a friend. No charge plus drinks/food. If not, about tree fiddy.
• GoChiefs

  

  Devils Advocate;1621926 wrote:If they are a friend. No charge plus drinks/food.

  This
• Belly35

  

  Free .... nothing is free
  This friend is free the next friend is free and so on so on... NO
  Skills, labor and knowledge should never be free....there a price to be charged
  Opinions and advice ... to a friend is free..
• McFly1955

  

  It would take at least 25/hr for me to give up my time for something like this...maybe a little more.
  
  I'd figure out what you think it will take time-wise and just give them a total dollar amount, not an hourly rate...Then you won't have to feel like you are being watched/critiqued for how hard you are working in those hours...Tell them it will be $400 bucks and should take x amount of days, and be done with it...
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  I wouldn't even get out of bed for $25 an hour. But since you're hillbilly, $8 an hour sounds about right.
• bases_loaded

  

  ZWICK 4 PREZ;1621950 wrote:I wouldn't even get out of bed for $25 an hour. But since you're hillbilly, $8 an hour sounds about right.

  Union member, right?
• Gblock

  12 hours for a deck? 3-4 hours tops
• Ytowngirlinfla

  

  You could give them your wife. Would be a good trade for you.
• Heretic

  

  Devils Advocate;1621926 wrote:If they are a friend. No charge plus drinks/food. If not, about tree fiddy.

  With many things, I would agree. But if we're talking a 12-20 hour job, that's a different story. No way I'd be wasting that much of my time to do that for anyone without some sort of compensation more than dinner and beers for the days I'm working there.
• GoChiefs

  

  Belly35;1621937 wrote:Free .... nothing is free
  This friend is free the next friend is free and so on so on... NO
  Skills, labor and knowledge should never be free....there a price to be charged
  Opinions and advice ... to a friend is free..

  Then you're a shitty friend. You help him, he helps you next time you need help with something. In my experience, thats what friends do.
• salto

  

  Is your friend married?
• ZWICK 4 PREZ

  

  bases_loaded;1621951 wrote:Union member, right?

  I wish. I'd have 360 hours of OT pay already this year if I were.
• Pick6

  

  I'd do it for $15 for a temp job assuming you buy the supplies. Easy and skill-less work and some time outside.
• rydawg5

  I'd pay by the job. A stained deck sounds like $250-300 to me.