HOW MUCH!!!!!!

[digit 0]

I had a bat report done on a barn i'm converting, there were two of them,they set up sum eletronic gear to count the bats,they were here from 5.30pm to11.30pm.Had a tidy written report off them and he charged me £120 which i thought was great.

[SEAN3513 7]

we are converting a barn........our local "batman" came out had alook round , advised to put bat holes in, and he even supplied the detailed drawings ( he works for natural england)

 

and guess how much he charged..........................NOWT

 

but, i agree with wilf, if you have to have it you gotta pay........it does work out at £56 an hour but he may only be doing one job a week.....so hes getting nowhere near that ( in real terms)

 

when times where better ( last 4 years) i was earning £250 a day 6 days a week............if you have a skill you have to charge.

 

cheers

 

sean

[AKA-BRINDLE 879]

I have a small farm, sheep and some pigs, though the main money comes from building. I oversee renovations and rebuilds mainly. Anyway I have too get a bat survey done and I got a quote, he very calmly told me £300 a day and thats an 8 hour day and £60 p/hr evening and morning surveys. I put the phone down, thats 75k a year.

I could make that of course though I would be on crime watch for defrauding old ladies with blocked sinks. What really gets me is they don't do anything or offer any solutions. They just fill out the liscence and count the bats then you go ahead with the work anyway. What did the bats do before this then. How long did they survive before this shower of robbing graduate tree-hugging gits turned up!

Thats not all, I phoned a structural engineer mate of mine who had had a quote £90 and £86.50 AN HOUR. I know good and I mean good masons and carpenters who work a 9hr day for £120. Shocking absolute fraud.

 

Its the way of the world...and fair play to em i say...had a 15 minute chat with a specialist vet about a dogs knee op cost me £75...makes you wish you had tried harder at school rather than pissing around dont it!?...£120 a day for a decent chippie is piss poor money over my way

[spanj 11]

WISH SOME ONE WOULD SHOW THE ENGLAND CRICKET

TEAM HOW TO USE A FOOOOOOKING BAT

You English ever win anythin

 

DO ONE TAX DODGER

[fellman 116]

if you have the qualifacations and people need whatever service you are trained to do ...........well the pricing structure is what it is ............... last week three hours work..................200 of your english pounds .......... i have the know how and the equipment .............. what you gonna do???????????????

if you dont like it....................... dont pay like i care ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

 

yis fellman

Edited July 12, 2009 by fellman

[lanesra 3,994]

WISH SOME ONE WOULD SHOW THE ENGLAND CRICKET

TEAM HOW TO USE A FOOOOOOKING BAT

You English ever win anythin

 

DO ONE TAX DODGER

HAHAHA. im from here mate, think you will find the tax dodgers are the millionaires who come here for that reason.

[macberran 2]

I agree, IF you have a SKILL or the spesialised kit,...........fair dinkum. If you turn up and say ,"yes there are bats, and they fly dawn and dusk, and they roost in your roof . May I suggest that you take care when building not to disturb them if poss and heres a bit of paper too dsay its ok and thats a £1000 thanks" Then no I don,t think its on personnaly. Brings nothing too the table really at all doesn't help with ideas just has the graduate documents that through new regs allows him too do this. What did bats do before these guys came along ? Been coverting/restoring farm buildings for 25 yrs and can't see as this helps with anything. When the project is done, its just another person having their cut. If they have earned it fair enough, but over here they turn up ppoint and nod, do the ticket and stick the hand out.

[WILF 46,549]

In the words of the late great Frank Sinatra..........."Thats Life......."

[tomandroz 0]

I have a small farm, sheep and some pigs, though the main money comes from building. I oversee renovations and rebuilds mainly. Anyway I have too get a bat survey done and I got a quote, he very calmly told me £300 a day and thats an 8 hour day and £60 p/hr evening and morning surveys. I put the phone down, thats 75k a year.

I could make that of course though I would be on crime watch for defrauding old ladies with blocked sinks. What really gets me is they don't do anything or offer any solutions. They just fill out the liscence and count the bats then you go ahead with the work anyway. What did the bats do before this then. How long did they survive before this shower of robbing graduate tree-hugging gits turned up!

Thats not all, I phoned a structural engineer mate of mine who had had a quote £90 and £86.50 AN HOUR. I know good and I mean good masons and carpenters who work a 9hr day for £120. Shocking absolute fraud.

 

 

Hi,

 

I know how you feel, I went through the same process a year or so ago whilst doing a barn conversion, all the money and hassle was over a lone pipistrelle bat, the most common bat in the country. The chap that did ours was based in Suffolk, and although I cant remember the exact the price on the invoice, I do remember it made me cough!

 

Cheers,

 

Tom