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Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 9:48 pm
by Wills gardens
ilovesettsonmondays wrote:only people to get paid properly off the massive companies correctly and on time are the people who work paye for them.
Thats true, not a great deal but as im starting out its a lot, i have been waiting 2 months for £3g from Fairview homes, loads of lies cheques in the post, it being processed, they dont wanna pay 
loads of smaller jobs i think over a few big jobs
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:04 pm
by lutonlagerlout
OMG i worked as a subbie for fairview back in the 80s
£125 per thou and £5 a M2 for blockwork, as i remember it was lash it up stuff,a lot of brownfield flats in london
then we turned up 1 monday in 1990 and the gates were locked
"sorry lads the site is shut"
cheers fairview
LLL
Posted: Mon Jan 18, 2010 10:10 pm
by ilovesettsonmondays
lol i live in a fairview house. 
Posted: Tue Jan 19, 2010 7:13 am
by lutonlagerlout
there was a recurring crap joke
we would be on the scaffold and some wag would say "its a fair view"
sorry to say it setts but i saw more crimes against bricklaying in 2 years for them than in 20 years since.
you had to slash to earn money at those rates
green st enfield and nightingale road edmonton were the 2 main sites
LLL :;):
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 1:12 pm
by ilovesettsonmondays
your right lll.houses thrown up.dread to thing whats under this lawn in our back garden
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 1:14 pm
by ilovesettsonmondays
think even
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 5:27 pm
by rab1
on my last job we (my employer) spent over £400,000 on plant for the building and you dont receive payment for 90 days, this sum also didn't include for the labour/materials being used at the time. in my game if the jobs over certain size only a few firms can compete for the work.
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 7:16 pm
by ilovesettsonmondays
our firm has basically a full time contract with a council ,puts bill in for everything once a year and gets paid out
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 11:49 pm
by lutonlagerlout
I imagine a lot of bricks,brick=block bands etc, I dont know if you live in london but fair view were mainly london based,think the other sites i worked on were ruislip, berkhamsted and letchworth,all brownfield sites ,ex factories etc
LLL
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 4:06 pm
by irishpaving
lol i was a temp site manger for fairview on a project in aylesbury couple of years ago. Was on the project for a year but half way through the groundworker walked off site so they made me finish the groundworks and paving using a labour only supply from london.. Must say i enjoyed it..
Posted: Mon Jan 25, 2010 7:37 pm
by ilovesettsonmondays
yeh think this estate was built on an old factory site .im by lakeside
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 1:30 am
by Wills gardens
they have sites all over now, generally on brown sites right on a railway line.
Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 5:03 pm
by lutonlagerlout
yes the enfield one was right next to a railway line
as a side not a m8 of mine worked for them in their office and he said it was the most odious work enviroment he has ever worked in
you had to wear your jacket and tie at all times,and had to address each other by your surnames
taking lunch was frowned upon
i think steve lasted 3 days
LLL
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 1:36 pm
by danensis
Returning to the original topic, don't underestimate the "old" forms of social networking. I know a gardener who did some work for a local church (at the going rates, not free) and now has regular contracts with several members of the congregation.
John
Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 4:50 pm
by lutonlagerlout
i tell you what as well
when i am driving about in the pick up with my name plastered all over it,I try and be extra courteous to other drivers
manners cost nothing,but i notice wnackers and the vehicles they drive,
do you see where its going? 
LLL