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Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 7:00 pm
by James.Q
getting itchy feet so ive been on the phone trying to get a few sites for subbie work . nothing going on up here one large house builder has put all site staff on ten day notice. two groundwork firms have gone bust. all the others have only a few months work because house builders are putting sites on vertuale stop. and my mate a paving contractor has just been stung for 27k . so im keeping my head down and leafletting like crazy hope domestic is better. Hows thing were you are? 
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:09 pm
by digerjones
hey up, just wondering what part of country you are, just trying to keep a pulse on the trade, in my area i av'nt heard of lay offs yet.
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 10:27 pm
by lutonlagerlout
i been in 2 local BMs this week a few times and they have been quiet as the proverbial grave
we are down to me and the lad on the building side ,2 chipies a sparks and a plumber,we are booked till june on domestic stuff but i am hearing bad stories every day from subbies and other builders,1 block paver i know hasnt done one drive yet this year,which he said is unusual
personally i think the r word started in september
LLL
Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2008 11:27 pm
by eazybarra man
I speak to merchants on a daily basis, mostly heavyside civils merchants and certainly in Scotland, January has been unbelievably busy.
Also the company i work for selling twinwall pipe, attenuation systems etc have had a great start to the year in all areas of the UK.
I Hope & pray it doesnt go tits up.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 1:11 am
by Suggers
My old man (MICE), always said the building industry was a sure way of telling, which way the economy was going in general.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 1:19 am
by flowjoe
On a site this week for a 100 + build in the midlands, a company we work for regular and they are talking of shelving it it. New builds on the adjacent site that are finished can not be sold for love or £
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 9:30 am
by Mikey_C
The bank of a reasonably big developer in Bournemouth has just got jumpy about the amount of land it has borrowed on, it owned £13 mil of land/buildings, some with narrow margins, the process of selling some of them off has begun!
My mate usually has at least three sites running. He is a couple of weeks in to a site that is his first site in a couple of months, he won't touch a site unless it easy and or has a good margin.
However, there is still alot of building work going on and alot of applications going in locally.
I know I am spending less and worrying more, since the re-mortgage in January.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:35 am
by Dave_L
Indeed - it is a slightly worrying time.......
Hopefully it'll sort itself out!
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:11 pm
by James.Q
im in the north west nr manchester. hopefully the domestic market will improve. just been looking at a job driveway and garden like they say if people are not moving they are improving 
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 2:37 pm
by Tony McC
There's a large-ish job starting in Glasgow in the very near future where they are crying out for good sett-layers or other experienced paviors familiar with stone paving installation.
Interested? Email me.
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 3:01 pm
by Dave_L
James.Q wrote:im in the north west nr manchester. hopefully the domestic market will improve. just been looking at a job driveway and garden like they say if people are not moving they are improving
Indeed - you got it James
Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2008 6:20 pm
by thegardensurgery
Hello guys
Things are looking bleak in the house building market!
I have done my yearly leaflet drop to 1,800 new homes and most of the sites have homes completed and unsold from upto 10-40 empty homes ...so i think this year will be the year the prices fall...lets face it ..it had to happen...however for customers for garden makovers i an overrun with quotes so i hope to have a busy year ! steve
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 6:07 am
by seanandruby
Those are the reasons i went back to working for a large construction company. Rates good, bonus OK and i get travel money of £25 a day, or subsistence allowance. also if i got laid of i would get redundancy. at the moment I've been transferred local so £19. 60 a week on the choo choo, 25 Min's to get there ( luxury ). and can still do the odd foreigner at weekends.
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 1:26 pm
by flowjoe
Sean
This sudden transfer local to home has nothing to do with a runway at Heathrow being found to be a hundred metres to short has it ???
Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:20 pm
by seanandruby
...... Ran out of materials
Id light to think that my " sudden transfer" is to do with a large drainage problem in Hastings :;):