Spunkmeyer Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 At my old house I had an electric gate fitted - the house was right on a main road and parking to open the swing gates was a PITA and dangerous. The e-gate cost about £3k yeah not cheap but looked the part and will be a sale factor when the time comes... I've since got married and moved with my wife to a new house, I still have this property rented out, so I have landlord liability for this gate (I've seen a few unfortunate events where children have been killed from being trapped between the gate and the post)... so I have a responsibility to keep it maintained annually wait for it.. 45mins on site £175! What a rip off!.. Yes ok the tenant is "paying for it" but I hardly make any profit on the house and I cant wait to get rid. for various reasons the price isn't moving with the market due to the main road but that's another rant for another time.. but £175 to shut the gate down, open it, close it, spray some lube on it and have a cuppa tea. just for me to have a piece of paper to wave around. grrrr (rant over) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrosixfour Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Where did the person doing the service have to come from? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spunkmeyer Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 About 12miles but they used to quote £30 call out fee.. Didn't appear on my invoice this time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burna Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Oooooo Electric gates! Someone's doing well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spunkmeyer Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 Oooooo Electric gates! Someone's doing well Comments like that are diluting my rant intensity![emoji6] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burna Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Comments like that are diluting my rant intensity![emoji6] Apologies. Robbing bastards! Shoot em! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spunkmeyer Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 Thats much better thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Take the gate off? Disable the mechanism and make it manual? Rent it to 20 immigrants on benefit, and make a fortune, then make another when the neighbours bribe you to evict them? Come on, lateral thinking please Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spunkmeyer Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 We've talked about you getting into politics before I'm sure? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 I'm still sure there's a calling here for someone a bit Right of Trump or Farage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
imi Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 but £175 to shut the gate down, open it, close it, spray some lube on it and have a cuppa tea. just for me to have a piece of paper to wave around. and then some have the audacity to pass the blame to immigrants on a serious note - have you tries websites like rated people, 70-80 is what I would deem reasonable for a specialist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsia Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 So... the servicing on your electric gate on your second house is expensive? Excuse me if I don't shed a tear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Axl Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 £175 for less than an hours work???? I'm starting up an electric gate maintenance company Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 You could call it "Bill's Gates, I do Windows, too". I'll get my coat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spunkmeyer Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 So... the servicing on your electric gate on your second house is expensive? Excuse me if I don't shed a tear It does sound glamorous but it's not... I get less £100 a month "profit" as I am honest and pay the mortgage and tax on the income. Now £100 sounds ok but not when your responsible for boilers/gates/doors/Windows/roof etc... I'll stop now and get my coat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spunkmeyer Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 and then some have the audacity to pass the blame to immigrants on a serious note - have you tries websites like rated people, 70-80 is what I would deem reasonable for a specialist. Yeah I felt pinned to be company but I think I'll look at an Independent next time - good call Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjgreen3 Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 At my old house I had an electric gate fitted - the house was right on a main road and parking to open the swing gates was a PITA and dangerous. The e-gate cost about £3k yeah not cheap but looked the part and will be a sale factor when the time comes... I've since got married and moved with my wife to a new house, I still have this property rented out, so I have landlord liability for this gate (I've seen a few unfortunate events where children have been killed from being trapped between the gate and the post)... so I have a responsibility to keep it maintained annually wait for it.. 45mins on site £175! What a rip off!.. Yes ok the tenant is "paying for it" but I hardly make any profit on the house and I cant wait to get rid. for various reasons the price isn't moving with the market due to the main road but that's another rant for another time.. but £175 to shut the gate down, open it, close it, spray some lube on it and have a cuppa tea. just for me to have a piece of paper to wave around. grrrr (rant over) As Mr Wilson says disable it or make it a manual. I recently fitted an electric gate for the first time (I'm an Electrician btw its not my normal field of expertise) and the amount of STANDARDS you have to meet if its automatic operation is ridiculous. As you say children have been crushed to death, hence all the recent stupid EXTRA legislation and EXTRA safety systems you have to install, calibrate and test. 175 notes is a lot but the 'Engineer' now has liability for your gate, Any accidents or damage to people/vehicles and he will have to prove he left it in a fit state after servicing. He sounds confident if he only spent 45 mins there. I breakdown his costs as this. Labour 75 inc VAT Liability of installation 100 Health and safety overrides common sense unfortunately and its pricey to boot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
formatzero Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 If this guy was a reliable specialist I don't think that's too bad.I saw a specialist to examine vocal problems I was having several years ago and 20mins was 250 . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spunkmeyer Posted March 30, 2016 Author Share Posted March 30, 2016 Fair point guys they are offsetting risk with that piece of paper.. Unless they can call Mis-use but I can't work out what that may be. Cheers all. Feel slightly better about my annual outlay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted March 30, 2016 Share Posted March 30, 2016 Jesus. I billed £350 for an hour and a half earlier. I need this kind of money to get an electric gate on my other house though so it's swings and roundabouts...!! H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobUK Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 You could call it "Bill's Gates, I do Windows, too". I'll get my coat... You mock but I know someone called bill who used to have a gate manufacture company called "bills gates" used to be on the Wirral.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Has the business closed? Please post here others may want to latch on to this. Unhinged? Me? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Has the business closed? Please post here others may want to latch on to this. Unhinged? Me? Nice Chris. Can anyone confirm that they got the irony in my last post as I am now getting to the point where the "stony ground" is overwhelming...FFS..!! H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsia Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 You mock but I know someone called bill who used to have a gate manufacture company called "bills gates" used to be on the Wirral.... Reminds me a bit of: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Havard Posted April 2, 2016 Share Posted April 2, 2016 Very good. Shouldn't it be a capital T in "the" if it is part of his name? Therefore, he is asking to be robbed imo. Then again, I am a bit short of cash at the moment so robbing him is an option. I just hope he hasn't get electric gates on his house. H. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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