Quote · Café · commercial
Q-1160
LostLittle Wren Café, café fit-out in Bristol: 97 m² floor. £39,400 ex VAT at 21.0% margin. Lost Mon 28 Sep: bought a kitchen with fitting included.
- DraftedFri 4 SepBy Neil Barton, hours from the rule of thumb
- SentMon 7 SepTo Simon Oatley, by email and in the portal
- Followed up12 Sep1 reminder, by email
- LostMon 28 SepBought a kitchen with fitting included
How the price is built
Hours from the old rule of thumb, then materials, subcontract and margin
£39,400
ex VAT
Labour £6,880Materials £13,600Subcontract £10,650Margin £8,270
Labour£6,880
97m² floor×2.6h per m² of floor=252 h
252 h×£27.31an hour=£6,880to the nearest £10
2.6 h per m² of floor is the old rule of thumb. The 3 cafés finished this year really took 2.81.
Materials£13,600
| Counter worktops, templated and fitted Halbrook Worktops | £2,180 |
| Partitions, board and sundries Avonmere Builders Merchants | £3,000 |
| Joinery timber and sheet Kestle Timber | £2,320 |
| Lighting and electrical Voltmere Electrical Wholesale | £2,320 |
| Flooring Cotsmoor Flooring Trade | £2,040 |
| Wall tiles and adhesive Brackwell Tiles | £1,740 |
Subcontract£10,650
| Electrics Andy Rees Electrical, electrician | £4,260 |
| Plumbing Jon Haskins Plumbing and Heating, plumber | £3,200 |
| Floor laying Nick Weller Flooring, floor layer | £1,600 |
| Tiling Lee Carver Tiling, tiler | £1,590 |
Cost£31,130
Price at a 21% margin, to the nearest £50£39,400
Margin£8,270, 21.0%
VAT 20%£7,880
Price inc VAT£47,280
On the true rate, it would have been
Same 97 m² floor, same materials and subcontract
Old ruleTrue rate
Hours per m² of floor2.62.81
Labour hours252 h272.5 h
Labour cost£6,880£7,440
Price ex VAT£39,400£40,100
Margin if it takes the true hours19.6%21.0%
This went out on the old rule and was lost: bought a kitchen with fitting included. Priced on what cafés really take, it would have been £40,100.
Where the hours come from
Every café job finished this year: hours from the timesheets, per m² of floor
3978Larkspur Kitchen, 77 m² floor8 May, imported2.81 h216 h vs 200 h3973Fennel and Fig Deli, 76 m² floor20 Apr, imported2.74 h208 h vs 198.5 h3953Copperwick Coffee, 95 m² floor10 Feb, imported2.86 h272 h vs 246.5 h
Estimates on these jobs ran 8% over on hours before go-live (3 jobs). 3 of them were imported from paper job sheets.
Client
Little Wren Café75 East Street, Bristol
ContactSimon Oatley
Phone0117 496 0456
First in touch28 Aug 2026