If someone comes who works for a company they will quote a price set by the company for the expected works. This will include being contracted to company to complete the agreed works, remembering they are a company with overheads etc, it doesn't mean the person doing the work will get the...
It's not just the shortage of trades it's that years gone by people would do a lot more themselves but since the movement to send everyone to get pissed for a few years, sorry university, few people are capable of anything that needs an ounce of trade/diy skills. Many threads on here make me...