As stated on my home page, I provide plumbing repairs and maintenance within 10 miles of Salisbury.

In practice, 90 percent of my work is within SP1 & SP2. While I could easily limit my service area to just those two postcodes and still fill my schedule, it seems a bit mean to exclude the more rural areas around Salisbury. Hence I extend my area out to a 10 mile radius. Within that, it keeps things simple if I charge my same published rate, which is £75 plus parts for up to an hour, followed by £60 per hour, during weekday office hours.

While jobs on or near the extremity of my service area are therefore slightly less profitable due to the extra travel time, I choose to take that hit in order to keep things simple with one uniform rate for the whole of my service area. But I might try to schedule a visit to you on a day when I have another job on your side of town, so I may not be available at quite such short notice compared to a job within Salisbury itself.

If you want to persuade me to travel more than 10 miles from Salisbury, then you need to volunteer your willingness to pay my out-of-area charge, as follows. If you look at Google Maps and it estimates that, for example, you are 30 minutes travel time from Salisbury, then my out-of-area charge would be the same amount in pounds on top of my normal rates. So in that example, my first hour would cost £105, followed by £60 per hour. I normally only agree to go out of area if it sounds like I will be able to turn up and fix the issue in a single visit. But if additional visits end up being needed, then the out-of-area charge is additional to the cost of each and every visit, even in the unlikely event that a snagging visit is required. If any of that sounds unfair, then please kindly look on Google Maps for a plumber who is more local to you. If I point you to my out-of-area policy I will leave you to decide whether you want to call me back and schedule a visit. If you choose to do so I will take that as your acceptance of the extra charge, without further ado.