As stated on my home page, I provide plumbing repairs and maintenance within 5 miles of Salisbury.

Because demand for my services exceeds what I can take on, I have to be very selective in what I do take on, and I am selective in two ways. Firstly, I focus on small repairs & maintenance jobs that are chargeable by the hour, and avoid larger jobs that need quoting for. Secondly, I limit my service area to within a 5 mile radius around the centre of Salisbury. Since there is no incentive for me to go beyond that, if I choose to do so it is for your benefit and I expect you to bear the additional cost of the extra time it takes me to do so.

Within a 5 mile radius, I charge £75 for the first hour, and thereafter an hourly rate of £60 per hour to the nearest 0.1 hour. £75 for the first hour equates to a £15 callout charge (to account for an average travel time between jobs of about 15 minutes) plus a one-hour minimum labour charge at my hourly rate of £60. For jobs exceeding 2 hours I waive the callout charge, so it's just £60 per hour.

Beyond that, up to a 10 mile radius from Salisbury, I increase my callout according to the amount of time that Google Maps says it takes to travel to your location from the centre of Salisbury. So if it takes 25 minutes, for example, I charge an extra £25 per visit compared to what I would charge if you were within my service radius. Technically (if you like maths), in that example my callout charge would be £15 + £25 = £40, and so my first hour would cost £40 + £60 = £100. For jobs exceeding 2 hours, it would be £25 + £60 per hour.

I hope that makes sense.

It's very rare that I go more than 10 miles from Salisbury, but if I do, I look at the round-trip time from the centre of Salisbury. So if one-way takes 35 minutes, for example, that's a round trip of 70 minutes, equating to a £70 per visit callout, plus labour at £60 per hour. So my minimum charge would be £130 for up to an hour, then £60 per hour. In practice, most people will find that too pricey, especially if I need to order parts and make more than one trip. So unless it's an emergency situation, you will probably want to find someone more local. Please also be aware that while I make every effort to get things right in one visit, should you for any reason need me to come back for a follow-up visit, the additional round-trip callout is chargeable.