🔧 Refurb pricing: where we beat the market rate, and where we skip it entirely

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🔧 Refurb pricing: where we beat the market rate, and where we skip it entirely

Checkatrade publishes national average day rates for UK trades every year. For a landlord, every extra day a refurb runs on is a day of lost rent, so here's how we compare.

📋 Market rate vs our rate

Source: Checkatrade, national average day rates, updated April 2026.

For the first three trades, our rates are fully inclusive, with fuel and call out included and no add ons. Our labourer rate sits above the market floor because it's for a vetted, reliable tradesperson; the £112 end of the range typically reflects less experience.

For electricians, plumbers, roofers, kitchen fitters, and general building work, we don't charge a day rate at all. Every job is priced as a fixed quote before work starts, so you know the total cost upfront, not just what someone charges per day and a hopeful guess at how many days it'll take.

Why it matters for landlords: a day rate only covers one day. It doesn't tell you if a job takes three days or six, and every extra day is lost rent. That's harder to catch early if you're not on site, especially managing more than one property. A fixed quote puts that risk on us, not you.

Want a fixed price for your next refurb, not a day rate estimate? Reach out to landlords@nguhomes.co.uk, and we'll quote the whole job upfront.