We've also had a few recommendations of people who will come and do the job for us, if we give them some money. No receipt, no VAT. I believe in getting a proper job done, I believe in getting a receipt for the work I've paid for, I believe in paying VAT (particularly now there's 2.5 % less of it to pay!) and I also think that if I pay tax on what I earn, probably everyone else should too.
But I can understand why maybe not many plasterers do, if that is the case. If you have to charge an extra 15% for VAT and whatever you're going to lose in various income and other taxes, you're not going to be very competitive. Which means you're less likely to survive.
I don't want to employ a plasterer cash-in-hand - I don't agree with it. But if the alternative is living in a house with big gaps in the plaster, or doing the work myself, I'm not sure what I'll end up doing.
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Plastering itself isn't particularly difficult. Getting the result you want may require practice though.
You could do a plastering course. There's a college in Manchester that used to do an 'intensive' three-day course for about £300.
Even better, send the husband.
I don't want to plaster! I don't DO that sort of thing! I'd just get bored half way through and start doing something else...
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