How easy is it to find work as painter decorator in Tenerife?

gordo chuleta · 7th July 2008, 19:45

hola

does anyone no of any brittish or english speaking painter decorator firms in tenerife ,

as i will be moving over soon and have only started to learn spanish ,n would the work be cash in hand?
and how much would i earn ?

iv 18 years of experience under my belt ,

if not i would do any manual labour work

any info would be welcome

hasta luego

Mike in Chayofa · 7th July 2008, 19:58

Best bet is to look on BPTenerife.com

Good luck

pelinor · 7th July 2008, 21:37

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Originally Posted by gordo chuleta

hola

does anyone no of any brittish or english speaking painter decorator firms in tenerife ,

as i will be moving over soon and have only started to learn spanish ,n would the work be cash in hand?
and how much would i earn ?

iv 18 years of experience under my belt ,

if not i would do any manual labour work

any info would be welcome

hasta luego

Just to give you an idea we had the outside of our house painted middle of last year. It involved stripping the old flaking paint off. Filling cracks, sanding down and smoothing over with exterior plaster. One coat of a bonding agent and two coats of paint, 1st slightly diluted. 6 full days work 170Lt paint. My house is large 3 stories high in parts. sq meter no idea.
They also did the hall walls which is 15 meters long.
Two men one very big ladder and extended rollers. Good job no mess and the men were OK.
We would have them back. Price 2000 euro + paint and that was on the expensive side, but we knew that.
Another friend of mine slightly smaller house but pebble dashed and not your small pebbled either! and the permitter wall one man big ladder and paint brush. 1200 euro +paint. Good luck

P.S. cash in hand

gordo chuleta · 18th July 2008, 17:59

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Originally Posted by pelinor

Just to give you an idea we had the outside of our house painted middle of last year. It involved stripping the old flaking paint off. Filling cracks, sanding down and smoothing over with exterior plaster. One coat of a bonding agent and two coats of paint, 1st slightly diluted. 6 full days work 170Lt paint. My house is large 3 stories high in parts. sq meter no idea.
They also did the hall walls which is 15 meters long.
Two men one very big ladder and extended rollers. Good job no mess and the men were OK.
We would have them back. Price 2000 euro + paint and that was on the expensive side, but we knew that.
Another friend of mine slightly smaller house but pebble dashed and not your small pebbled either! and the permitter wall one man big ladder and paint brush. 1200 euro +paint. Good luck

P.S. cash in hand

hey thanks for that info , do u have the name of the painters or a number ?also was it locals or ex pats who did the work ?

thanks

DippyDora · 18th July 2008, 18:30

My brother is a painter & Decorator over here and is finding it hard to find work. He has a lot of contacts in the building trade and they too seem to be finding it hard.

As a rough idea too, he charges €60 per day + materials.

Maybe when you come over you could contact me by pm and i'll give you his number and you can have a chat. Maybe do something together.

alphyra · 18th July 2008, 18:36

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Originally Posted by DippyDora

My brother is a painter & Decorator over here and is finding it hard to find work. He has a lot of contacts in the building trade and they too seem to be finding it hard.

As a rough idea too, he charges €60 per day + materials.

Maybe when you come over you could contact me by pm and i'll give you his number and you can have a chat. Maybe do something together.

If he can't get work at 60€ a day it's worse than I thought

DippyDora · 18th July 2008, 19:02

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Originally Posted by alphyra

If he can't get work at 60€ a day it's worse than I thought

Yeah I know...tell me about it!!!!

He's had the odd little jobs over the last few months but thats just not enough

gordo chuleta · 18th July 2008, 21:39

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Originally Posted by DippyDora

My brother is a painter & Decorator over here and is finding it hard to find work. He has a lot of contacts in the building trade and they too seem to be finding it hard.

As a rough idea too, he charges €60 per day + materials.

Maybe when you come over you could contact me by pm and i'll give you his number and you can have a chat. Maybe do something together.

cool ill do that wont be over till end of sept just puttin out the feelers at the mo , yeah dont look like thers much work around anyplace , but ill av more silly questions to ask you lot before that ,

but cheers for the wee tip anyhow