I’ll soon be moving into a new office. The current occupants offered to sell me their nearly-new IKEA office furniture (the Galant range, which is attractive, good quality and reasonably priced). Their quote listed installation and labour fees at £50 an hour. Now, that included some computer cabling. But mainly, I think, assembling IKEA flat-pack furniture.
Maybe it’s time we all revised our professional fees. Upwards.
By Marian Dougan
By Marian Dougan
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5 responses
Congratulations, Marian! Wish you luck in your new office, enjoy your new furniture, and I am with you on adjusting fees. At least, I am adamantly against lowering them :)!
Thank you! I’m definitely not planning to lower my fees any time soon!
Fully agree on the subject of fees, but I’m confused about the furniture. Isn’t it already assembled if it’s not new?
It is indeed already assembled, already in place, and has been in use for over 18 months. The owners wanted to include the assembly costs in their price to me. I decided not to buy.
Or maybe we should be applying to IKEA for flat-pack assembly roles?? :-)