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Hi Ian

I hope you will get some helpful advices from other members soon

Have a great day
Armand

Thanks Armand, me too!

I guess that most people employ a tradesman at some point, so I'm just looking for an idea on rates.
Cheers
Ian

Hey,

First of all it depends whether you do that officialy with invoices and VAT or not ... of course one should not do the latter.
1) so if you are paid cash without invoices, the average rate is between 120-150 NOK, depending of the skill of the person and the type of job
2) with invoice the range also varies a lot, 400 to  500 NOK seems to be the norm. including VAT of course.

This price range is for Oslo, should not be so much different in Asker

Thanks ANDuM,

Seems about what I hear. It seems as if there is an 'official' unofficial 'black' market here. Even the guys at NAV talk about it!

It didn't exist where I lived in the UK. Sure, some guys would reduce their rates by 20% and not charge the VAT etc but that is not what is happening here is it?

It is a multi level system here, with illegal/unregistered/uninsured/questionably skilled/non tax paying people doing some work for 150nok and then some different men, the opposite of the above charging the 4-500nok per hour.

It's interesting. I wonder how people have someone work on their (very expensive) house, knowing that in a few months that tradesman will be going home, possibly forever? Seems risky to me but then the difference in price between 150nok and 500nok is incredible.

Personally I find the labour @ 500nok per hour mind boggling. I regularly used to large jobs in the UK that would take 8 or 10 weeks. Here that would have added up to a 200,000nok bill, just for me alone. Add the other labour and materials.....who on earth could afford that?

Time to start dropping in a few leaflets :-)